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NGOs Seek IMF Focus on Economic Equality
December 07, 2017
A group of nongovernmental organizations has produced a report demanding that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) include in its country-by-country analysis and advice a more-comprehensive focus on policies that aim to reduce economic inequality.
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EU Council Celebrates Boost in "Climate Finance"
December 07, 2017
The Council of the EU recently announced that EU contributions to "climate finance" in the form of funding to projects in developing countries aimed at limiting the impacts of climate change in line with the UN's Paris climate deal reached €20.2 billion in the year 2016.
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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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