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NGOs Call for UN to Consider "Climate Change Refugee" Protection
August 27, 2014
A group of nongovernmental organizations ("NGOs") have complained that a recent UN conference for "small island developing states" did not issue a call to amend international treaties to require the legal protection of "refugees" who are fleeing their home countries due to global warming.
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OSCE Criticizes Missouri Police for Journalist Arrests
August 27, 2014
Following the arrest of journalists during protests in Ferguson, Missouri over the recent shooting of teenager Michael Brown, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ("OSCE") media freedom representative Dunja Mijatovic has called on Missouri police to respect the right to freedom of the media.
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NGO Seeks "Sexual and Reproductive" Rights in UN Development Goals
August 27, 2014
Françoise Girard of the nongovernmental organization ("NGO") the International Women's Health Coalition writes that the UN must take into account "sexual and reproductive health rights" - often used to include abortion rights - in its upcoming "sustainable development goals" agenda.
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Report Indicates Lack of Oversight in UN Somali Operations
August 27, 2014
An audit of the UN Development Programme's operations in Somalia indicates that the agency failed to oversee the spending of millions of dollars in aid money to ensure that it was used for its intended purposes.
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Waters: UN Is Growing Threat to Human Rights
August 27, 2014
Anne Marie Waters writes that in light of the UN's acceptance of a relative, society-specific approach to human rights and its "relentless pursuit" of Israel, the global body cannot advance human rights protection and in fact represents a threat to civil and political rights around the world.
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