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Academic: Human-Rights Education Seeks "Social Engineering"
September 02, 2015
Barend Vlaardingerbroek of the American University of Beirut writes that the global "human rights education" agenda pursued by Amnesty International and other activist organizations is part of a concerted attempt to pursue "social engineering" for children in Western school systems.
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UN Calls for NGO Role in Development Goals
September 02, 2015
Speaking at a recent conference of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in New York, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon pushed legislators to make room for a large role he said should be played by nongovernmental organizations in the implementation of the proposed UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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OSCE Contest Pushes Link Between Climate Change, Security
September 02, 2015
The Organization of Security and Co-operation in Europe ("OSCE") has announced a contest in which participants create an image that represents the OSCE viewpoint that the effects of global warming increase security risks.
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UN Watch Links Anti-Semitic Posts to UNRWA
September 02, 2015
The nongovernmental organization UN Watch has called upon the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees ("UNRWA") to remove all staff members associated with posting a number of images on social media celebrating anti-Semitism and violence.
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UN Committee Investigates UK over Welfare Benefits
September 01, 2015
The Independent reports that the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has notified a British nonprofit group that it will send an agent to the UK to investigate whether government reforms of the welfare system have violated the human rights of people with disabilities.