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Palestinian Representative Claims Right to UN Membership
February 05, 2019
AP reports that the Palestinian Authority’s representative to the UN has predicted his country will become a full member of the international organization when “obstacles” are removed at the UN Security Council, indicating his country has a right to such membership through a 1947 resolution adopted by the UN General Assembly.
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Former UN Observer Accused US of “War Crimes” in Venezuela
February 05, 2019
As the constitutional and economic crisis in Venezuela continues, The Independent reports that former UN Independent Expert Alfred de Zayas has pointed to his official report on the country accusing the US of “war crimes” for allegedly triggering the worsening economic conditions in the country through sanctions.
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UN Agent Investigates Responsibility for Khashoggi Murder
February 05, 2019
The New York Times reports that UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Agnès Callamard is leading a UN inquiry on the murder of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi at Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul, with her mandate including the person or government that bears responsibility for the killing.
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UN Manages G7 Program on Advancing SDGs in Africa
February 05, 2019
The Italian government recently opened the Africa Centre for Climate and Sustainable Development in Rome as a vehicle, hosted by the UN Development Programme, for Group of 7 (G7) countries and African governments to collaborate on fulfilling the broad targets of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Africa.
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NGO Calls on Development Institutions to Push for Rights Protection
February 05, 2019
Asmara Klein of the Natural Resource Governance Institute echoes the calls by advocates of the business and human rights agenda for lenders to use their leverage to press for rights protection in an article pushing international financial institutions to condition their loans on government respect for civil and political rights.
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