| |  | |  WHO: Health care is beyond the reach of 1 billion worldwide Worldwide 1 billion people can't afford to pay for health care, while 100 million are reduced to poverty as a result of health care expenditures, according to the World Health Report, released today. Rich and poor countries alike could do more to make services available to the estimated 1 billion people who cannot afford them. WHO Director-General Margaret Chan wrote, "There is no magic bullet to achieving universal access. Nevertheless, a wide range of experiences from around the world suggests that countries can move forward faster." AlertNet.org/Reuters (11/22)
|  |  | "Healing comes not from ignoring the trauma, but also looking back at it and shedding tears." Founder of the AZ Lost Boys Center Ann Wheat. Click here for the full story. |
|  | "At a meeting on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Lisbon, which I attended thanks to the Atlantic Council's Young Atlanticist Network, Ban Ki Moon fielded a question from the audience about whether or not NATO countries might intervene in South Sudan if things turned for the worse. Of course, it is not for Ban to say that NATO should do so, but he did raise the idea that the 'responsibility to protect' might be considered." UN Dispatch | |
- Response to Haiti cholera falls short, UN says
The United Nations on Saturday said that donors internationally have provided only about 10% of the $164 million in aid it requested to combat the cholera epidemic in Haiti, which has killed 1,200 and stricken tens of thousands. Scientists say that weather conditions are in part responsible for the outbreak of the waterborne disease. CNN (11/21) , The Guardian (London) (11/22)      - Pope's pivot on condom usage garners praise
AIDS campaigners and Catholic reformers are praising remarks by Pope Benedict XVI, in a book slated for publication next week, in which he suggests condom usage might be appropriate under certain conditions in order to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS. The United Nations program UNAIDS characterized the pope's words as a "significant and positive step forward." The Vatican, however, took pains to clarify the pope's remarks as not altering church teaching on the use of birth control. BBC (11/21) , The Guardian (London) (11/22) - Zambia wrestles with China investment, labor problems
Zambia is struggling to balance the need for Chinese investment to support economic development with concerns from domestic workers over employment conditions and legal protection. China has poured $1.2 billion into Zambia over the past year, according to government figures, with Chinese-run enterprises providing salaried employment to 25,000 Zambians. Workers complain of long hours, harsh conditions and Chinese bosses ignoring deals with labor unions. The New York Times (free registration) (11/20) Top five news stories selected by UN Wire readers in the past week. - Results based on number of times each story was clicked by readers.
- China, U.S. differences are stark as Cancun approaches
Forging agreement between China and the U.S., which combined emit 43% of the world's greenhouse-gas emissions, is central to progress at the upcoming Cancun climate summit. The meeting is not expected to result in a broad climate-change treaty, and diplomats are applying pressure on China to just overcome economic and geopolitical concerns to make progress on secondary issues such as forest-protection measures. Reuters (11/22) - Suu Kyi advocates reform
Myanmar is in need of a complete transformation and the return of the rule of law, Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi says in this interview. "The economy is devastated, ethnic tensions are increasing, there are political prisoners and too many refugees who are leaving the country," the pro-democracy leader says. Der Spiegel (Germany) (English online version) (11/20) - ICC finds its bearings in first trial
The ongoing trial of a Congolese militia leader in the International Criminal Court has been marred by mistakes and delays that have prompted observers to call into question the court's ability to carry out its mission of adjudicating legal proceedings that arise from large-scale atrocities. The defendant, Thomas Lubanga, is accused of forcefully conscripting thousands of young children to kill and steal, as well as provide sex to militia members. The New York Times (free registration) (11/21) - Sudan's Lost Boys recover the past
Researchers and volunteers have transferred the records of Sudan's Lost Boys into digital archive, giving the survivors access to documents they have never seen. Thousands of young boys fled war-ravaged Sudan and resettled in the U.S. and elsewhere during the country's 1983 to 2005 civil war. Some hope to use the records to help find lost relatives. The New York Times (free registration) (11/20) - Fears over N. Korea nuclear enrichment
The facility recently revealed by North Korea for the advanced enrichment of uranium is said to violate a UN resolution and the terms of a 2005 six-nation agreement. The U.S. government says that the plant could pose a threat to national security amid fears that the isolated communist country could serve as a motor for nuclear proliferation. BBC (11/22) , The Wall Street Journal (11/21) - Israel launches effort to seal Egypt border
Israel has begun construction on a 155-mile-long border barrier on its frontier with Egypt in an attempt to stem the flow of illegal immigrants. Hundreds of people cross every week, and both Egypt and Israel have faced criticism for their treatment of illegal immigrants. BBC (11/22)
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