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ICC Body Recognizes Palestine as "Observer State"
December 17, 2014
The International Criminal Court ("ICC") Member of State Parties has recognized the "state of Palestine" as an observer state for the first time, as the Palestinian Authority approaches the power to call on the ICC to investigate alleged Israeli war crimes in Palestinian territory.
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UN Seeks Funding of Climate Agenda Through Development
December 17, 2014
The nongovernmental organization WWF has praised UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon for a new report in which he calls for the inclusion of climate-friendly measures at the center of discussions on development funding during the next 15 years.
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Article: U.S. Made Correct Call on ICC
December 17, 2014
Brett Schaefer and Steven Groves of the Heritage Foundation write that the recent announcement by the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court ("ICC") that it will examine U.S. treatment of Afghanistan detainees demonstrates that the U.S. was correct in its refusal to bind itself to ICC decisions.
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Moore: Western Funding Is Sole Product of Climate Negotiations
December 17, 2014
Stephen Moore of the Heritage Foundation writes that an agreement to distribute U.S. and European funds to emerging and developing countries, such as China and India, to compensate for potential adverse climate effects was the only tangible product of the UN's recent climate negotiations in Lima, Peru.
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World Bank Pushes Measures to Promote Climate Agenda
December 17, 2014
In recent remarks laying out a plan to achieve "net zero" greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2100, President of the World Bank Jim Yong Kim called for national measures on emissions, including taxes on carbon as well as a binding international agreement to combat global warming.
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