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World Bank Sets up Audit of Business Regulation Rankings
May 08, 2018
The World Bank has announced that it has commissioned an independent external audit of the ranking of Chile in the organization's Doing Business report, following media reports that the country's fall in the annual report's ranking on ease of setting up and running a business was motivated by politics.
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US Legislation Permits Funding Reduction for UN Bodies
May 08, 2018
Al-Monitor reports that a March spending bill signed into law by US President Donald Trump includes a provision permitting the US government to reduce by five percent funding to a UN agency or entity it determines has acted against the interest of the US or of any of its allies, including Israel.
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UN Official Seeks Global Partnerships to Manage Migration
May 08, 2018
At a recent UN forum leading up to negotiations of a Global Compact on Migration, Director General of the International Organization for Migration William Lacy Swing has called for partnerships among international organizations, national governments, and nongovernmental organizations to properly manage migration across the globe.
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NGO Seeks Pressure on Companies to Deliver SDGs
May 08, 2018
An article from Christen Dobson and Phil Bloomer of the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre calls for a combination of government regulation, civil society scrutiny, and voluntary business action in spurring private-sector contributions to help fulfill the UN's comprehensive Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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WEF Group Pushes for Tech Action on "Harmful Content"
May 08, 2018
The World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Future Council on Human Rights has published a report outlining the group's call for internet companies to take on a more active role in confronting growing threats on their platforms from "harmful content," including "terrorist incitement" and "politically motivated disinformation."
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