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UN Seeks to Strengthen Its Evaluation Role
March 18, 2015
The UN has released a report calling for greater evaluation of initiatives, at the international and national levels, in order to enhance the effectiveness of the UN and governments in dealing with issues such as peacekeeping and climate change.
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UN Seeks Global Response Framework for Disasters
March 18, 2015
Participants at a UN conference in Sendai, Japan are calling for an increase in the commitment of countries around the world to provide financing for a framework for a global response to natural disasters.
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OSCE Pushes Counter-terrorism Human Rights Training
March 18, 2015
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ("OSCE") Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights recently provided a training for national human rights trainers in order to create a curriculum for government officials to fight terrorism in a human rights-compliant fashion.
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NGOs Seek UN Monitor on Privacy
March 18, 2015
A group of nongovernmental organizations ("NGOs") have called on the UN Human Rights Council to create a new "special rapporteur" position charged with monitoring the right to privacy around the world.
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Australia PM Criticizes UN Torture Report
March 16, 2015
Prime Minister of Australia Tony Abbot has criticized a recent report of the UN Special Rapporteur on torture alleging that the country's migration policy has violated the human rights of asylum seekers and accused the report's author of bias.