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UN Agency Launches Labs to Solve Global Challenges
July 24, 2019
The UN Development Programme has announced the launch of 60 Accelerator Labs with the aim of finding “grassroots innovations” to solve a wide range of global challenges of the 21st Century, including climate change and “soaring inequality,” and to fulfill the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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UN Refugee Agency Criticizes US Asylum Policy
July 24, 2019
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees has criticized the Trump Administration’s new asylum policy, which bars asylum for people crossing the southern US land border if they did not first seek asylum elsewhere, as “severe” and has called on the US to be part of a collective, regional approach to migration.
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Economist Calls for Creation of World Carbon Bank
July 24, 2019
Harvard economics professor Kenneth Rogoff calls for the creation of a World Carbon Bank that would transfer funding and energy technology from rich countries to developing countries to help limit the growth of greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change.
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UN Rights Bodies Review Countries on SDGs
July 24, 2019
According to data generated by the Danish Institute for Human Rights, UN human rights mechanisms are making a significant number of recommendations to governments encouraging their increased engagement with the comprehensive targets contained in the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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UN Office Accuses India of Rights Violations in Kashmir
July 24, 2019
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has published a report accusing Indian authorities in the disputed territory of Kashmir of rights violations, including arbitrary detentions, and calling for the repeal of legislation that protects Indian troops in the region from prosecution.
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