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Academic: Countries Should Have Framed SDGs as Human Rights
October 08, 2015
Professor Ken Conca of American University writes that countries lost an opportunity in the adoption of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ("SDGs"), a set of developmental and environmental targets to be achieved by the year 2030, by failing to frame the SDGs as human rights.
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US Implicates Former UNGA President in Corruption Scheme
October 07, 2015
In a continuing pattern of corruption among officials of the UN and other international organizations, US prosecutors in Manhattan have arrested former UN General Assembly ("UNGA") President John Ashe and accused him of accepting bribes from a Chinese real estate developer in return for investment opportunities in Ashe's home country, Antigua.
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UN Pushes for Sustainability Education in Schools
October 07, 2015
The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ("UNESCO") has announced that it is supporting a global project in which it encourages education ministers around the world to engage students on the recently adopted UN Sustainable Development Goals and on climate change.
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UK Criticizes UN Agent's Comments on Bill of Rights Plans
October 05, 2015
UK Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Justice Dominic Raab has criticized as "irresponsible" comments from the UN Special Rapporteur on torture Juan Méndez calling a yet-to-be-released proposal for a British Bill of Rights "dangerous and pernicious."
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UN Seeks "Sustainability" Lessons in Journalism Education
October 02, 2015
The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ("UNESCO") has released a report on how to integrate the UN's "sustainable development" agenda in the education of journalists around the world.
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