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	July 13, 2011 | News covering the UN and the world Sign up  |  E-Mail this  |  Donate Deal struck to make cheap AIDS drugs for world's poor Drugmakers in India will be allowed to produce inexpensive generic versions of some of the most effective drugs in combating HIV/AIDS -- for sale in developing countries -- under an agreement reached Tuesday with the UN-backed Medicines Patent Pool and Gilead Sciences, a pharmaceuticals company. The findings of two studies released today show that existing drugs can prevent heterosexuals from acquiring HIV, lending further evidence to the growing belief that the pandemic can be contained. The Wall Street Journal (tiered subscription model) (7/13), Bloomberg (7/12), The Guardian (London)/Sarah Boseley's Global Health Blog (7/12)      UN moves to stem attacks on children  OECD: Crisis drives migration decrease  Wilson brings artistic talents to Haiti efforts  Asia makes progress against deforestation  IAEA rejects Iranian quid pro quo  Career Center  Thanks to UN Wire readers!  Skip to a section:  United Nations | Health & Development | Women & Girls | Climate and Energy | Peacekeeping and Security | Editor's Note "Are you a journalist? Check out our 2011 press fellowship and apply today! Deadline is August 5th: http://ht.ly/5ChxF" @unfoundation "What is most concerning to me about this ruse is the wider context in which this operation was conducted. Yes, I am glad that Bin Laden is no longer of this earth, but I wonder how many parents in Pakistan will now refuse to get their children vaccinated -- particularly against polio?" UN Dispatch UN moves to stem attacks on children The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously Tuesday to authorize the world body to publicly name and shame governments or groups that attack schools and hospitals or target children in conflict. Perpetrators will be named in an annex to the secretary-general's annual report focused on children and armed conflict. Reuters (7/12)      Ban urges UN members to help Horn of Africa United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has issued an urgent appeal to member countries to increase their commitments to help battle drought that is affecting millions of people across the Horn of Africa. An appeal launched by UN officials to raise $1.6 billion for humanitarian efforts has so far raised only about half of the funds. Ban said he will contact member countries personally in a bid to secure the resources need to provide lifesaving assistance. BBC (7/13)        UN criticizes U.S. over WikiLeaks suspect U.S. refusals to allow the UN's chief torture investigator to meet privately with Bradley Manning, the Army private suspected of releasing a trove of classified diplomatic cables to WikiLeaks, violate long-standing UN rules, according to UN special rapporteur Juan Mendez. NPR.org/The Two-Way blog (7/12)      Other News Palestinian president will pursue statehood at the UN Al-Jazeera (7/13)      UN mission in South Sudan empowered to protect civilians Bloomberg (7/13)      OECD: Crisis drives migration decrease The global financial crisis that began in 2008 has served as a major contributing factor to a decrease in migration to the 34 member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, according to an OECD report. Ireland and Spain saw the largest drops in 2009 migration, at 49% and 18% respectively, as private-sector demand for labor declined during the economic downturn. The Wall Street Journal (tiered subscription model) (7/13)      New outdoor mosquito trap could help stop malaria Researchers in Tanzania are developing a device that uses the scent of malodorous human socks to attract mosquitoes in the wild, then poisons them. Donations of $775,000 announced today by the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation and Grand Challenges Canada are intended to reduce the global infection rate of malaria by producing an affordable outdoor trap ranging in cost from between $4 and $27. The New York Times (tiered subscription model)/The Associated Press (7/13)      Kenyan project to pursue alternatives to classic toilet American philanthropist Bill Gates has teamed up with Germany to finance a five-year project to provide some 800,000 Kenyans with access to sanitation facilities, particularly in impoverished urban centers. Noting that scarce water resources make the classic toilet untenable in some parts of the world, the project could incorporate so-called dry toilets that do not need water to flush, and use urine to make nitrogenous fertilizer in powder form. TIME/Worldcrunch (7/13)      WFP mulls return to al-Shabaab controlled areas Officials from the United Nations World Food Programme say they are considering the resumption of operations in Somali areas controlled by the al-Shabaab militia. An estimated 3 million Somalis are in need of immediate assistance due to drought, and militia leaders say foreign aid groups will be allowed in for humanitarian operations. Google/Agence France-Presse (7/13)      Other News UN report: Governments must improve disaster recovery plans AlertNet (7/12)      Mogadishu gets first sexual violence hotline The New York Times (tiered subscription model)/On the Ground blog (7/12)      Wilson brings artistic talents to Haiti efforts Helping young Haitians tap into their artistic talents is just one way humanitarian efforts are continuing in Haiti where millions remain in need after the massive January 2010 earthquake, Rainn Wilson writes. The actor traveled to camp Bolous as part of the Girls United program sponsored by humanitarian organizations including the United Nations Foundation and Meridian Health Foundation. The Huffington Post (7/13)      Asia makes progress against deforestation Across Asia, governments are making great strides toward slowing the pace of deforestation and expanding existing forests, according to a report from the Rights and Resources Initiative. Many countries -- such as China, India and Vietnam -- have undertaken reform programs that include giving communities and indigenous peoples more rights to the land where they live. IRINNews.org (7/12)        Other News Japan confirms plan to send whaling fleet to Antarctic BBC (7/12)      IAEA rejects Iranian quid pro quo The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency has declined to abide by Iranian calls to end the UN agency's investigations of allegations that the country was pursuing a nuclear weapons program. Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Saleh told Yukiya Amano on Tuesday that Iran would work more closely with IAEA inspectors in exchange for acknowledgment that it already has met some nuclear verification measures. Bloomberg (7/12), Forbes/The Associated Press (7/12)      On the hidden costs of the CIA's vaccine ruse A faux vaccine program reportedly devised by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency in a bid to obtain DNA evidence tying Osama bin Laden to a safe house in Pakistan could sow public doubt over government health programs, writes infectious disease specialist Kent Sepkowitz. The Daily Beast (7/12)        Other News Gadhafi seen as amenable to Libyan power transfer The Guardian (London) (7/12)      Karzai death may trigger Kandahar power struggle The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (7/13)      Deployment Coordinator Red R Australia Melbourne, Australia Human Resources and Administration Assistant Social Science Research Council Brooklyn, NY Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration Officer, P-4 United Nations Office to the African Union Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Thanks to UN Wire readers! Congratulations to Amy Cloud and Richard Kaplan, the two lucky Amazon gift card winners from our survey. 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