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- Ban orders probe into DR Congo mass rape
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on two top aides to investigate violent sexual assaults on 150 women and infant boys in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The mass assault reportedly occurred over a four day period beginning July 30 within 10 miles of a UN peacekeeping base. UN Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Atul Khare is expected to head for the DR Congo immediately, while Margot Wallstrom, special representative for sexual violence in conflict, will coordinate UN response to the incident. BBC (8/24)         | - Canada readies Arctic research center
Canadian authorities say a new research installation in the Arctic at Cambridge Bay will be dedicated to studying climate change and the effects it is having on the northern region. The research station, set to begin full operations in 2017, will be open year-round and will also look at how the Arctic environment and technology can contribute to sustainable development. The Toronto Star (8/24) - Carbon markets lobby asks EU to clarify UN offsets standards
The International Emissions Trading Association urged the European Commission to take steps to boost the UN carbon market, asking EU Commissioner Connie Hedegaard to clarify what UN carbon offset may be used through 2020. The group has also sought new instruments to protect forests and capture carbon dioxide emitted by factories and other industrial applications. Bloomberg (8/24) - Amnesty warns Yemen puts security before rights
Yemeni authorities are ignoring human rights in their quest to battle al-Qaida elements, a separatist movement in the country's south and rebels in the north, Amnesty International says in a new report. Authorities have sanctioned arbitrary detentions, sham trials, torture and extrajudicial killings of terrorism suspects, journalists and human-rights activists, Amnesty charges. BBC (8/24) - Mexico is ranked worst for journalists among Americas
Investigators for the Organization of American States and the UN have declared Mexico the most dangerous country in the Americas for journalists -- a finding that reflects the staggering violence associated with Mexico's war on drugs. More than 60 reporters have been killed since 2000 in Mexico, and many more say that they must censor themselves or face violent repercussions. The investigators recommend that Mexico act to boost protection, prevention and prosecution standards to stymie threats against journalists. Google/The Associated Press (8/24) - Wave of explosions across Iraq kills dozens
In a two-hour assault from Basra to Mosul, insurgents unleashed a devastating series of car bombs and roadside explosives, destroying a police station in Baghdad and killing dozens across Iraq. The assault, which comes a week before the end of U.S. combat operations in Iraq, suggests that despite efforts to train and prepare Iraqi forces to take responsibility for security, insurgents are still able to unleash attacks anywhere in the country. In the attacks, 15 people died in Baghdad, and at least 15 people died in Kut in the south, with more deaths in Kirkuk, Fallujah, Tikrit and elsewhere. BBC (8/25) , The New York Times (free registration) (8/25) - Afghan trainee kills international instructors
An Afghan police officer went on a shooting rampage today that left two Spanish military trainers and an interpreter dead at a training installation in Badghis province before he was gunned down. The attacker's death sparked angry protest from local residents. Today's incident is not the first time an Afghan trainee has attacked international trainers, and Western officials have expressed concern Afghan security forces will not soon be sufficiently prepared to assume responsibility for the country's security. Los Angeles Times (8/25) - Iran mulls import cuts to boost local economy
Iran's Central Bank Governor Mahmoud Bahmani called for the country to restrict imports to only "necessary goods" in a bid to stimulate domestic production and shore up a flagging economy. Iran's economy has wilted under four sets of United Nations sanctions and additional restrictive measures by the U.S. and Europe aimed at convincing Iran to halt its nuclear development program. Google/The Associated Press (8/24)  | |  | | | | | | | | PROGRAM ASSISTANT FOR UNAIDS COMMUNICATIONS AND CONSULTATION FACILITY | International Council of AIDS Service Organizations (ICASO) | Toronto, Canada | | Executive Director, Europe and Central Asia Division | Human Rights Watch | London, United Kingdom | | Executive Assistant to the Executive Director, Development | United Nations Foundations | Washington DC, DC | | Business Operations Officer – Energy | United Nations Foundations | Washington DC, DC | | Senior Associate, Foundation Relations | United Nations Foundations | Washington DC, DC | | Online Communications Associate | United Nations Foundations | Washington DC, DC | | Operations Assistant | United Nations Foundations | Washington DC, DC | | SENIOR ADVOCATE/RESEARCHER (International Financial Institutions) | Human Rights Watch | Washington, DC | | Executive Director, United Nations Association of the USA (UNA-USA) | United Nations Foundations | Washington DC, DC | | Director, Maternal Newborn mHealth Initiative (MNMI) | United Nations Foundations | Washington DC, DC | | | |  | |  | |
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