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ISO Standard Targets Construction Impacts on Environment
August 24, 2017
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has created a new system of standards for builders worldwide to disclose a construction project’s lifelong “environmental footprint.”
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New ILO Body to Explore Social Justice in Employment
August 24, 2017
The UN International Labour Organization (ILO) has established the Global Commission on the Future of Work to “provide the analytical basis for the delivery of social justice in the 21st century” amidst rapid changes in the global economy and employment.
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UN Agent Criticizes EU, Italian Migrant Policy
August 24, 2017
UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Agnes Callamard has called on the Italian government and the EU to fulfill international human rights obligations to rescue migrants and refugees in the Mediterranean Sea and prevent their return to "appalling" conditions in Africa.
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UN Agent Criticizes Venezuela Sanctions
August 24, 2017
UN Special Rapporteur Idriss Jazairy has criticized the use of unilateral economic sanctions against the country of Venezuela during its political crisis, saying that such measures violate the "economic, social, and cultural rights" of Venezuelans and require the approval of the UN Security Council.
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UN Chief Launches Plan for Internal Reforms
August 24, 2017
George Russell writes that the Trump Administration has so far been successful in spurring UN Secretary-General António Guterres to develop significant reforms of the UN system to address criticisms of inefficiency, ineffectiveness, and irrelevance.
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