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UN Criticizes Pushback of Boats in Southeast Asia
May 27, 2015
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees has expressed alarm regarding reports that Malaysia and Indonesia intercepted boats carrying migrants to these countries and sent them back to sea, arguing that countries must immediately disembark such boats.
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UN Releases New Guidance on “Global Citizenship Education”
May 27, 2015
A report from the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (“UNESCO”) seeks to guide countries regarding “topics and learning objectives” involved in implementing UNESCO’s “Global Citizenship Education” program in schools around the world.
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UN Report Pushes Global Agenda Through Education
May 27, 2015
The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (“UNESCO”) has released a report in which it calls for education of young people based on a “global common good,” focused on UN objectives such as “sustainability” and “international solidarity.”
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NGOs Push for Rights-Based Development Agenda
May 27, 2015
An article in the Asian Tribune illustrates the push by nongovernmental organizations (“NGOs”) that see capitalism as the enemy of the global environmental and social agendas to focus on human rights and “sustainability” in the UN’s upcoming development goals.
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Jolly: UN Should Drive Global Governance Agenda
May 26, 2015
Economist and UN observer Sir Richard Jolly has called on the UN to reinvigorate global governance by bringing a "humane" factor, focusing on human rights and development, back to the international agenda, which he argues is currently pre-occupied by economic and financial matters.
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