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- Ban says climate fund may need private help
Both public and private funds may be used to fulfill a $100 billion a year climate-fund pledge to help developing countries cope with climate change, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says. An advisory panel that includes the Norwegian and Ethiopian prime ministers is examining ways to obtain funding for the agreement made during the Copenhagen summit. Google/The Associated Press (7/13)       - North Korea reschedules meeting with UN Command
After North Korea's abrupt cancellation of talks between Pyongyang and the U.S.-led UN Command over the the sinking of a South Korean warship, military authorities from both sides rescheduled the meeting for Thursday. The UN Command, which oversees the terms of the armistice forged between North and South Korea after the end of the Korean War, accepted North Korea's offer to reschedule the meeting. The Washington Post/The Associated Press (7/13)   | - UNAIDS announces new treatment strategies
UNAIDS is proposing a new treatment plan -- named Treatment 2.0 -- using combined drug therapies to help block the transfer of infections and prevent 10 million HIV/AIDS deaths by 2025. Under the plan the number of people receiving antiretroviral drug therapies would jump from 5 million to 15 million. UNAIDS is also revising its treatment policy for HIV-infected individuals in the hopes that earlier intervention will promote better disease management and fewer hospitalizations. Los Angeles Times (7/14) , The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (7/14) - EU grants GMC decision power to individual countries
European Union countries need the flexibility to develop their own individual strategies for genetically modified crops, GMCs, but EU institutions will continue to examine health and safety impacts, the European Commission says. Member countries will decide whether to grow, ban or restrict the cultivation of GMCs on their territory. BBC (7/13) , The Wall Street Journal (7/13) - UN: DR Congo civilians flee new violence
Violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has prompted about 70,000 people to flee their homes in recent weeks, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says. Civilian populations and aid organizations have been under attack as Congolese armed forces battle rebels from Uganda and Rwanda. Google/Agence France-Presse (7/13) - Russia says Iran is nearing nuclear weapons
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said that Iran is nearing the technological potential to create nuclear weapons -- a sign not only of Iran's progress in illicit nuclear development but in the changing international stance on Iran. Medvedev's comments represent one of the first times that Russia, a prominent ally of Iran, has recognized publicly that Iran might be developing nuclear bombs. Russia also supported a fourth round of economic sanctions against Iran passed by the UN Security Council. BBC (7/12) - U.S. considers terrorist brand for Afghan insurgents
U.S. officials are reportedly giving serious consideration to a request by Gen. David Petraeus, the new U.S. commander for Afghanistan, to designate leaders of the Haqqani insurgent network as terrorists. The group is driving an insurgency in eastern Afghanistan from bases along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. Such a classification would complicate Afghan President Hamid Karzai's reconciliation plans and likely antagonize Pakistan. The New York Times (free registration) (7/13) - Iranian nuclear scientist returns to Iran
Iranian nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri fled the U.S. for Iran after surfacing in the Iranian interests section of the Pakistani Embassy in Washington, according to Iranian state media. Contradictory YouTube videos released by Amiri and press accounts distributed by the U.S. and Iran depict a murky account of a failed defection or a botched kidnapping. Iran has claimed for months that Amiri was kidnapped and tortured, while U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that he came to the U.S. of his own free will and could leave at any time. In self-produced videos, Amiri has confirmed both accounts. The New York Times (free registration) (7/14)  | |  | | | | | | | | Web Producer/Project Manager | United Nations Foundation (UNF)/Better World Fund (BWF) | Washington, DC | | Director, Corporate Relations | United Nations Foundation (UNF)/Better World Fund (BWF) | Washington , DC | | COUNTRY AND REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES, FAMINE EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS | ARD, Inc. | Multiple Locations Worldwide, Guatemala | | Communications Director, Global Health | United Nations Foundation (UNF) / Better World Fund (BWF) | Washington, DC | | Deputy Executive Director, Communications and Public Affairs | United Nations Foundation (UNF) / Better World Fund (BWF) | Washington, DC | | Executive Assistant, Energy Climate | United Nations Foundation (UNF) / Better World Fund (BWF) | Washington, DC | | Executive Director | Cultural Survival | Cambridge, MA | | | |  | |  | |
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