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Bolton Calls for Closure of UNRWA
November 20, 2017
Deeming the work of the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) - the agency charged with assisting Palestinian refugees - to be "highly politicized," former US Ambassador to the UN John Bolton has called for the US to withhold funding from UNRWA until the UN folds its functions into the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
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US Criticizes UNFPA Praise of Chinese Birth Limitation
November 20, 2017
Dr. Susan Yoshihara of the Center for Family and Human Rights reports that, at the presentation of a strategic plan from the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) in September that included provisions encouraging "sexual and reproductive health rights," the US delegation criticized the plan's praise for China's four-decade "coercive birth limitation" policy.
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UN Rights Observer Criticizes UK on Air Pollution
November 20, 2017
The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights related to toxic waste Baskut Tuncak has criticized the UK for "flouting" its obligations to protect the rights of its citizens to life, health, and adequate housing by permitting what he deems to be an unsafe level of air pollution in its towns and cities and has warned that Brexit could further reduce pollution restrictions in the country.
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Patrick: US Congress Must Act on AI Weapons
November 20, 2017
Stewart Patrick of the Council on Foreign Relations calls on the US Congress to promote global governance mechanisms to regulate weapons controlled by artificial intelligence (AI), warning that "the yawning gap between the frontiers of technology and the mechanisms of global governance will only widen" if the US leaves this area unaddressed.
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WEF Panel Pushes Corporate "Sustainability" Assessments
November 20, 2017
At the international organization's recent Sustainable Development Impact Summit in New York, the World Economic Forum (WEF) hosted a panel at which contributors called on businesses to move beyond their core responsibility of maximizing profits by also taking into account "social and environmental metrics" in line with the UN's "sustainable development" agenda.
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