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UNESCO Forms Partnership on Global Education Data
August 23, 2017
The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has agreed with the Global Partnership for Education to pressure national governments to develop Education Management and Information Systems to produce data through which UNESCO can monitor their fulfillment of education targets set out in the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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UN Agent Promotes Global Minimum Income
August 23, 2017
In a report to the UN Human Rights Council, UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights Philip Alston called for a "Universal Basic Income," guaranteeing a minimum level of income regardless of work, as a path toward fulfilling the UN’s economic, social, and cultural rights agenda.
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US Criticizes UN Report on Murdered Investigators
August 23, 2017
The New York Times reports that US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has criticized a UN report that absolves the organization of culpability in the death of two UN investigators in the Democratic Republic of Congo, amidst concerns that the report is incomplete and inaccurate.
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UN Agency Pushes Global "Rule of Law" Principles
August 22, 2017
The UN Development Programme's Annual Rule of Law Meeting in June highlighted UN efforts to support its comprehensive "sustainable development" agenda by advancing "rule of law" and global human rights principles in countries around the world, particularly through the work of its Global Focal Point on providing "rule of law assistance" in crisis situations.
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US Cuts Global Climate Consulting Office
August 22, 2017
The New York Times reports that the Trump Administration recently eliminated the US Department of Energy's Office of International Climate and Technology, whose role was to prepare global meetings on clean energy and to provide advice to other countries on reducing greenhouse gas emissions in line with global climate change efforts.
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