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New Global Accord Targeting Greenhouse Gases Enters into Force
January 10, 2019
The UN Environment Programme has applauded the entry into force of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, which aims to limit the production and consumption of greenhouse gases known as hydrofluorocarbons to help achieve the ambitious goals of the UN’s Paris climate accord.
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Venezuela Launches WTO Procedure over US Sanctions
January 10, 2019
Venezuela has launched a consultation process at the World Trade Organization (WTO) by accusing the US of violating WTO rules through sanctions targeting the country in response to the Venezuelan government’s human rights violations against its citizens.
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UN Agency Advocates for “Environmentally Displaced People”
January 09, 2019
The UN Environment Programme's interview of a “climate justice” campaigner highlights the UN agency’s promotion of a new category of “involuntary” migrants, called “environmentally displaced people,” who would gain a right to claim legal protection abroad as they flee the impacts of climate change.
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NGO Report Finds Push by UN Treaty Bodies for Abortion Access
January 09, 2019
Dr. Rebecca Oas of the Center for Family & Human Rights (C-Fam) has published a study of UN treaty monitoring bodies indicating that they are increasingly pressuring governments, in their periodic reviews of countries’ human rights records, to recognize a right to abortion access as a treaty obligation.
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UK Promises to Consider UN Agent’s Report on Poverty
January 09, 2019
Human Rights Watch has published an article applauding UK government officials for agreeing to give “serious consideration” to allegations from UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights Philip Alston including that Britain is responsible, due to cuts in social spending, for “inflicting unnecessary misery” on its people.
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