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UN Chief Speech Shows Prioritization of Climate
August 09, 2017
Showing the prioritization by UN leaders of advancing the goals of the Paris climate deal, UN Secretary-General António Guterres pledged in a speech at New York University's Stern School of Business to work with countries to accelerate their reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and develop "national climate action plans" to comply with their commitments under the Paris deal.
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UN Seeks "Accessible and Safe" Migration Routes to Europe
August 09, 2017
Citing the number of deaths at sea in the past year as migrants made their way across the Mediterranean to Italy, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees reiterated the agency's calls for European countries to open up "accessible and safe ways to reach Europe" for migrants.
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UNICEF Issues Global Action Plan on Migrant Children
August 09, 2017
The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has released a six-point global action plan for governments on protecting migrating children, calling on officials to end detention of minors, fund their education and healthcare, and combat "xenophobia, discrimination and marginalization" in relevant countries.
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UN Official Prioritizes Climate in Disaster Management
August 09, 2017
On the eve of a UN meeting in Mexico in May aimed at launching a global mechanism on limiting disaster risk, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction Robert Glasser asserted that managing greenhouse gas emissions is key to reducing the current and future catastrophic disasters caused by global warming.
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UN Education Forum Focuses on Fulfilling SDGs
August 09, 2017
The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) hosted a forum for international "Technical and Vocational Education Training" (TVET) partners in the Caribbean in May that focused on TVET's contributions to the fulfillment of the UN's comprehensive social and economic Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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