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Outgoing UN Official: UNSC Structure Could Destroy UN
August 31, 2018
In a statement to reporters, outgoing UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein warned that members of the UN Security Council with veto power are "running too much of the business" and could cause the entire international organization to fold.
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OSCE Promotes “Gender-Sensitive” Education in Moldova
August 31, 2018
Highlighting the continued extension of the organization’s focus to encompass a broad range of human rights and environmental policies, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) recently hosted a meeting for Moldovan vocational teachers aiming to help them produce “a gender-sensitive educational environmental.”
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China Files WTO Complaint Against US Import Duties
August 31, 2018
The Chinese government has filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) against the US’s recently announced duties on the importation of Chinese goods, giving the global trade governance institution authority over resolving the dispute currently under negotiation between the two countries.
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Turkey Files Complaint with WTO over US Tariffs
August 30, 2018
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has announced its receipt of a dispute complaint from Turkey regarding increased US duties on steel and aluminum levied in response to Turkey’s ongoing detention of an American pastor, elevating a foreign-relations dispute into a legal conflict to be resolved by the leading institution of global trade governance.
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World Bank Launches $300-Million Energy-Efficiency Initiative in India
August 30, 2018
Highlighting the World Bank’s embrace of the UN’s “sustainable development” and climate change agendas, the development institution has announced its support of a $300-million India Energy Efficiency Scale-Up Program to encourage “energy saving measures in residential and public sectors” with the aim of reducing the country’s greenhouse gas emissions.
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