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The human rights and development groups called on President Jim Kim to make a firm commitment to respect, protect, and fulfill human rights in all of its activities.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130430191714/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/19/world-bank-uphold-rights-end-poverty-economic-exclusion">World Bank: Uphold Rights to End Poverty, Economic Exclusion</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Apr 19, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The World Bank Group should uphold human rights as it works to create a world free of poverty and economic exclusion, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to the Group’s president, Dr. Jim Kim.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130430191714/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/19/letter-president-kim-re-human-rights-agenda-world-bank">Letter to President Kim Re. a Human Rights Agenda for the World Bank</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Apr 19, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Human Rights Watch recognizes that the World Bank operates in countries and environments where there are many human rights challenges. 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The Post-2015 consultations have revealed a strong international consensus for placing human rights at the center of the Post-2015 framework. 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