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UNESCO Seeks "Sustainability" Education in South Africa
September 15, 2017
In June, the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) hosted in South Africa the third of its series of four symposia on the future of the UN agency's global agenda on "education for sustainable development" and how it will help achieve the UN's ambitious Sustainable Development Goals.
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OSCE Report Critiques UK on Campaign Finance
September 14, 2017
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe’s (OSCE) Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights has released a report reviewing the UK’s last general election and calling for the implementation of campaign donation caps and greater campaign finance transparency.
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US States Bolster Greenhouse Gas Regulations
September 14, 2017
The New York Times reports that, under a Trump Administration that has reversed various climate policies pursued by the previous administration, a number of US states have created their own initiatives to curb greenhouse gas emissions as a way to further the goals of the 2015 Paris climate deal on a regional basis.
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Opinion: Global Governance Can Implement “Universal” SDGs
September 14, 2017
Emilie Poisson of the nongovernmental organization Convergences has argued that the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a “universal agenda” around which partnership-based global governance can develop in furtherance of an idealized global future.
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UN Official Criticizes Trump over Press Comments
September 14, 2017
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein has claimed that the freedom of the press is “under attack” in the US because of President Donald Trump’s assertions that particular media companies are “fake news.”
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