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UN Conference Adopts Global Museum Guidelines
December 16, 2015
The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ("UNESCO") General Conference has adopted a "standard-setting" recommendation on the protection and promotion of museums, which UNESCO says will help promote the UN's goals of "sustainable development and intercultural dialogue."
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UN Promotes "Global Citizenship Education" in Sudan
December 16, 2015
A regional office of the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ("UNESCO") has organized a Conference on Global Citizenship Education in Khartoum, Sudan, as part of its push for curricula on the UN agendas of sustainable development and tolerance among national education systems around the world.
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UN Pushes SDG Agenda Through Journalists
December 16, 2015
Following the adoption of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals ("SDGs") for 2030, an office of the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ("UNESCO") organized a workshop in which it called for journalists to "popularize" the SDGs, including provisions pushing a "living wage" and "sexual reproductive rights."
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UN Releases Guide to National Teacher Policies
December 16, 2015
The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ("UNESCO") has published a Teacher Policy Development Guide that seeks to advance the development and review of teacher policies among national governments.
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UN, INTERPOL Seek Clampdown on Climate Change
December 16, 2015
At the 2nd Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Conference, hosted by the UN Environment Programme and global organization INTERPOL, representatives from government and law enforcement discussed potential law-enforcement responses to global warming and worked toward a global roadmap on "tackling environmental crime."