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Experts Critique UN Partnerships in Syria
August 21, 2017
George Russell reports that development experts and civil society groups are expressing concern that programs developed by UN agencies, including the International Organization for Migration, providing support for the rebuilding of Syria by President Bashar al-Assad's regime and his allies could act as a vehicle for further atrocities to be committed by the Syrian strongman.
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Observer: US Must Push Reform at WHO
August 21, 2017
Jeff Stier of the National Center for Public Policy Research writes that the US must defund the World Health Organization (WHO) if the UN agency's new Director-General fails to introduce policies addressing the body's "persistent wasteful spending, utter disregard for transparency, pervasive incompetence, and failure to adhere to even basic democratic standards."
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NGO: Trump Border Policies Violate Rights
August 21, 2017
Amnesty International has published a report asserting that US President Donald Trump's executive order establishing "hard line border control policies, including by building a wall along the border with Mexico, violates international laws on human rights and refugee protection by preventing asylum seekers fleeing "violence and persecution" from entering the country.
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OECD Applauds Belgium's "Redistributive Welfare State"
August 21, 2017
A report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) points to Belgium's "redistributive welfare state" as an important factor in the country's economic growth and calls on the Belgian government to commit to more active policies remedying labor-market disparities based on age and migrant status.
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OECD Warns of Slow Global Progress on "Green Growth"
August 18, 2017
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) released a report in June rating countries on their policies promoting "green growth" and asserting that governments have moved too slowly in their efforts "to fully disconnect economic growth from fossil fuel use and pollutant emissions" to comply with the global climate agenda.
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