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UN Raises Awareness of Global Asteroid Policies
August 28, 2017
The UN Office for Outer Space Affairs sought to use the first observance of International Asteroid Day in June to "raise public awareness about the asteroid impact hazard and inform the public about the crisis communication actions to be taken at the global level in case of a credible near-Earth object threat."
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Activist Criticizes Economic Case for Women's Rights
August 28, 2017
Sanyu Awori of International Women’s Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific warns that rights activists must reject the economic case made by businesses and others for corporate engagement of women in the workforce, which mistakenly relies on "the neoliberal macroeconomic system" to empower women, in favor of government-centered women's rights efforts.
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UNSC Cuts Darfur Peacekeepers in Budget Move
August 25, 2017
The New York Times reports that, as part of efforts to cut the UN peacekeeping budget to fulfill demands from the Trump Administration on reducing US funding for the international organization, the UN Security Council (UNSC) has agreed to reduce by more than a third the number of UN peacekeepers stationed in Darfur, Sudan.
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UN Rights Chief Attacks May's ECtHR Criticism
August 25, 2017
The Guardian reports that, in a speech in June, UN High Commission for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein criticized as "highly regrettable" remarks from UK Prime Minister Theresa May asserting that rulings from the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) have stymied measures to prevent terror attacks in Britain.
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German Body Adopts Plan for "Sustainability" Education
August 25, 2017
A press release from the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization celebrates the adoption by Germany's National Platform on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), a "steering body" that includes government officials, of a "National Action Plan" for the implementation of ESD in education settings throughout Germany.
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