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December 2014
CLIMATE & ENVIRONMENT: UN members have reached an agreement on how countries should tackle climate change. BBC News, 14 December 2014. AFRICA: U.N. Security Council is blaming South Sudan's "man-made political, security and humanitarian catastrophe." Associated Press, 15 December 2014. ISRAEL & PALESTINE: ‘Israel, Palestinians gird for showdown over U.N. resolution on withdrawal’, Washington Post, 15 December 2014 DISARMAMENT: ‘UN officials hail entry into force of landmark global arms trade treaty’, UN News Centre, 23 December 2014; and ‘Global arms treaty signed; first treaty to prevent transfer of weapons to terrorists’, Indian Express, 24 December 2014 ISRAEL & PALESTINE: ‘UN Security Council action on Palestinian statehood blocked’, UN News Centre, 30 December 2014. ISRAEL & PALESTINE: ‘Palestine moves to join International Criminal Court, numerous global treaties’, UN News Centre, 2 January 2015; and ‘ICC membership could be a double-edged sword for Palestine’, Guardian, 31 December 2014 REFUGEES: ‘UN calls for end to mandatory sentencing to cut Indigenous jail numbers’, Guardian, 8 December 2014. UNITED NATIONS: ‘Invitation to a Dialogue: Reforming the U.N.’, New York Times, 8 December 2014. REFUGEES: ‘UN refugee agency posts largest-ever budget as funding pledges drop by a quarter’, UN News Centre, 9 December 2014. HUMAN RIGHTS: ‘Trafficking in children on the rise, says new UN report’, UN News Centre, 24 November 2014. UNITED NATIONS: ‘Resignation of top U.N. relief official sets up clash’, New York Times, 27 November 2014.