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Development Banks Report $28 Billion in Climate Contributions
July 06, 2015
In a recent report, a group of six large multilateral development banks calculated that they had provided $28 billion in support of the UN's agenda of countering climate change and adapting to its effect in 2014.
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UN Agency: Remove Barriers to Sexual Rights
July 01, 2015
The UN's World Health Organization has released a report calling for countries to remove legal and regulatory barriers to "sexual and reproductive health rights," which the report says are human rights that include access to contraception and abortion.
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UNGA Calls for Development of Ocean Biodiversity Treaty
July 01, 2015
The UN General Assembly ("UNGA") has adopted a resolution that calls for the development of a "comprehensive global regime" that addresses the conservation of biodiversity on the high seas.
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UN Pushes for Use of Passenger Information to Fight Terrorism
June 26, 2015
The UN Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate has called for greater government use of a global advance passenger information system for airline carriers in order to restrict the international flow of terrorist fighters.
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UN Agency: Take Action on Climate to Create Jobs
June 26, 2015
At a recent summit, Director-General of the UN's International Labour Organization Guy Ryder argued that the promise to countries that adopt the UN's sustainable development agenda and transition to "green economies" includes more quality jobs for workers.
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Vatican Rejects Skeptics of UN Agenda in Developing Climate Message
June 24, 2015
The Washington Post reports that while the Vatican invited UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and others who support global action on climate change to a 2015 summit in preparation of the drafting of Pope Francis's encyclical on the topic, it rejected scientists who are skeptical of the concept of man-made climate change.
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UN Agency Blames Globalization for Diet Effects
June 24, 2015
In a new report, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization blames globalization, food marketing, and shifting lifestyles for the move away from the traditional, healthy "Mediterranean diet," a change that may result in either malnutrition or obesity and may thus cause "disability and death."
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UN, China Further Cooperation on Green Financial System
June 24, 2015
Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme Achim Steiner recently met with Deputy Governor of China's central bank Pan Gongsheng to follow up on a report released by the two institutions earlier this year calling for steps to advance the UN's sustainability agenda using China's financial system.
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UN, News Agency Agree to Promote Environmental Agenda
June 24, 2015
The UN Environment Programme has announced that it has renewed its deal with Chinese news agency Xinhua to promote the UN's environmental agenda in China and around the world.
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UN Agent: EU Border Policy Must Focus on Mobility
June 17, 2015
UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants François Crépeau has argued that "irregular migration" in Europe is the result of border security policies that prevent migration and has called for a human rights-focused EU migration policy that is based on "mobility."