Tag: United Nations

UN Refugee Agency: Number of Displaced Tops 100 Million

May 24, 2022
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BERLIN—The number of people forced to flee conflict, violence, human rights violations, and persecution has crossed the milestone of 100 million for the first time on record, propelled by the war in Ukraine and other deadly conflicts, The U.N. refugee agency said Monday. “One hundred million is a stark figure—sobering and alarming in equal measure,”…

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Monkeypox ‘Games’ Could Lay Groundwork for WHO Pandemic Takeover

May 23, 2022
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News Analysis The World Health Organization (WHO) is responding to a string of monkeypox outbreaks, and will be convening an emergency meeting on the virus and its global spread. In terms of government power, the timing of this outbreak couldn’t be better for the WHO—which may soon be granted the powers to manage laws on…

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Monkeypox ‘Games’ Could Lay Groundwork for WHO Pandemic Response Takeover

May 23, 2022
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News Analysis The World Health Organization (WHO) is responding to a string of monkeypox outbreaks, and will be convening an emergency meeting on the virus and its global spread. In terms of government power, the timing of this outbreak couldn’t be better for the WHO—which may soon be granted the powers to manage laws on…

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‘Small But Powerful’ Group Pushing SEC Climate Disclosures: Professors

May 13, 2022
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Law and finance professors from across the country have criticized the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) March 21 proposal to compel climate-related disclosures by public companies, arguing that the move exceeds the SEC’s authority and reflects the outsized influence of “institutional asset managers who are managing other people’s money, not their own.” “Rather than provide…

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US Responds to Ukraine’s Call to Remove Russia from UN Security Council

May 7, 2022
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There will be no changes to Russia’s permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council, said U.S. Representative to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield. “I’m also aware of their request to re-look at Russia’s permanent seat on the Security Council. But again, the Russians have the permanent seat, and I don’t see at the moment…

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US Has ‘Credible’ Information Russia Executed Ukrainians Trying to Surrender in Donetsk

April 28, 2022
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The United States has “credible information” that Russian forces executed Ukrainians who were trying to surrender near Donetsk, a U.S. official said Wednesday. “We now have credible information that a Russian military unit operating in the vicinity of Donetsk executed Ukrainians who were attempting to surrender, rather than take them into custody,” Ambassador-at-Large for Global…

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UN Rights Team in China Ahead of Xinjiang Visit

April 27, 2022
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GENEVA—The U.N. human rights office has sent an advanced team to the Chinese city of Guangzhou where they are quarantining ahead of a visit to the Xinjiang region, a spokesperson said on Tuesday. The team of five which arrived on Monday precedes an expected visit by the U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet initially programmed…

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10 Regimes That ‘Repress Human Rights Activists’ Elected to UN Committee on Human Rights Groups

April 14, 2022
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The United Nations has elected 10 regimes that “repress human rights activists” to its 19-nation committee on nongovernmental organizations, according to UN Watch Executive Director Hillel Neuer. Neuer took to Twitter on April 14 to announce the regimes that had been elected to the committee on NGOs—which oversees the work of human rights groups across the…

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The Fallout From the Eclipse of US Hegemony

April 12, 2022
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Commentary “America at this moment stands at the summit of the world.”—Winston Churchill, 1950 At the end of World War II, the United States was far and away the world’s predominant economic and military power. America in 1950 was nothing less than an industrial colossus. According to the International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers, the…

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Capitol Report (April 7): Texas to Ship Illegals to D.C.

April 7, 2022
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Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is now confirmed as the next Supreme Court Justice. The Senate voted Thursday afternoon, and there were a few Republican votes to confirm President Joe Biden’s pick to the nation’s highest court. Repealing Title 42 could lead to millions of illegal aliens entering the United States on a yearly basis, according…

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