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Shapiro: China Efforts May "Upend" World Order
April 09, 2015
Jeremy Shapiro of the Brookings Institution writes that China's efforts toward global governance, including its establishment of an Asian Infrastructure Development Bank that competes with Western development banks, may be a sign that China is rejecting the current Western-based "international order."
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U.S. Protesters Call for UN Investigation of Police Shooting
April 09, 2015
The Associated Press reports that a group of protesters in Wisconsin are calling on the UN Human Rights Council to investigate the death of a man at the hands of a Wisconsin police officer because of their lack of trust in the U.S. and state justice system.
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Palestine Seeks UN Timetable on Two-State Solution
April 09, 2015
The Associated Press reports that the Ambassador of Palestine to the UN Riyad Mansour says Palestine is "ready and willing" to seek a UN Security Council resolution that would set a timetable for the creation of a Palestinian state.
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UN's Ban Targets Israel in Remarks to Arab Leaders
April 09, 2015
In remarks to the recent League of Arab States Summit in Egypt, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Israel to halt "nearly half a century of occupation" and to support the creation of a Palestinian state.
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Trade Deal Opens U.S. to Suits in UN-Approved Tribunals
April 08, 2015
The New York Times reports that a leaked chapter from a trade deal between the U.S. and 11 other countries, called the Trans-Pacific Partnership, could lead to increased lawsuits by foreign companies against U.S. federal, state, and local governments in a UN-sanctioned tribunal.