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US Withdraws from Development of UN Migration Pact
December 06, 2017
AFP reports that the US Mission to the UN has declared that it will no longer participate in the multilateral process of developing a Global Compact on Migration at the international organization, explaining that "Americans alone" must be in charge of US immigration policy and border control.
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NGOs Criticize Congo's Election to UNHRC
December 06, 2017
Deutsche Welle reports that the recent election of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has sparked a major outcry among civil society groups that have condemned the DRC government as a serial human rights violator.
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UN Agent Praises End of South Sudan Sanctions
December 06, 2017
UN Special Rapporteur Idriss Jazairy recently praised a decision by the US government to lift sanctions on South Sudan, indicating that the sanctions' "major effect on vulnerable population groups" had constituted a violation of economic and social human rights.
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UN Observers: Death Penalty Is Prohibited Discrimination
December 05, 2017
A group of UN human rights mandate holders has condemned the death penalty, due to their view that it is "a penalty reserved for people from lower socio-economic groups," as a class-based form of discrimination and therefore an "arbitrary killing" in violation of international human rights law.
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WHO Publishes Guidelines on Preventing Obesity
December 05, 2017
Reflecting the growing focus at the UN agency on noncommunicable diseases, the World Health Organization (WHO) published in October a set of "obesity guidelines" that describe how "trained professionals" can promote healthy diets and physical activity among children to prevent obesity.
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