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UN Agencies Cooperate on Sustainability Agenda in Europe
May 21, 2015
The UN Environment Programme and the UN Economic Commission for Europe have agreed to cooperate to further the UN sustainability agenda in Europe, in part by pushing countries to integrate sustainability into their development policies and their education systems.
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Schools Adopt Global Human Rights Curriculum
May 20, 2015
The Elkhart Truth reports that a group of community schools in Elkhart, Indiana have adopted a "human rights curriculum," developed by the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights, that includes such subjects as environmental activism and the global "fair trade" agenda.
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ICANN Sees Future Internet Governance by Multilateral Group
May 20, 2015
The head of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN") Fadi Chehade has predicted that by the end of 2015 the oversight of ICANN, which controls the assignment of internet addresses, would be in the hands of a group of governments, civil society groups, and businesses, rather than the U.S.
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Newman: "UN Dictators Club" Criticizes U.S. Rights Record
May 20, 2015
Alex Newman writes that a "Dictators Club" of autocratic, repressive regimes have taken advantage of the UN's Universal Periodic Review ("UPR") process recently to condemn the U.S. for alleged violations of nontraditional economic and social rights and refusals to submit to UN tribunals.
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Saudi Arabia Seeks UNHRC Presidency
May 15, 2015
Arguing that the country is disqualified due to its frequent abuse of human rights, the nongovernmental organization UN Watch has called on the U.S. and EU to oppose Saudi Arabia's bid to be elected president of the UN Human Rights Council ("UNHRC").
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