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- UNESCO revises heritage danger list
UNESCO's World Heritage Committee voted Wednesday to remove the Galapagos Islands from the World Heritage in Danger list in recognition of efforts made by Ecuador in recent years to protect the archipelago from increases in population, tourism and fishing. The committee also voted to place Uganda's Tombs of Buganda Kings on the list after a March fire caused significant damage. AlertNet.org/Reuters (7/28)        - WHO urges wider access for new TB test
A new test that can decrease the diagnosis time for drug-resistant tuberculosis from eight weeks to two hours needs to be made more widely available for use among vulnerable populations, said Catharina van Weezenbeek, the World Health Organization's regional adviser for the Western Pacific. The Western Pacific and South Asia account for 58% of the drug-resistant tuberculosis cases identified around the world each year. AlertNet.org/Reuters (7/29) - AIDS successes mean higher treatment costs
Some 5.2 million people in developing African countries are surviving with HIV/AIDS because of the administration of anti-retroviral drugs -- whose success is making such treatments more costly as HIV victims live longer. Another 5 million people require anti-retroviral drugs in these countries and will require them for the rest of their lives. Activists have grown frustrated with the Obama administration, which they claim has not lived up to funding promises with regard to AIDS -- including a pledge for large annual spending increases on the global fight against AIDS. The Washington Post (7/29) - Rwanda tests cell phones to help mothers, babies
Hundreds of volunteer health care workers in the rural area of Musanze have received cellular telephones from the Rwandan government as part of a new program to help pregnant women and babies. The volunteers use the phones to register and monitor pregnant women in their villages, and communicate information on complications or questions to area clinics. CNN (7/28) - Global security is in place for massive Internet cyberattack
A seven-member "chain of trust" holds the keys to reboot the Internet in the event of a massive cyberattack. The seven members -- from Britain, the U.S., Burkina Faso, Trinidad and Tobago, Canada, China, and the Czech Republic -- each hold a smartcard with part of the Internet's master code. The chain, overseen by nonprofit watchdog Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, has the capability to sever connections between servers during an attack with five of the seven keyholders required at one secure location to reboot the system. Popular Science (7/27) - Indian authorities seek deals with Myanmar
Gen. Than Shwe's visit to India has prompted outcry from human-rights groups and some politicians that India is supporting Myanmar's repressive military junta, but India's government is focused on joint ventures with mutual benefit. Indian authorities hope to cash in on Myanmar's vast reserves of natural gas and secure the junta's cooperation in its battles with insurgent groups along their border. TIME (7/28) - Federal judge overrules controversial aspects of Arizona law
A U.S. federal judge blocked the most controversial aspects of a recent immigration law passed in Arizona that many critics decried as a curb on human rights. Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer promised to contest the decision, in which U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton ruled that the immigration law intruded upon federal immigration enforcement. The judge also stopped provisions that allowed warrantless arrests of suspected illegal immigrants and would require police to check the immigration status of suspects while enforcing other laws. The Washington Post (7/29) - Russia, UN seek answers on pilot missing in Darfur
Russian and United Nations officials are seeking answers from Khartoum on the welfare of a missing pilot working with the joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping mission in Darfur. The Russian pilot has been missing since he was assaulted and his helicopter hijacked Monday by a militia group supported by the Sudanese government. Bloomberg (7/28) - Carelessness, drug use mar Afghan army training
Poor discipline, open drug use and carelessness have hampered the progress of the Afghan army, which is scheduled to take over authority for security in Afghanistan in 2014. Although U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen has backed Afghan President Hamid Karzai's timeline for a security handover, Mullen says that the Afghan security forces will require a great deal more training. The document cache released by Wikileaks revealed an incident in which Afghan security officers who were using opium fought with coalition translators, as well as other damaging examples. The Wall Street Journal (7/28) - U.K. prime minister's jab on terrorism provokes Pakistan
Pakistanis reacted in anger after U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron, speaking in India, warned that Pakistan should not "promote the export of terror" -- comments that his spokesperson said were not intended to suggest that the Pakistani government sponsors terrorism. Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokesman Abdul Basit decried Cameron's comments as "crude" and said that Pakistan was not turning a blind eye to terrorism. The Independent (London) (7/29)  | |  | | | | | | |  |  Director Civil Society (emphasis climate adaptation) | Institute for Sustainable Communities | Washington, DC | | COUNTRY AND REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES, FAMINE EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS | ARD, Inc. | Multiple Locations Worldwide, Guatemala | | Director, Online Communications – Public Affairs | United Nations Foundations | Washington DC, DC | | Director, Maternal Newborn mHealth Initiative (MNMI) | United Nations Foundations | Washington DC, DC | | Web Producer/Project Manager | United Nations Foundation (UNF)/Better World Fund (BWF) | Washington, DC | | Staff Accountant | United Nations Foundations | Washington DC, DC | | Director, Corporate Relations | United Nations Foundation (UNF)/Better World Fund (BWF) | Washington , DC | | Executive Assistant, Energy Climate | United Nations Foundation (UNF) / Better World Fund (BWF) | Washington, DC | | Director of Corporate Relations | United Nations Foundations | Washington DC, DC | | | |  | |  | |
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