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UN Chief Seeks Development Based on "Social" Factors
February 11, 2015
In recent remarks to the UN Commission for Social Development, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for development not simply to be based on economic growth, but also on social and environmental concerns.
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Bayefsky: UN Is "Platform" for Anti-Semitism
February 11, 2015
Anne Bayefsky writes that the UN's recent recognition of the suffering of victims of the Holocaust is undercut by the fact that it has become a "global platform" for countries that purvey anti-Semitism through statements and policies on the world stage.
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Israel Says UN Force Not Reporting Weapons Transfers
February 11, 2015
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has criticized the UN Interim Force in Lebanon, which is charged with monitoring the disarmament of Lebanese groups such as Hezbollah, for not accurately reporting illicit weapons transfers to these groups since 2011.
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CIGI Seeks Global Governance of Financial Institutions
February 11, 2015
The Centre for International Governance Innovation ("CIGI") has published a paper seeking the completion of the global governance regime proposed by the G20 to regulate international financial institutions in order to resolve the "too big to fail" problem at the global level.
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OSCE Group Calls for Closure of Guantanamo Facility
February 04, 2015
A delegation from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe's ("OSCE") Parliamentary Assembly has called on the U.S. to close its Guantanamo Bay detention center and criticized the lack of access of Guantanamo inmates to elements of a fair trial.