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UNESCO Seeks Way Forward for "Sustainability" Education
July 19, 2017
The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) recently hosted a symposium in Germany in which it solicited ideas from an international group of experts on how best to implement UNESCO's agenda on "education for sustainable development" to promote "empathy, passion and sustainable behaviour" in education systems around the world.
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UN Meeting Emphasizes Comprehensive SDG Push
July 19, 2017
Demonstrating the single-minded prioritization of achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) across all parts of the UN system, a recent meeting between UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed and UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) officials focused on "UN system-wide engagement in delivering the SDGs."
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NGO Calls for Competitive Elections at UNHRC
July 19, 2017
Echoing similar calls of US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley, Akshaya Kumar of Human Rights Watch asserts that the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) must hold competitive elections for its seats to prevent the election of notorious human rights violators through “clean slate” deals that allow countries to win seats without competition.
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US Agrees to Sign Insurance Agreement with EU
July 19, 2017
The Trump Administration has agreed to sign a bilateral agreement with the EU on the regulation of insurance and reinsurance while affirming that, under the deal, insurance companies “will only be subject to oversight by the regulators in their home jurisdiction.”
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UN Report Pushes for More SDG Investment
July 19, 2017
UN officials are using a report purporting to show a lag in progress toward meeting the targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) "to eradicate poverty, address climate change and build peaceful, inclusive societies for all by 2030" to push countries to ramp up their investments in achieving the comprehensive SDGs.
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