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OECD Calls on South Korea to Improve "Safety Net"
April 18, 2018
An Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report calling on South Korean authorities to bolster social safety nets for the country's workers highlights the broad focus of the OECD on redistributive government policies to speed economic development.
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CEDAW Demands "Gender Responsive" Climate Policies
April 18, 2018
A report from the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) calls on national governments and others to fulfill the global economic, social, and cultural rights agenda by ensuring that measures addressing the impacts of global warming are "gender responsive" and promoting the involvement of women in the formulation of climate policies.
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UNESCO Report Calls for "Green" Water Recycling
April 17, 2018
A recent UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) report calls for national governments to focus on "nature-based" and green solutions to recycling water in light of growing demand and the future catastrophic effects of climate change on the world's water security.
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US Memo: Base Foreign Funding on UN Votes
April 17, 2018
Foreign Policy reports that, according to a confidential memo drafted by her staff, US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley is calling for the Trump Administration to condition foreign aid on alignment of governments' voting records with the US's at the UN General Assembly.
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Academic Seeks Divorce of Human Rights from "Neoliberalism"
April 17, 2018
Professor Samuel Moyn of Yale University writes that human rights activists must marry their movement to socialist, redistributive policies to achieve a worldwide concept of justice that departs from "market fundamentalism and inequality."
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