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UN Agent Critiques Peruvian Road-Building Bill
January 08, 2018
UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples Victoria Tauli-Corpuz has warned that Peru may be threatening the "fundamental human rights of isolated indigenous peoples" through legislation promoting road-building in remote jungle areas of the country.
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US Negotiates UN Budget Decrease
January 08, 2018
AP reports that the US government has taken credit for the negotiation of a decrease of more than $285 million in the UN's 2018-2019 budget.
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EU-Supported Research Warns of Increase in Climate Refugees
January 08, 2018
The Daily Mail reports that research commissioned and funded by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre indicates that asylum applications to EU member states will triple by the year 2100 due to the impacts of climate change on developing countries, fueling calls to create new institutions to handle such "climate refugee" flows.
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UNESCO Reports on Promotion of "Diversity" in Culture
January 08, 2018
The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) recently launched a report on its monitoring of global compliance with the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, calling for greater diversion of development funding into programs that promote "cultural expression."
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UNESCO Seeks Advice on Measuring "Culture" in SDGs
January 08, 2018
The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) convened a meeting of academics and other "high-level experts" in December to determine how to measure "culture" as a component of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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