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OSCE Official Criticizes Russian Clampdown on Encrypted Messaging
May 31, 2018
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir has called on Russian officials to reconsider legal action restricting access to the Telegram application, which permits encrypted online messaging, after the application's owners refused to provide authorities a decryption key to help them unlock messages sent using the service.
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US Eyes Funding Cuts for UN Bodies over PA Membership
May 30, 2018
AFP reports that the Palestinian Authority's (PA) accession to membership in two UN agencies and a chemical weapons watchdog has prompted US officials to consider eliminating funding for these organizations in line with US legal restrictions on funding for international bodies that accept Palestine as a member.
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World Bank Approves "Sustainability" Loan to Turkey
May 24, 2018
The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors recently approved a loan of just over $90 million to Turkey as part of a new "Sustainable Cities Project," through which the development institution will support the Turkish cities Antalya and Muğla in achieving "economic, financial, environmental, and social sustainability" in infrastructure, water, sanitation, and other areas.
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World Bank Calls for "Nature Based" Responses to Climate Risks
May 24, 2018
The World Bank explains its partnership in the development of a guidance document considering how development institutions should integrate "nature based solutions" to disaster risks in their financing strategies to respond to increased risks of global warming and extreme weather events.
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World Bank Funds "Climate-Smart" Agriculture in Bangladesh
May 24, 2018
Illustrating the World Bank's embrace of the global climate agenda as a viable path toward achieving development, the institution recently announced the launch of a Climate-Smart Agriculture Country Profile and the Climate Smart Investment Plan for Bangladesh, pushing the country to take into account threats from global warming in its agricultural policies.
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