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	May 13, 2011 | News covering the UN and the world Sign up  |  E-Mail this  |  Donate AIDS drugs sharply reduce HIV transmission, study shows Treating HIV patients with AIDS drugs dramatically reduces the chances that they will pass on the virus to a partner, a study has found. The findings, part of a $73 million study spanning nine countries, are cause for optimism in the approach of using antiretroviral drugs to slow the spread of the disease, especially in Africa, where two-thirds of the world's 33 million HIV-infected people reside. The Wall Street Journal (tiered subscription model) (5/12) Crisis mappers help UN manage Libya need  WFP resumes some South Sudan food deliveries  Figueres: Climate deal is still possible  ICC: Djibouti failed to arrest Sudan's Bashir  Italy proposes new plan for Security Council expansion  Career Center  Skip to a section:  United Nations | Development Health and Poverty | Development Energy and Environment | Human Rights | Peace and Security What is not doable is not to address climate change and not to do it in a timely fashion and at the level which it merits and with the urgency it needs to be done." UN Framework Convention on Climate Change chief Christiana Figueres. Click here for the full story. "Representatives from Arctic countries are meeting this week in Greenland in the annual meeting of the Arctic Council. And, for the first time, an American Secretary of State will represent American interests at the meeting." UN Dispatch Crisis mappers help UN manage Libya need More than 150 volunteers responded to a call from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Geneva to help sort traditional and social media coming out of Libya when the country's political crisis erupted. Within 48 hours, crisis mappers created LibyaCrisisMap.net to track events on the ground and help the humanitarian community manage crisis response. IRINNews.org (5/12) UN report on Iranian arms trade is suppressed by Russia A UN report accusing Iran of violating the world body's arms embargo by shipping weapons to Syria is being suppressed by Russia, diplomats say. Russia is characterizing the confidential report as an official Security Council document, indicating it must first be discussed by the council's committee on Iran sanctions before being released to the public. MSNBC/Reuters (5/12) UN official finds cause for optimism in Myanmar changes A top UN official has met with Myanmar pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi for the second time since her release from house arrest in November. While it was still unclear whether the army-backed government will release the country's more than 2,200 political prisoners, Vijay Nambiar, chief of staff to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, said after the meeting that there was reason to be encouraged. Google/Agence France-Presse (5/12) WFP resumes some South Sudan food deliveries The United Nations World Food Programme has resumed food delivery operations in two South Sudan states. WFP suspended operations in the face of violence between the army and rebels, and loss of supplies due to hijackings. AlertNet/Reuters (5/13) Other News WHO approves drug to combat post-partum bleeding IRINNews.org (5/12) Figueres: Climate deal is still possible Broad agreement on a binding international treaty to combat climate change is possible to achieve at an upcoming Durban summit in December, says Christiana Figueres, head of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. American officials have said ongoing talks on how to tackle climate change at the international level are based on unrealistic expectations. Bloomberg (5/12) UN recommends climate services to combat weather losses A United Nations panel has recommended the creation of a $75 million a year UN-administered organization to channel development aid to vulnerable countries to combat severe weather associated with climate change as a way to reduce tens of billions of dollars in annual climate-related losses. The Boston Globe/The Associated Press (free registration) (5/12) Arctic countries are jockeying for resources, cables suggest Cables published by WikiLeaks reveal how Arctic countries are maneuvering to divvy up the world's least-explored region to tap underwater resources believed to account for a quarter of the world's undiscovered oil and gas reserves. The Independent (London) (5/13) Other News Seaweed near Fukushima plant tests positive for radiation AlertNet/Reuters (5/13) Inspections find safety shortfalls at U.S. nuclear plants The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (5/12) ICC: Djibouti failed to arrest Sudan's Bashir The International Criminal Court reported Djibouti to the United Nations Security Council for failing to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir last week when he attended the inauguration of Djibouti's president, Ismail Omar Guelleh. The ICC indicted Bashir on charges of genocide and issued an arrest warrant to countries that recognize the court's jurisdiction. Court officials previously reported Kenya and Chad for the same thing. The Washington Post/The Associated Press (5/12) Other News China bristles at European "condescension" over detentions Reuters (5/12) Italy proposes new plan for Security Council expansion Some 100 delegations to the United Nations are slated to meet Monday in Rome to discuss a proposal by Italy to expand the world body's Security Council by adding new members on a rotating basis, and not by adding new permanent seats. The Italian proposal runs against efforts by India, Germany, Brazil and Japan to gain permanent seats on the powerful body. The Washington Post/The Associated Press (5/12) UN preps for Iraqi refugees The UN Refugee Agency is preparing for a humanitarian crisis along the Iraqi-Syrian border in light of the expected return of some of the more than 400,000 Iraqis who fled to Syria to escape war and sectarian violence. 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