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NGO Seeks Censure of Hungary by UN Rights Body
February 13, 2018
The nongovernmental organization (NGO) Open Society Foundations has submitted a review of Hungarian restrictions on NGOs to the UN Human Rights Committee in an attempt to elicit a statement from the body censuring Hungary in its review of the country's compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
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World Bank Provides Global Guidance on Financial Regulation
February 13, 2018
As part of its global guidance for national regulators focused on the financial industry, the World Bank has produced two reports providing "a comprehensive collection of good practices and benchmarking for financial consumer protection and financial inclusion around the world."
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World Bank Touts Funding of "New Urban Agenda"
February 13, 2018
An article published by the World Bank illustrates the development organization's embrace of the "New Urban Agenda" agreed by participants in the UN Habitat III conference in 2016, highlighting its drive for trillions in funding to make urban areas "inclusive, resilient, productive, and sustainable for all," as well as resistant to the future, catastrophic impacts of global warming.
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World Bank Wealth Report Tracks "Sustainability"
February 13, 2018
Using a new measure of wealth that promotes the UN "sustainable development" agenda by tracking countries' "economic progress and sustainability," including figures on "natural" and "human" capital, a report from the World Bank warns of "substantial" wealth inequality that is leaving behind poor countries.
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Governments Resist Reforms of UN Development System
February 13, 2018
Stefano Gennarini of the Center for Family & Human Rights reports on the resistance by some countries to UN Secretary-General António Guterres's plan providing for a "reinvigorated" system of UN "resident coordinators" in each country empowered to influence national policy priorities within the UN's framework on "sustainable development."
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