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News UN committees outline states’ obligations to end harmful practices against women and girls
UN committees outline states’ obligations to end harmful practices against women and girls
Valerie Howell
November 6, 2014 02:42:30 pm

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the Committee on the Rights of the Child on Wednesday released a joint recommendation on the obligations of states towards the prevention and...

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News UN rights experts urge Detroit to make access to water affordable to poorest citizens
UN rights experts urge Detroit to make access to water affordable to poorest citizens
Valerie Howell
October 22, 2014 12:35:24 pm

A group of UN human rights experts on Monday implored the city of Detroit to make access to water and adequate housing more affordable, classifying these as basic human rights. The recommendations were made after a two-day visit...

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Twenty-sixth Amendment made US voting age 18

On June 30, 1971, the 26th Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified, making the legal voting age 18.

Learn more about the history surrounding the passage of the 26th Amendment.

Congo gains independence, Congo crisis begins shortly thereafter

On June 30, 1960, the Congo gained independence from Belgium. Soon afterward, the Congolese military mutinied, touching off the Congo Crisis that would compel UN and Belgian intervention and concluded with the installation of Mobutu Sese Seko as dictator of the country, which was renamed Zaire.

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