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Schaefer: US Must Track All Contributions to International Bodies
March 12, 2019
Brett Schaefer of the Heritage Foundation has called on the US Congress to require government reporting tracking all US contributions to international organizations to improve transparency of such spending and permit lawmakers to hold the recipients of such contributions accountable.
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UN Official: Economic, Social Rights Are Key to SDGs
March 08, 2019
In remarks to the UN Human Rights Council, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed underlined the international organization’s commitment to linking the 169 targets of its comprehensive Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to the realization of its broad agenda for economic, social, and cultural rights.
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UN Rights Chief Focuses on Economic Inequality in Address
March 07, 2019
According to NPR, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet used part of her annual report to the UN Human Rights Council to focus on income and wealth inequality as “fundamental challenges” to the international human rights agenda.
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UN Fund Pays Brazil $96 Million to Reward Climate Action
March 07, 2019
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change’s (UNFCCC) Green Climate Fund has approved a $96 million payout to Brazil for reducing deforestation within its territory as part of a “REDD-plus” results-based payments system aimed at redistributing funds to reward countries for complying with the UNFCCC’s agenda on combating climate change.
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UNDP, NGO Agree to Push SDG Governance Reforms
March 07, 2019
The UN Development Programme and the Open Government Partnership have signed an agreement to provide “programmatic support and technical assistance” to institutions and nongovernmental organizations aimed at pushing countries toward transparent governance to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).