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UN Chief Eyes Mandatory Dues to Remedy Cholera Outbreak
March 23, 2017
The New York Times reports that the UN's inability to raise the necessary funds from member states to combat a continuing cholera outbreak in Haiti, caused six years ago through the conduct of UN peacekeepers, has led Secretary-General António Guterres to consider a mandatory dues assessment to plug the funding gap.
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Schaefer: US Must Lead by Leaving UN Climate Deal
March 23, 2017
Brett Schaefer of the Heritage Foundation has called on the Trump Administration to "demonstrate US leadership," fidelity to constitutional principles, and friendship for Israel by withdrawing from the UN's Paris climate deal and quitting the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
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EIB, WEF Call for "Social Inclusion" in EU Growth
March 23, 2017
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the World Economic Forum (WEF) have produced a report calling on EU policymakers to place "social inclusion" at the center of national and supranational policies promoting economic growth.
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OECD: Target "Inclusiveness" in Economic Policy
March 23, 2017
A recent report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) supports the global agenda against economic inequality by calling for governments to pursue growth through policies that "simultaneously target economic and social objectives" and establish a priority of "inclusiveness" in economic expansion.
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UN Removes "Apartheid Israel" Report from Website
March 22, 2017
An article in The Washington Post links pressure from US and Israeli officials with the removal from a UN website of a report condemning Israel's "apartheid" regime and the resignation of the head of the issuing UN agency, though a UN spokesman denied the removal was related to the report's content.