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Saudi Arabia Wields Influence on UNHRC Panel
January 08, 2016
Highlighting the fact that a recent mass execution in Saudi Arabia occurred as the country sits on a panel of the UN Human Rights Council ("UNHRC") that selects human-rights observers, journalist Charlotte Alfred writes that Saudi Arabia has already wielded influence on the panel by suppressing a proposal for an inquiry into alleged rights violations in the country's war in Yemen.
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UNGA Recognizes New "Right to Sanitation"
January 08, 2016
As the UN system continues to identify new "human rights" that veer from traditional and universal civil and political rights, and whose achievement typically requires the redistribution of funds, the UN General Assembly ("UNGA") has adopted a resolution recognizing a "right to sanitation" that is distinct from the right it previously recognized to safe drinking water.
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UN Uses "Unusual" Weather to Push Climate-Change Measures
January 08, 2016
The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction has blamed climate change and "increased urbanization" for recent "weather-related disasters," including tornadoes in the US, snowfall in Mexico, and flooding in South America, and has called for countries to take into account the predictions of UN agencies in establishing "preventive measures" for such phenomena.
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UNESCO Seeks Empowered Role in Global Education Policy
January 07, 2016
A recent publication from the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ("UNESCO") entitled "Rethinking Education" calls for UNESCO to bring stakeholders together to determine the future of global education on "citizenship" and "sustainability" and calls for the establishment of a "permanent observatory mechanism" to monitor trends in education around the world.
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Former Abbott Adviser Condemns UN Climate Deal
January 07, 2016
Former business advisory council chairman to ousted Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has criticized world leaders at the recent UN climate summit in Paris for abandoning science and common sense in favor of "collectivist visions," including by transferring hundreds of billions of dollars to developing countries to help them meet their "intended national contributions."
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