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UN Migration Agency and Partners Promote Global Governance of Migration and Health
September 18, 2019
An article in a series developed by The BMJ, the UN Migration Agency, and the Migration Health and Development Research Network explains that failure to improve the global governance of migration and health will jeopardize action towards major global health targets, most notably that of universal health coverage.
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Cities Pledge to Report to UN on Climate Change and Sustainable Development
September 18, 2019
At the upcoming United General Assembly meetings, more than a dozen cities will commit to implementing global goals to end poverty, inequality, and other challenges by 2030, including Accra, Barcelona, Bristol, Cape Town, Los Angeles, and Mannheim.
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State Department Official Defends US Commission on Unalienable Rights
September 16, 2019
In a Real Clear Politics Op-Ed, Peter Berkowitz, Director of the U.S. State Department's Policy Planning Staff, defends the Department's Commission on Unalienable Rights, calling for a sober and deliberate reflection about the roots of human rights in the American constitutional tradition and their reach in the conduct of America's foreign affairs.
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UN Chief: Human-Triggered Climate Change Causing More Intense and Frequent Natural Disasters
September 16, 2019
While viewing the devastating damage in the Bahamas caused by Hurricane Dorian, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres linked an increase in the intensity and frequency of natural disasters to human activity triggering climate change.
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Illinois Small Business Owners Express Concern Over New Human Rights Laws
September 16, 2019
The state of Illinois has expanded its human rights laws to include businesses with fewer than 15 workers and to impose broad requirements for the way alleged human rights claims are processed, decided, litigated, and punished.
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