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NGO: China Seeks to Make UN Rights Review Meaningless
December 19, 2018
Sophie Richardson of the nongovernmental organization Human Rights Watch reports on China’s work in the UN Human Rights Council and other UN organs toward hollowing out any meaningful review of the country’s performance on civil and political rights.
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Haley Criticizes UN “Obsession” with Israel
December 19, 2018
At a recent UN Security Council meeting, outgoing US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley criticized the UN as “hopelessly biased,” citing the UN General Assembly’s failure to condemn Hamas as a terrorist group, and warned that the UN’s “obsession” with Israel has helped stall direct Palestinian-Israeli negotiations.
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UN Climate Talks Produce “Rulebook” on Climate Action
December 18, 2018
The New York Times reports that countries at a UN summit in Poland agreed a common rulebook on measuring and reporting their contributions to global greenhouse gas emissions but failed to find consensus on standardizing “carbon markets” and redistributing “climate aid” from wealthy to poor countries.
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US Outlines “Balanced Approach” to Climate Action at UN Summit
December 18, 2018
The US State Department published a statement following the recent UN climate summit in Poland setting out the current Administration’s “balanced approach to economic growth, energy security, and environmental protection” and a pledge not to “allow climate agreements to be used as a vehicle to redistribute wealth.”
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Scientists Warn of Slow Progress on UN Biodiversity Treaty
December 18, 2018
A scientific team led by the California Academy of Sciences has published an essay warning that global progress on the UN Convention for Biological Diversity is not fast enough to achieve the environmental targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and prevent a “biodiversity crisis.”
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