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UN: Redistribution Is "Key" to Global Climate Change Treaty
July 14, 2014
The head of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Christiana Figueres and others have called for developed countries like the U.S. to contribute more to the UN Green Climate Fund, which would send funding to developing countries, to advance negotiations on a global climate treaty.
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Kerry Calls for Global Governance of Oceans
July 14, 2014
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has called for a worldwide "regime" to deal with problems facing the oceans, including global warming, by developing "a single comprehensive global ocean strategy."
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Wikileaks Releases Global Finance Agreement Draft
July 14, 2014
Wikileaks has published language from a global agreement that would deregulate the financial services sector and promote cross-border flow of personal and other data, and whose text would remain secret five years after its adoption.
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HRC Adopts Resolution on "Protection of the Family"
July 14, 2014
The UN Human Rights Council ("HRC") has adopted a resolution seeking a report and calling for a panel discussion on the "protection of the family," after the HRC rejected an amendment stating that "various forms of the family exist."
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UN Promotes Global Governance of Environmental Law
July 11, 2014
At the Global Symposium on Environmental Rule of Law, hosted by the UN Environment Programme, panelists called for countries to enforce environmental laws with the aim of economic equality, with one panelist seeking an "international court for the environment."
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