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UN Forum Seeks to Implement Global Forest Goals
July 27, 2017
At the UN Forum on Forests in New York in May, delegates gathered to discuss the implementation of a set of Global Forest Goals adopted a week earlier by the UN General Assembly that seek to provide a global framework for action to sustainably manage forests and trees around the world in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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UN Rights Office Criticizes Arkansas Execution Process
July 27, 2017
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has expressed "deep concern" regarding the recent executions of four men in Arkansas, claiming that the state was denying the prisoners' due process rights by "rushing executions" before the expiration of a lethal injection drug.
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UNESCO Launches "Ocean Literacy" Initiative
July 27, 2017
As part of its campaign to implement ocean-related targets under the UN's comprehensive Sustainable Development Goals, the UN Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has launched an "Ocean Literacy for All" initiative seeking to advance education on ocean "sustainability" around the world.
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UNESCO Pushes "Sustainability" Education in Argentina
July 27, 2017
The UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities recently convened a meeting in Argentina of delegates from 40 Latin American and Caribbean municipalities to discuss best practices in implementing the UN agency's Education for Sustainable Development agenda, based on the UN's comprehensive social and environmental goals for the year 2030, in local institutions.
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UN Body Pushes Accelerated Action Toward SDGs
July 26, 2017
The UN Economic and Social Council recently adopted a declaration, issued after 44 countries presented their "voluntary national reviews" on the status of their efforts to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), calling for accelerated action to achieve the comprehensive social, economic, and environmental agenda by 2030.
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