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NGO Seeks Increased Legitimacy for Global Governance
July 14, 2014
The nongovernmental organization ("NGO") CIVICUS has called for greater democratic participation of citizens at the international level in order to provide for more legitimacy in institutions of global governance.
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Under NGO Pressure, Businesses Call for Climate Change Action
July 14, 2014
As nongovernmental organizations ("NGOs") ramp up pressure on corporations to support action on global warming, Oxfam has announced that CEOs and hundreds of businesses have signed on to a statement supporting a global agreement combating climate change.
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Oxfam Promotes UN Development Goals on Equality, Climate
July 14, 2014
The nongovernmental organization Oxfam has called for the UN to include among its post-2015 "sustainable development goals" the elimination of economic inequality and the countering of global warming.
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UN Calls for Use of "Space Tools" to Promote Sustainability
July 14, 2014
The UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space has opened its most recent session by calling for the use of space tools and information derived from space objects to be used to address climate change and promote the UN's post-2015 development agenda.
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OSCE: U.S. Net Neutrality Rules Restrict Media Freedom
July 14, 2014
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ("OSCE") has warned the U.S. that its net neutrality rules, which allow telecommunications providers to discriminate on the basis of content, violate its OSCE commitments on free expression and the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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