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UNEP Central Asian Office Pushes Environment Issues
February 01, 2016
The UN Environment Programme ("UNEP") has opened a new office in Central Asia that will seek to "tighten cooperation" among countries in the region on environmental issues, including the UN's agendas on sustainable development and climate change.
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UNEP Signs Environmental Agreement with Islamic Bank
February 01, 2016
The UN Environment Programme ("UNEP") has announced that it signed an agreement with the Islamic Development Bank on climate change and other environmental issues as it seeks to push development banks around the world to implement the UN sustainability agenda and its deal on climate change recently agreed in Paris.
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OSCE Hosts Forum on "Environmental Governance"
February 01, 2016
As international organizations increasingly seek to further the UN's environmental agenda, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ("OSCE"), an organization established to enhance cooperation on security matters, recently held a forum in Vienna on how best to pursue "environmental governance" and management of natural resources.
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OSCE Official Objects to Danish Refugee-Funding Proposal
January 29, 2016
An official from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ("OSCE") Isabel Santos has called on Danish Members of Parliament to reject a government proposal permitting border authorities to confiscate valuables of asylum-seekers entering the country in order to help fund their stay.
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Foundation CEO Pleads Guilty on Bribery of UN Official
January 29, 2016
The Chief Executive of the Global Sustainability Foundation Sheri Yan has pleaded guilty in US federal court to giving bribes to then-President of the UN General Assembly John Ashe as part of a scheme to profit from his support of Chinese business interests.
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