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NGOs Call for Governments to Sign Climate Change Pact
July 11, 2014
A group of nongovernmental organizations ("NGOs") have called for governments either to negotiate a binding treaty to reduce global warming or "step aside," identifying climate change as a "a matter of life and death."
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China, Russia Seek UN Treaty Restricting Space Weapons
July 11, 2014
China and Russia have submitted a proposal to a UN disarmament conference calling for a legally binding treaty banning countries from deploying weapons in outer space.
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UN Offers Prize for Data on Climate Change
July 10, 2014
The UN has announced a competition seeking projects that produce large quantities of data evaluating the supposed economic effects of global warming, as it seeks to validate the near-apocalyptic predictions in the recent reports of its Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
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Canada Funds Human Rights Education Program
July 10, 2014
The Government of Canada has announced its financial support for a nongovernmental organization-run program organizing "human rights educators" for citizens of developing countries, calling for such rights to encourage development and the reduction of poverty.
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UN Backs Human Rights-based Approach to Development
July 10, 2014
As the UN prepares its post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals, aimed at reducing poverty and increasing "sustainable" growth, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and other UN officials have called for this agenda to be based on human rights, including nontraditional economic rights.
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