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OECD Seeks Income Equality Measures in US
June 29, 2016
As part of its explanation of the US's mediocre economic growth forecast, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development blames income inequality and calls for the US to respond by improving opportunities for a number of groups.
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UN Tracks Exhaustive Data on Cities
June 29, 2016
The UN Human Settlements Programme has announced a "scientific tool" called the UN Sample of Cities that will amass large amounts of data on various aspects of life in 200 cities around the world to promote the UN's agenda of "sustainable development."
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UN Pressures Countries to Create "Green Economy"
June 28, 2016
At a UN-supported summit in Batumi, Georgia, government officials from across the "pan-European" region pledged their support for an array of actions aimed at creating a "green economy" that will reduce economic inequality while implementing the UN's environmental agenda.
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UN Warns of Disastrous Global Warming Health Effects
June 27, 2016
Citing increased risks of droughts, floods, heat waves, and disease, a report from the UN Environment Programme and the UN Economic Commission for Europe identifies climate change as one of the most important threats to human health in the "pan-European region."
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OSCE Presents Standards on Defamation of Foreign Leaders
June 27, 2016
Arguing that such laws have a chilling effect on freedom of expression and of the press, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović has called on countries to repeal laws criminalizing media "defamation" of foreign leaders.