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UN Seeks Shift in Perception of Migrants
September 20, 2017
As they prepare for a 2018 summit at which they expect countries to agree to a wide-ranging Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, UN officials at a recent consultation in New York discussed the need to improve the public perception of migrants by emphasizing their contributions to "human development."
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UN Official Blasts Australian Refugee Processing
September 20, 2017
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi recently condemned Australia's system of offshore processing centers on the islands of Nauru and Papua New Guinea for asylum seekers arriving in Australia by boat, arguing that they cause "extensive, avoidable suffering" and run contrary to "common decency."
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UN Officials Seek Multilateralism on Climate, SDGs
September 19, 2017
UN officials opened the high-level segment of the UN Economic and Social Council's 2017 session in July by stressing the need for multilateralism and funding from rich to poor countries to combat worldwide challenges such as climate change, as one official labeled the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) "a new social contract for the world."
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UN Bases SDG Efforts in Global Technology
September 19, 2017
A report from several high-ranking UN officials organized by the UN's International Telecommunications Union describes how the UN will work to leverage the power of information and communication technologies to achieve each of the comprehensive Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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UNESCO Teaches Gambian Youth "Sustainability"
September 19, 2017
In July, UNESCO's network in The Gambia gathered hundreds of young people in the country to teach them about the UN agency's "Global Citizenship Education" (GCE) and "Education for Sustainable Development" (ESD) programs aimed "to promote fundamental values of peaceful co-existence" and ended the session with a declaration in favor of GCE and ESD learning.
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