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	June 2, 2011 | News covering the UN and the world Sign up  |  E-Mail this  |  Donate UN climate chief aims to readjust global warming targets Current agreements aiming to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius do not go far enough to reduce the effects of climate change before it becomes catastrophic and irreversible, according to Christiana Figueres, the executive secretary of the Framework Convention on Climate Change at the United Nations. She said at an annual conference on international emissions trading that future plans should target a 1.5-degree centigrade rise, as current levels would not keep seas from rising to overwhelm low-lying and coastal countries, or temperatures rising to devastate sub-Saharan agriculture. The Guardian (London) (6/1) UN tags Gadhafi's troops, rebels for war crimes  U.S. to boycott UN racism conference  Scientists look to disrupt mosquitoes  Girl's fate highlights slave, sex trade in India  High-profile panel spotlights water crisis  Boy's death unites Syrian demonstrators  Career Center  Skip to a section:  United Nations | Spotlight: U.S.-UN relations | Health & Development | Women & Girls | Climate and Energy | Peacekeeping and Security "15 months after the earthquake, MFR visits Haiti with @phoenixlp and @unfoundation. Watch our video http://ow.ly/570vQ" @musicforrelief "Yemen is sliding down a path of tribal based militias, none of which are strong enough to maintain control -- but just powerful enough to prevent their rivals from asserting dominance. That path may very well lead to a Somalia-like situation of competing militias, foreign interference, religious radicalism and -- above all -- a dismal future for civilians caught in the conflict." UN Dispatch UN tags Gadhafi's troops, rebels for war crimes Investigators from the United Nations have accused not only forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi, but also Libyan rebels, of committing war crimes during the country's 15-week popular revolt. The three-member panel said Gadhafi's forces had also carried out crimes against humanity as NATO -- which has stepped up airstrikes on Tripoli, the capital -- extended its Libyan mission for another three months, to late September. BBC (6/1), Google/Agence France-Presse (6/1)   Goldstone: War crimes process is "slow" and "successful" The former chief prosecutor for the Yugoslavia and Rwanda war crimes tribunals highlights the failures and successes of the UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in light of the recent capture of Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic. "The arrest in the past few days of Gen. Mladic must cause added discomfort for others alleged to have committed serious war crimes," writes Judge Richard Goldstone, who points specifically to leaders of Syria and Sri Lanka. BBC (6/1)   UN nuclear watchdog to debate Syrian nuclear activities The governing board of the UN International Atomic Energy Agency is scheduled next week to debate Western efforts to report Syria to the world body's Security Council over alleged illicit nuclear activity at a site bombed by Israel in 2007. The Syrian regime has been accused of stonewalling investigations into the activities at the remote desert site, which a recent IAEA report says "very likely" was a nascent nuclear reactor intended to produce plutonium for atomic bombs. Telegraph (London) (6/1), Reuters (6/1) U.S. to boycott UN racism conference The U.S. will not attend next fall's UN World Conference Against Racism, the 10th year of the world body's global meeting, because of what a State Department official characterized as intolerance and anti-Semitism at past conferences. Bloomberg (6/1) Scientists look to disrupt mosquitoes U.S. scientists have developed chemicals to interfere with mosquitoes' carbon dioxide sense -- the trigger that draws them to humans, according to research published in the journal Nature. Scientists tested the effect of smelly chemicals on mosquito species responsible for the spread of malaria, filariasis, dengue fever and West Nile virus. BBC (6/1) Panel recommends shift in drug policies The global war against drugs has been ineffective with opiate, cocaine and marijuana use rising despite millions of taxpayer dollars in support of anti-drug efforts, according to a report from the Global Commission on Drug Policy. The panel, which includes former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and former leaders of Mexico, Colombia and Brazil, says governments should consider the legalization of some drugs as a means to deny profits to powerful drug cartels. Los Angeles Times (6/1), BBC (6/2) Other News WHO: European E. coli outbreak is a new strain BBC (6/2) Gates Foundation looks to boost green revolution in Africa Yahoo!/The Associated Press (6/1) Free newspaper in Mozambique has a mission of empowerment The Guardian (London)/Poverty Matters blog (6/1) Girl's fate highlights slave, sex trade in India An Indian social worker has begun a shelter program for prostitutes and their children, most of the girls among whom -- some 90% -- end up in the sex trade, as well. The program, and international attention, might not be enough to save one 10-year-old girl who excels in school from the same fate. The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (6/1)   Indian women work for farmland rights Impoverished Indian women are lobbying government officials to change laws on land ownership in the state of Uttar Pradesh. The Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group, supported by Oxfam, is helping drive the campaign to end exclusive male-only inheritance and ownership rights. The Irish Times (Dublin) (6/2) High-profile panel spotlights water crisis Nearly two dozen former heads of state on Tuesday met on a panel to encourage a new water ethic for the international community amid fears of an imminent water crisis. The panel issued 21 suggestions for managing the world's water supply in the future. Google/Agence France-Presse (6/1) China's water-diversion plans raise concerns China's plans to divert trillions of gallons of water from the Yangtze to help the country's parched northern regions every year is raising concern among environmentalists over long-term effects on China's water supply. The South-North Water Diversion Project, a $62 billion undertaking, will use three artificial channels to transport water. The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (6/1) World Bank, world's mayors team up on climate change Mayors from some of the world's 40 largest cities -- including New York, Jakarta, Berlin and Paris -- have signed a deal with World Bank to help them access the $6.4 billion the bank has set aside for climate change action. The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (6/1), Google/Agence France-Presse (6/1) FAO: Deforestation rate in major forests decreases The rate of destruction of the world's major forests -- in the Congo Basin, Amazon and South East Asia -- has dropped 25% over the past decade in comparison with the previous one, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization says. But farming, population growth and illegal logging continue to drive forest destruction. AlertNet/Reuters (6/1) Other News Can social media build climate change resilience? AlertNet (6/1) World Bank approves carbon trading program grants Bloomberg (6/2) Boy's death unites Syrian demonstrators The mutilation and death of a 13-year-old Syrian boy, Hamza al-Khateeb -- who was taken into custody by security forces in April, and whose corpse was returned to his family nearly a month later -- has galvanized opposition to the country's four decades of rule by the Assad family. A video of the body shows that the boy had not only been shot twice, burned and shocked, but that he had been castrated, and that his neck finally was broken. 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