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- United States defends rights record at UN
The United States was assailed today during the country's first-ever review before the UN Human Rights Council. The complaints, which ranged from the country's use of the death penalty to its immigration policies, were highlighted by calls from Cuba and Iran to close Guantanamo prison and investigate allegations of torture by its troops abroad. AlertNet.org/Reuters (11/5)        - UN charts 4 decades of human progress
Over the past 40 years, the world has made considerable progress in raising levels of income, education and health, while the average life span has increased from 59 to 70, according to the UN Human Development Report released Thursday. However, the effects of war and disease have caused such growth to be uneven. The New York Times (free registration) (11/4) , BBC (11/4) - Ghana gets UNF help on measles campaign
The United Nations Foundation is lending support to a campaign to immunize 4 million Ghanaian children against measles in a bid to cut off a recent resurgence of the disease. Several African countries that conducted immunization programs in the 1990s have seen sudden upticks in measles cases, UNF official Andrea Gay said. Voice of America (11/4) - Geoengineering gains clout in climate debate
Research in geoengineering -- finding fixes for climate change instead of trying to prevent it -- garnered renewed attention at the recent UN biodiversity talks in Japan. Small-scale experimentation is needed in order to determine the efficacy of some of the ideas, which range from liming the oceans to locking glaciers to mountains. The Economist (11/4) - China ramps up anti-Nobel pressure
China has taken the unusual step of pressuring European governments to boycott the awards ceremony at which jailed Beijing intellectual Liu Xiaobo is to be honored with the Nobel Peace Prize. The move follows an intensification of the stifling of political and human-rights activities in the country. The New York Times (free registration) (11/4) - Hariri probe is shaping regional politics
The specter of impending indictments by the United Nations-backed investigation into the murder of former Lebanese leader Rafik Hariri are complicating efforts by his son and current Prime Minister Saad Hariri to craft new relations with Syria and raising fears of additional instability in the region. The Christian Science Monitor (11/4) - The business of Obama's India trip is business
As U.S. President Barack Obama prepares to head for India, business leaders hope to continue advances in bilateral trade that has grown 14% over the last year. Both Obama and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh face complicated domestic political situations and may be unable to produce any significant deals. More than 200 senior American executives will travel to India alongside the president to meet with their Indian counterparts. The New York Times (free registration) (11/4)
- What is mobile technology's most important role in disasters?
| All of the above |  73.85% | | Allow quick and effective medical and rescue responses |  11.93% | | Help prepare and warn people of an imminent disaster |  9.17% | | Help reconnect dispersed people affected by the disaster |  2.75% | | Allow swift exchange of news and developments |  2.29% | - Nothing But Nets campaign wins PR award
The United Nations Foundation's Nothing But Nets -- a global, grass-roots campaign to end malaria in Africa -- and the National Basketball Association (NBA) won the PR News Non-profit PR Award for Best Fundraising Campaign for their "Send a Net. Save a Life. See a Game." promotion in December. NBA Cares, a founding partner of Nothing But Nets, and HP helped launch the promotion, which gave a pair of tickets to an NBA game for every donation of at least $10 to the Nothing But Nets to send life-saving bed nets to protect more than 1 million refugees in Africa from malaria. UN Foundation (11/4) |
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