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UN Official Criticizes EU Search-and-Rescue Efforts
February 18, 2015
Following the death of at least 300 migrants attempting to reach Europe from Libya by boat, UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres warned that current search-and-rescue efforts by the EU are inadequate and called on the bloc to conduct more robust operations in the Mediterranean Sea.
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UN Agencies Launch Health Reform Collaboration with China
February 18, 2015
The UN's World Bank Group and World Health Organization have announced cooperation with the Chinese Government to "deepen" system-wide health care reforms in China and "develop new models of health service delivery" in the country.
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UN Agent Criticizes Pro-Private Education Policies
February 13, 2015
UN Special Rapporteur Kishore Singh has warned that African governments considering expanding private basic education systems in their countries would be endangering children's basic human rights by delegating education to the private sector.
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Lawyer Resigns from UN Gaza Commission
February 11, 2015
Anne Bayefsky writes that the resignation, due to lack of impartiality, of international human rights lawyer William Schabas from a commission established to investigate "war crimes" allegedly instigated by Israel in Gaza "disgraces" the UN Human Rights Council apparatus.
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Study Analyzes Global Human Rights Governance Through NHRIs
February 11, 2015
Professor Tom Pegram of University College London writes on the effectiveness of UN institutions' "orchestration" of national human rights institutions ("NHRIs") in advancing their goal of global governance of human rights issues.
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