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UN Rights Chief Opposes Mexican Security Law
January 04, 2018
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has called on the Mexican Senate to reject proposed legislation on internal security reform providing for an expanded role of the country's armed forces in law enforcement, arguing that aspects of the law strengthening the military's role in domestic security affairs violates international human rights standards.
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Canada Reports Compliance with UN Climate Agenda
January 03, 2018
The Canadian government has summarized its most recent biannual report to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to show that it is abiding by the UNFCCC's agenda on combating global warming through measures including carbon taxation and phasing out all coal-fired electricity.
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Commentator: US Must Use Funding to Rein in UN
January 03, 2018
Fred Fleitz of the Center for Security Policy writes that the Trump Administration must hold the UN accountable when it serves as a forum for anti-US and anti-Israel resolutions and rhetoric, including by bringing back US government scoring of foreign countries on UN General Assembly votes to determine the aid they should receive.
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Former US Adviser Criticizes UN on Jerusalem Vote
January 03, 2018
Former adviser to the US Ambassador to the UN Hugh Dugan asserts that the UN General Assembly has cemented its reputation as a "hopelessly biased anti-American and anti-Israel debating society" in singling out the US for criticism over its recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel while ignoring rights violations by authoritarian regimes around the world.
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Observer Seeks More Scrutiny of Aims of "Rights" NGOs
January 03, 2018
Ruthie Blum of the Gatestone Institute writes that the Danish government's decision to halt funding for the Human Rights International Humanitarian Law Secretariat over its ties to anti-Israel nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) is an exception in the general failure of European governments to scrutinize funding that goes to radical causes through pro-"human rights" NGOs.
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