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UNSC Calls for Increased Small Arms Regulation
June 03, 2015
The UN Security Council ("UNSC") has passed a resolution calling for greater regulation and monitoring in countries around the world of the transfer and production of "small arms and light weapons."
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UN Committee: Canada Deportation Violated Man's Rights
June 03, 2015
The UN Human Rights Committee has determined that Canada's deportation of a man, who was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, to Jamaica on the grounds of "serious criminality" violated the man's rights under international law against "cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment."
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UN Lauds Global Education Declaration
June 03, 2015
UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ("UNESCO") Director-General Irina Bokova recently praised a declaration on global education adopted at a forum in Incheon, South Korea as a step toward UNESCO's vision of "global citizenship education" and the UN's sustainability agenda.
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UN Pushes Sustainability Education Agenda at Forum
June 02, 2015
UN officials, including the Director-General of the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ("UNESCO") Irina Bokova, called for the implementation of "global citizenship education," focused on advancing the UN's sustainability agenda, in higher education systems across the world.
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UN Climate Fund Partnership Advances Global Warming Agenda
June 02, 2015
The UN Development Programme has announced that it has formed a partnership with the UN-administered Green Climate Fund to push "climate change adaptation" projects in Pacific Island countries.