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World Bank Announces Climate Funding for Vietnam
July 11, 2016
Signaling the increased financial support of international development banks for projects that seek to counter global warming or reduce its impacts, the World Bank has announced a $90-million credit for Vietnam to support "green growth" and coastal planning with an eye to reducing the effects of climate change in the country.
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WEF Panel Pushes Global Data Standards
July 11, 2016
Participants in a panel at a recent meeting of the World Economic Forum in China called for the development of global standards on how companies can use the personal data of online consumers.
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NGO Criticizes Rights Abusers' Election to UN Body
July 11, 2016
The nongovernmental organization UN Watch has criticized the election of China, Russia, United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela, regimes often accused of extensive human rights violations, to the UN Economic and Social Council, which oversees a range of human rights issues and groups.
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UN Agent Demands National Votes on EU Trade Deals
July 11, 2016
Alfred de Zayas, the UN Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order, has asserted that the EU would violate global human rights standards if it does not grant the national parliaments of its member states a vote on any trade deals the bloc agrees with Canada and the US.
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HRW Criticizes Impact of US Ruling on Migrants
July 11, 2016
Human Rights Watch has criticized a recent ruling of the US Supreme Court effectively blocking the Obama Administration's exemption from deportation of certain illegal migrants in the US for violating the human rights of the migrants who would have been exempted under the executive policy.
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