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Paper: WTO Should "Multilateralize" Regulatory Efforts
March 15, 2017
Thomas Bollyky of the Council on Foreign Relations and Petros Mavroidis of Columbia Law School write in favor of a change in the corporate governance of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to promote transnational regulatory cooperation efforts around the world.
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US Criticizes UNHRC's "Obsession with Israel"
March 14, 2017
Deutsche Welle reports that a US State Department official, citing over 60 resolutions from the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) condemning Israel for alleged rights violations since it was formed in 2006, has signaled a review of the US government's engagement with the body given its "obsession with Israel."
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UN Hosts "Ideas Festival" on SDGs
March 14, 2017
The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Action Campaign recently hosted a Global Festival of Ideas for Sustainable Development in Bonn, Germany, to solicit wide-ranging ideas from policymakers, business representatives, and social and environmental activists on how to implement the comprehensive SDG agenda.
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UN Group Calls out German "Afrophobia"
March 14, 2017
The UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent has warned of continuing "racial discrimination, Afrophobia and racial profiling" in Germany and has called for the establishment of an "independent complaint mechanism" at the state and federal levels to deal with German racism.
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Ministers Promote Culture to Advance SDGs
March 14, 2017
The Council of Ministers of Culture of South-East Europe recently gathered in Albania to discuss how regional cooperation and integration on cultural efforts can promote "human-centred, inclusive and equitable development" in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).