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UN Signs Climate Change Agreement with Legislators Association
July 11, 2014
The UN Environment Programme has signed a "Memorandum of Understanding" with the Global Legislators Organisation International committing both groups to work toward international agreements on global warming and fulfilling post-2015 "sustainable development" goals.
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UN Organizes Symposium on Funding "Green Economy"
July 11, 2014
A recently held UN Environment Assembly focused on "Financing the Green Economy," seeking to find ways in which to push businesses and governments to provide financing for environmentally friendly energy and projects at the expense of projects that are "energy inefficient."
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UN Uses Drones for DRC Peacekeeping Mission
July 11, 2014
A New York Times article details the UN's use of unmanned aerial surveillance drones to track the movements of rebels as part of its peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo ("DRC").
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Groves Warns of Risks to U.S. Sovereignty
July 11, 2014
Steven Groves of the Heritage Foundation writes that the Obama Administration has placed at risk the hard-won national sovereignty of the U.S. in pushing for ratification of international treaties that would subject U.S. citizens "to the whims of unelected foreign bureaucrats."
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OECD Calls for Wealth Redistribution
July 11, 2014
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ("OECD") has published a report calling on countries to establish "effective redistributive policies" to restrict income inequality and promote future economic growth.
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