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Academic: UNRWA Ensures Its Survival Through Terminology
January 08, 2019
Professor Daniel Beaudoin of Tel Aviv University writes that the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestinian refugees has guaranteed its ongoing political usefulness by expanding the definition of a “refugee” to ensure the insolubility of the Palestinian refugee issue, indicating that only by limiting the meaning of this term can UNRWA be adequately reformed.
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US, Israel Withdraw from UNESCO
January 08, 2019
Fox News reports that the US and Israel have officially withdrawn from the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), citing UNESCO’s bias against Israel as demonstrated by resolutions downplaying and disregarding the Jewish connection to sites in Jerusalem.
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UN Agent Demands US Investigation of Migrant Child’s Death
January 08, 2019
UN Special Rapporteur of the human rights of migrants Felipe González Morales has demanded an investigation of the recent death of a Guatemalan migrant child in the custody of US immigration authorities and characterized US detention of minors on the basis of their migrant status “a violation of international law.”
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NGO: FIFA Has Rights-Based Duty to Assist Detained Soccer Player
January 08, 2019
Minky Worden of Human Rights Watch argues that the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) has a duty under its new global human rights policies to pressure Thai authorities to release a soccer player detained in the country for extradition to Bahrain.
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Turkey Plans to Demand UN Investigation of Khashoggi Murder
January 04, 2019
Al Jazeera reports that Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has announced plans to work with other countries to issue a formal demand for UN bodies to investigate the killing of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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