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China Pushes Alternative Governance Model Through AIIB
January 20, 2016
Ankit Panda writes that the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank ("AIIB"), whose board of governors recently held their first meeting, serves as a Chinese alternative to the Western model of the global governance of development finance, as the AIIB founding documents pledge less focus on the "political character" of the countries in which it disburses funding.
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Article Expresses Concerns on "Multi-Stakeholder" Governance
January 20, 2016
In a recent article, Harris Gleckman of the University of Massachusetts Boston raises concerns regarding a proposal by a World Economic Forum-appointed group to reform the current "multilateral" system of global governance, comprising national governments, to make way for a "multi-stakeholder" governance system, made up of a range of corporate and other actors.
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UN Supports "Climate Resilience" Project in Moldova
January 20, 2016
The UN Development Programme has announced that one of its many development projects around the world is financial support for Moldovan farmers to assist them in taking into account and adapting to the effects of climate change on their land and in their operations.
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Businesswoman Pleads Guilty in UN Bribery Scheme
January 15, 2016
ABC News reports that a Chinese businesswoman has pleaded guilty in US courts to carrying out a bribery scheme in which then-President of the UN General Assembly John Ashe supported Chinese business interests in exchange for over a million dollars in cash.
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UN Agents Express Concerns on UK Surveillance Bill
January 13, 2016
UN human rights mandate holders have called for a review of UK legislation providing unified standards for British agencies engaging in surveillance for potential violations of international human rights law, including by preventing those under monitoring "from ever knowing they are subject to surveillance."
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