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Haley Pushes for UNHRC Reforms
June 21, 2017
Brett Schaefer of the Heritage Foundation describes the two major UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) reforms demanded by US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley to restore legitimacy to the controversial body: hold competitive elections for seats and eliminate the UNHRC's disproportionate focus on Israel's human rights record.
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OECD Promotes Teenager Development Agenda
June 20, 2017
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), showing how its economic development agenda has expanded to encompass a broad array of fields, has published a report advocating for a global agenda on student satisfaction, anti-bullying programs, and "active and healthy lifestyles" to improve education for teenagers.
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OECD Calls for Interventionist Lay-off Policies
June 19, 2017
A report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has called on New Zealand to expand its intervention into corporate lay-off policies by imposing a "minimum statutory notice period" upon companies wishing to lay off workers and by increasing "income support" to such workers as part of the country's social safety net.
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UN Group: Climate Policies Must Focus on Child Rights
June 15, 2017
Illuminating the UN's expanding agenda to develop a legal category for people who flee the forces of global warming as "climate refugees," UNICEF United Kingdom has published a report calling on governments to consider child rights in developing climate change mitigation strategies and migration policies.
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UN Body Monitors Education Systems on SDG Progress
June 14, 2017
UNESCO's Global Alliance to Monitor Learning recently met in Mexico City to decide on a "roadmap" toward building "national strategies for learning assessment" and pushing for international reporting on the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to education.
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