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AI Seeks Comprehensive Reporting Under Arms Treaty
July 15, 2015
Amnesty International ("AI") has expressed alarm at proposals by the Conference of States Parties under the recently adopted Arms Trade Treaty to limit reporting of arms transfer information and has called for adoption of "comprehensive and transparent reporting requirements" for countries subject to the treaty.
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WWF Calls for Funding Mobilization at Development Conference
July 15, 2015
The nongovernmental organization WWF has called for national leaders meeting at a UN development conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to commit to a drastic increase in their financing of "sustainable development" projects, which seek to advance the UN's social and environmental agenda.
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UN, World Bank Push "Universal Social Protection" in Development
July 14, 2015
The UN's International Labour Organization and World Bank have issued a joint statement calling for the proposed UN Sustainable Development Goals, setting goals for global development by the year 2030, to contain targets on social protection, including "adequate cash transfers for all who need them."
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WHO Calls for Stronger Measures on "Tobacco Epidemic"
July 14, 2015
The UN's World Health Organization ("WHO") has published a report on the "global tobacco epidemic" calling on countries to increase taxes on tobacco products in order to curb demand and raise revenue.
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UN, NGO Test Tool on Textbook Prejudice
July 14, 2015
The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ("UNESCO") and King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue are convening a group of education experts to test a tool they say will assist educators in writing textbooks that are "free of stereotypes and prejudices about culture, religion and gender."
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