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UN Agents Call for "Central" NGO Role in Development Goals
May 26, 2015
Advocating UN Sustainable Development Goals that are "firmly grounded" in the global human rights agenda, a group of "independent experts" appointed by the UN Human Rights Council have called for nongovernmental organizations ("NGOs") to play a "central role" in the development of these goals.
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UN Hosts Sustainability Forum for Asia Ministers
May 22, 2015
The UN Environment Programme recently hosted a forum of environment ministers and government authorities from Asian countries to discuss how countries could encourage "a greener and more inclusive growth path" and implement the upcoming UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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OSCE Expresses Concern on Canadian Anti-terror Legislation
May 22, 2015
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ("OSCE") Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatovic has warned that anti-terror legislation the Canadian Parliament is considering could limit the right to free expression by prohibiting promotion and advocacy of certain acts.
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UN Official Criticizes EU Migration Proposal
May 22, 2015
UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants François Crépeau has labeled the European Commission plan to deal with illegal migrants to the EU "woefully inadequate," calling for broader legal avenues for migrants to enter Europe and for the EU to repress "labour exploitation" in the bloc.
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Russell: UN Bureaucracy Slows Sex Abuse Policy
May 21, 2015
George Russell writes that proposed UN reforms seeking to deal with allegations of sex abuse by the organization's peacekeeping forces are mired in bureaucratic delay.
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