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Bolton: Iran Deal Undermines UNSC Veto
August 05, 2015
Former US Ambassador to the UN John Bolton writes that the Iran nuclear deal subtly undermines the principle of the UN Security Council ("UNSC") veto, available to permanent members to block resolutions, by permitting a "snapback" in sanctions without a vote by the UNSC.
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Activist Calls for Powerful UN System
August 05, 2015
Author and activist Tad Daley praises a report from the nongovernmental Commission on Global Security, Justice, and Governance for seeking to "reinvent" the UN system, but calls for further action to eliminate the veto on the use of UN Security Council power, to build a more popularly representative UN assembly, and to create a UN military force.
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NGO Calls for Global Rules on Financial Firm Resolution
August 05, 2015
The Centre for International Governance Innovation ("CIGI") has published a report calling for the Group of Twenty ("G20") countries to implement an international standard setting out requirements for the cross-border resolution of failing financial firms.
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OECD Forum Evaluates National Tax Reporting Policies
August 05, 2015
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development's ("OECD") Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes recently evaluated the tax policies of 12 countries to determine whether they met global standards on transparency and exchange of tax information.
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UN Agent Outlines "Human Right" to Environmental Protection
August 05, 2015
UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment John Knox writes that governments have "substantive obligations" to build legal frameworks to protect people against infringement of their "human right" to a healthy environment, and calls for countries to take human rights into account in negotiating a new UN climate accord later in 2015.
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