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Oxfam Criticizes World Bank for Reliance on Private Finance
May 21, 2018
The nongovernmental organization Oxfam has critiqued the World Bank's practice of encouraging private spending and support for the private sector as part of its development efforts, pushing the institution instead to convince countries to use "progressive taxation and spending" policies to create more revenue for development programs.
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Global Governance Advocates Call for World Parliament
May 21, 2018
Jo Leinen of the European Parliament and Andreas Bummel of the nongovernmental organization Democracy without Borders have published a book calling for the establishment of a "democratically elected world parliament," beginning with a "consultative body composed of national or regional parliamentarians" to be created by the UN General Assembly.
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NAM Countries Push for "Fairer" Global Governance
May 21, 2018
At a recent ministerial conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), a group based in neutrality during the Cold War that now includes 120 countries, adopted a declaration calling for a "fair, inclusive, transparent and effective system of global governance" and an "indivisible" approach to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Schaefer: UN Disarmament Forum Must Exclude Syria
May 21, 2018
Brett Schaefer of the Heritage Foundation calls on the US government to shine a spotlight on how the UN Conference on Disarmament permits countries including Syria and North Korea to hold its rotating presidency in light of the commitment of these countries to the proliferation and, in some cases, the use of nuclear and chemical weapons.
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UN Chief Praises China for Commitment to SDGs
May 18, 2018
During a recent visit to China, UN Secretary-General António Guterres praised Chinese President Xi Jinping for his commitment to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and for his work toward a diplomatic solution to tensions on the Korean peninsula.
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