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Experts: US Faces Struggle in Prioritizing Religious Freedom
June 13, 2018
Aaron Rhodes of the Forum for Religious Freedom–Europe and Roger Pilon of the Cato Institute write that US officials will struggle in efforts to restore international religious freedom due to a rising movement seeking to "contextualize" freedom within a legal framework elevating economic and social rights and banning "hateful" speech.
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UK Submits Long-term Climate Strategy to UN Agency
June 08, 2018
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has announced that the UK has become the eighth country to submit a "long-term low-emissions strategy" to the body, showing how it will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by the year 2050 as part of its efforts to achieve its pledges under the 2015 Paris climate accord.
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China Meets Paris Climate Targets Three Years Early
June 08, 2018
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has announced that China will meet its 2020 carbon-emissions targets pledged under the 2015 Paris climate accord three years early, highlighting the low ambition of the climate deal as it relates to developing countries and the pre-existing trend toward low-carbon energy when the deal was launched.
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OSCE Trains Montenegro Lawmakers on "Gender Mainstreaming"
June 08, 2018
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) recently supported a training course in the Parliament of Montenegro focusing on how the body should use "gender mainstreaming" policies to enhance equality between men and women in the country.
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IMF Seeks Updated Standards on "Governance" Issues
June 08, 2018
The Executive Directors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have called for new internal guidance for the development institution on how "to promote more systematic, effective, candid, and evenhanded engagement" related to governance issues in countries in which the IMF operates, including on corruption and "rule of law" issues.
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