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Article Calls for Reassertion of WTO Relevance
October 05, 2016
Lamenting the complex "spaghetti bowl" of international trade agreements that bypass the World Trade Organization, Maria Panezi of the Centre for International Governance Innovation has called on the WTO to reassert itself by reviewing and, if necessary, taking legal action to promote transparency in these agreements.
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UN Observers Call for Racial Reparations in US
September 28, 2016
The UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent has produced a study seeking financial or other reparations from the US government to African-Americans for past "racial terrorism" and calling recent police shootings of minorities "reminiscent of the past racial terror of lynching."
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Bolton: Global Governance of Internet Will Restrict Freedom
September 23, 2016
In a recent interview, former US Ambassador to the UN John Bolton warned that the transfer of control of the internet's oversight body from the US to a global governance mechanism will ultimately lead to placing decision-making on the future of the internet in the hands of the UN and giving authoritarian governments influence in restricting freedom of online expression.
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Kirchner: G-20 Lacks Influence on Domestic Policies
September 22, 2016
An article from economist Stephen Kirchner laments that the G-20 group of countries has come to serve as an unpromising forum with little to show in the way of global governance that influences items on the domestic agendas of its members.
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UN Declaration Advances Global Governance of Migration
September 21, 2016
Government officials convening at a recent UN Summit for Refugees and Migrants adopted the New York Declaration, through which they committed to work toward a "global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration" by the year 2018 and to assist with the resettlement of all refugees as identified by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.