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UN Observer Demands End to Sanctions Against Venezuela
February 06, 2019
UN Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of sanctions Idriss Jazairy has criticized sanctions imposed by the US against Venezuela’s national oil company as a violation of international human rights law that will “compound the grave crisis affecting the Venezuelan economy.”
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UNCTAD Warns of Potential Impacts of US-China Tariffs
February 06, 2019
The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has waded into the trade dispute between the US and China, warning the imposition of tariffs would not be beneficial to the domestic producers of either country.
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UNESCO Trains Educators to Teach “Sustainability”
February 06, 2019
A press release from the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) describes the agency’s Global Action Programme on Education for Sustainable Development, an initiative that seeks to train educators around the world to incorporate the global “sustainability” agenda in their curricula.
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UNESCO Pushes “Sexuality” Education in Sub-Saharan Africa
February 06, 2019
A press release from the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) illustrates the agency’s expansive efforts to introduce comprehensive sexuality education into the curricula of schools in sub-Saharan Africa.
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UNFCCC Hosts “Technical Dialogues” on Paris Climate Pledges
February 06, 2019
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) shows how it will use “technical dialogues” with countries in 2019 and 2020 to persuade countries to comply with their pledges from the UN’s Paris climate accord and develop long-term strategies to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.
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