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German Official Calls for Bolstered UN Role
April 09, 2018
Deutsche Welle reports on statements from German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas as his government lobbies for a seat on the UN Security Council (UNSC), calling for "more United Nations" as the world deals with dangerous crises and telling Caribbean representatives that a major German priority on the UNSC will be limiting climate change.
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US Plans Limits to UN Peacekeeping Contributions
April 09, 2018
AP reports that US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has informed the UN Security Council the US will no longer pay more than 25% of the UN peacekeeping budget, pushing for all other countries to help shoulder the burden of the international organization's peacekeeping responsibilities.
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UN Chief Prioritizes Climate as "Most Systemic" Global Threat
April 03, 2018
The New York Times reports that, in recent remarks, UN Secretary-General António Guterres identified climate change as "the most systemic threat to humankind" and referred to plans to host a 2019 summit to press governments to raise the emissions reduction targets they pledged in the 2015 UN Paris climate accord.
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Australia Pledges to Improve Rights Situation
March 30, 2018
The Guardian reports that, upon taking its seat at the UN Human Rights Council, the Government of Australia pledged to improve its human rights situation "in a spirit of self-reflection" in light of a litany of criticisms from UN rights observers over Australia's refugee-processing policies and treatment of Indigenous peoples.
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UN Rights Chief Wades into Political Dispute with Hungarian PM
March 30, 2018
AP reports that the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein has entered into a public dispute with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, accusing the national leader of "stoking hatred for political profit" and employing "increasingly delusional" racial speech.
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