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Regional Development Banks Sign Cooperation Framework
June 09, 2016
The European Investment Bank and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank have signed an agreement deepening collaboration between the two development institutions, including on "tackling" global warming and promoting sustainable development initiatives.
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G-7 Intervenes in Brexit Debate
June 09, 2016
Bloomberg reports that, at a recent meeting in Japan, national leaders of the G-7 group of countries adopted a communique warning of the global economic and security risks that would attend a British exit from the EU in an upcoming referendum.
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UN Officials Focus on Climate in African Security Situation
June 09, 2016
UN officials who recently briefed the UN Security Council on the security situation in the Sahel region of sub-Saharan Africa focused on how global warming has contributed to increased instances of terrorism, conflicts over resources, trafficking, and organized crime.
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Whistleblower Resigns over UN Sex Abuse "Impunity"
June 08, 2016
Anders Kompass, a field operations director for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights whom the UN suspended in 2014 after he sent information to French authorities on sex abuse by peacekeepers in the Central African Republic, has announced his resignation due to lack of accountability for the scandal among senior officials at the UN.
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WHO Warns of Climate Change, Non-Communicable Diseases
June 07, 2016
The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Margaret Chan, warned in recent remarks at the World Health Assembly in Geneva of climate change and rising non-communicable diseases as two of the global health threats that the UN and its members must address through the UN's Sustainable Development Goals in coming years.