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UN Advances Climate-based Global Ocean Governance
December 29, 2017
As part of efforts by various UN agencies to ramp up global governance of the world's oceans, UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission is celebrating the launch of an Ocean Pathway Partnership at the recent UN climate summit in Bonn, Germany, with the aim of "identifying and implementing effective ocean-based solutions to climate change."
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UN Climate Talks Yield "Gender Action Plan"
December 29, 2017
Highlighting the comprehensive scope of UN-organized negotiations over combating climate change, UN Women has touted the adoption by various governments at the recent UN climate summit in Bonn, Germany, of a "Gender Action Plan" that serves as a "roadmap to incorporate gender equality and women’s empowerment in climate change discourse and actions."
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NGO Criticizes FIFA's BHR Implementation in Russia
December 29, 2017
A Human Rights Watch press release accuses the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) of "falling short" of its commitments to implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (BHR) in the run-up to the opening of the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
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UN Agency Launches Global Forest Mechanism
December 28, 2017
At the recent UN climate summit in Bonn, Germany, the UN Development Programme announced that launch of a Global Platform for the New York Declaration on Forests to provide a "central coordination mechanism" and work with nongovernmental organizations to speed up government action to halt all deforestation by the year 2030.
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Report Indicates UNHCR Consults Assad Regime on Aleppo Aid
December 28, 2017
Emma Beals cites evidence indicating that the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is accepting direction from the Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad in rebuilding the ravaged city of Aleppo, where international organizations have pointed to a long train of humanitarian law violations by the Assad regime during the long-running Syrian civil war.
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