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US Seeks to Trigger Broad Reforms at UNRWA
August 07, 2018
CNN reports on efforts by Trump Administration officials to put pressure on UN Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) to reform its fundraising practices and make broad changes in its provision of services to Palestinian refugees, with one official asserting that UNRWA "has perpetuated and exacerbated the refugee crisis" in the region.
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Palestinian Authority Warns of US “Conspiracies” to End UNRWA
August 06, 2018
The Times of Israel reports that the Palestinian Authority is labeling emails from the US Administration published by Foreign Affairs including proposals to “disrupt” the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), aimed at funding Palestinian refugees, and combine it with the larger UN refugee system as part of “conspiracies to end the Palestinian cause.”
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BC Moves to Establish “Fully Independent” Rights Body
August 06, 2018
The Star Vancouver reports that the Canadian province of British Columbia (BC) is establishing a “fully independent” human rights commission to focus on the realization of global standards on “Indigenous rights and gender identity,” in addition to “opportunities for new immigrants.”
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UN, IACHR Agents: Trump’s Anti-Media Criticism Violates Rights
August 06, 2018
UN and Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) Special Rapporteurs on free expression, David Kaye and Edison Lanza, have warned that US President Donald Trump’s “attacks” on the media “run counter to the country’s obligations to respect press freedom and international human rights law.”
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UN Agent Pushes Canada to Recognize Environmental Rights
August 06, 2018
The Star Vancouver reports that the new UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment David Boyd has expressed his embarrassment that his home country of Canada has not signed up to a UN treaty that would force it to recognize the “human right to a healthy environment.”
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