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UN Partnership Targets SDGs on Nutrition, Agriculture
July 26, 2018
The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have agreed to ramp up efforts to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), using tools ranging from “learning modules” at agricultural schools to introducing “nutrition education” around the world.
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UN Reviews Potential Restrictions on Autonomous Weapons
July 26, 2018
A press release from the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) reviews the UN’s efforts to add to discussions within the international organization a focus, urged by nongovernmental organizations, on the global prohibition of “lethal autonomous weapons systems.”
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UN Panel Calls for “Gender Mainstreaming” in SDGs
July 26, 2018
A group of UN agencies recently convened a panel in Nairobi, Kenya, calling for a “gender-responsive implementation” of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to remedy the “unequal distribution of resources, power and wealth” between women and men around the world.
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NGO Criticizes Unenforceable UN Refugee Compact
July 25, 2018
Amnesty International has criticized national leaders involved in the negotiation of the UN’s Global Compact on Refugees for failing to create a global, “human-rights based” system of responsibility sharing requiring the “compassionate” distribution of refugees around the world.
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Asia Climate Week Focuses on Need for Climate Finance
July 25, 2018
Organized in Singapore under the framework of the UN’s Paris climate agreement, Asia Pacific Climate Week 2018 placed a large focus on the need for countries around the world to reach a $100-billion annual target for financing projects aimed at adapting to and mitigating the impacts of global warming.
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