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UN Expert Calls for Government Shift from Military Spending
September 17, 2014
UN Independent Expert Alfred de Zayas has called for governments to "disarm for development" by reducing their military spending in order to provide for other projects, such as health care and "the creation of employment in peaceful industries."
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Development Banks Pledge Increased Funding on Global Warming
September 17, 2014
The world's international development banks have announced a future expansion of their efforts to redistribute funding to developing nations, which argue they need the extra finance in order to combat global warming.
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OECD Proposes Global Tax Rules
September 17, 2014
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ("OECD") has released a set of recommendations calling for a global set of tax rules that would seek to prevent businesses from using separate tax regimes to retain a greater proportion of their earnings.
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ILO Pushes Partnerships on Labor Issues in Retail Industry
September 17, 2014
As part of the UN's initiatives pushing internationally developed labor standards, the UN's International Labour Organization ("ILO") has announced a partnership with retailer H&M to promote such standards, as well as the development of "employers' and workers' organizations" in the garment industry.
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Bolton Reviews UN at 70 Years
September 10, 2014
As the 70th anniversary of the UN approaches in 2015, former U.S. Ambassador to the UN John Bolton writes that large portions of the UN apparatus have "gone far astray" and that its political institutions are "broken."
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