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UN Calls for Early Pressure on Countries over Human Rights
March 04, 2015
At the opening of the current session of the UN Human Rights Council, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on the Council to act early in monitoring alleged human rights violations and pressuring governments to prevent such violations among their people.
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HRC Panel Seeks Global Cooperation on Economic Rights
March 04, 2015
A panel held by the UN Human Rights Council ("HRC") featured UN officials, national representatives to the UN, and human rights activists calling for greater international cooperation on human rights, in particular nontraditional "economic, social, and cultural" human rights.
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AI Seeks UN Global Governance on Conflict, Human Rights
February 25, 2015
Secretary General of Amnesty International ("AI") Salil Shetty writes that governments should cooperate to "unshackle" the UN by giving the organization the authority to more easily intervene in armed conflicts and in human rights violations around the world.
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Ban Calls for Strengthened UN Mandate on "Transnational" Issues
February 25, 2015
Emphasizing that the UN Charter is a "living document," UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for global cooperation on "transnational" issues including public health and climate change and has argued that UN pressure on countries' human rights issues has strengthened their sovereignty.
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India Organizes Global Renewable Energy Federation
February 25, 2015
Indian Union Minister Piyush Goyal has announced that his government will seek to form a federation of 50 "solar power-rich" countries that will cooperate with international organizations to pressure countries around the world to invest in solar energy.
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