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UN Peacekeepers Refuse to Intervene in South Sudan Attack
August 31, 2016
The Guardian reports that UN peacekeeping forces refused to intervene in an attack by South Sudanese forces on a hotel complex less than a mile from their operations center that included assaults and rapes of foreigners and aid workers and the execution of a local journalist.
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UN Agents Seek Rights-Based Conservation
August 30, 2016
Arguing that "a healthy ecosystem is important for the full enjoyment of a wide range of human rights," two UN human rights mandate holders have issued a statement calling for countries to base their policies on biodiversity and environmental conservation on the global human rights agenda.
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UNICEF Group Criticizes Australian Asylum Policy
August 30, 2016
Citing reports of ill treatment of asylum seekers by Australian authorities on the island of Nauru, the UN Children's Fund ("UNICEF") Australia has called on the Australian Government to reform its immigration laws to provide for a "legitimate resettlement plan" that will permanently settle an increased number of asylum seekers in the country.
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UNEP, Norway Sign Cooperation Agreement
August 30, 2016
The UN Environment Programme has announced that it has signed a new agreement with the Government of Norway to cooperate on issues related to the UN's sustainable development and environmental agendas.
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Countries Target Climate Deal Ratification in 2016
August 29, 2016
Karl Mathiesen writes that a sufficient number of countries have agreed to ratify the UN climate deal, agreed in Paris late last year, to ensure that the deal enters into force by the end of 2016.
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