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UNESCO Seeks Development Goals on Freedom of Expression
June 09, 2015
Highlighting the expansive scope of the UN's proposed Sustainable Development Goals and the lack of objective tools to measure their achievement, the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ("UNESCO") has called for the goals to include promotion of the freedom of expression around the world.
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Sessions: TPP Deal May Advance Global Governance
June 08, 2015
US Senator Jeff Sessions has expressed concern that a "living agreement" provision in the Trans-Pacific Partnership ("TPP"), currently in negotiation between the US and Asian countries, would create a TPP Commission that advances global governance at the expense of US sovereignty.
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WHO Adopts Resolution on Climate and Health
June 08, 2015
With participating countries stressing the importance of countering climate change to health, the annual assembly of the UN's World Health Organization ("WHO") recently adopted a resolution calling on countries to pursue policies to reduce air pollution and promote the UN sustainability agenda.
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French Minister: UN Climate Deal Must Sidestep US Congress
June 08, 2015
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has stated that a UN global climate agreement countries are negotiating this year must be worded in such a way to avoid consideration by the US Congress because he says the body will refuse to adopt such a deal.
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OSCE Pushes "Environmental Security" in Kyrgyzstan
June 05, 2015
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ("OSCE") recently held a roundtable session in the capital of Kyrgyzstan on how to achieve "environmental security" in the country.