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- UN welcomes South Sudan
The United Nations General Assembly voted by acclamation Thursday to admit South Sudan as the world body's 193rd member. Officials from Sudan and South Sudan vowed to work through lingering secession issues such as border demarcations peacefully. AlertNet/Reuters (7/15), CNN (7/14)      - UN's Ban urges planning for development beyond 2015
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is encouraging the international community to plan beyond 2015, by which time the global poverty rate is expected to fall below 15%, one of the world body's Millennium Development Goals. "When the MDGs were first articulated, we knew that achieving them would, in a sense, be only half the job. We knew that too many men, women and children would go largely untouched by even our best efforts," Ban said. The Guardian (London)/Poverty Matters blog (7/15) - Crackdown in Haitian slums to involve UN troops
More than 2,100 soldiers affiliated with the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti are being deployed to three slums in Port-au-Prince to help crack down on criminal gang activity. Once the neighborhoods are secured, officials say, the troops will clear streets of garbage and other debris, help set up medical clinics and repair roads. The Washington Post/The Associated Press (7/14) - Measles strikes some 18,000 East African children
At least 125 children died, and some 18,000 were sickened, from measles outbreaks in Ethiopia and Kenya during the first six months of this year, according to UN officials. The risk of such an outbreak has been heightened because of mass migration due to drought in East Africa, and poor sanitation in overcrowded refugee camps, the World Health Organization said. The Washington Post/The Associated Press (7/15) - U.S. responds to public health concerns over CIA vaccination ploy
U.S. officials are defending the CIA's use of a vaccination program in the hunt for al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden amid concerns from international aid groups that the operation could compromise future public health efforts in Pakistan. The CIA orchestrated a hepatitis vaccination program in the city of Abbottabad in a bid to collect DNA evidence to help identify the location of bin Laden family members. The Washington Post (7/13) - IAEA takes Syria concerns to Security Council
The International Atomic Energy Agency reported Syria to the United Nations Security Council on Thursday over concerns the country had operated a secret nuclear facility. The council opted to postpone any action until after the IAEA publishes a report on Syria in September as council members disagreed over whether the body should be involved at all. Reuters (7/14) - UNESCO, Japan help Pakistan update weather warning systems
UNESCO has joined forces with authorities from Japan and Pakistan to update Pakistan's weather prediction systems with enhanced satellite data collection abilities in a bid to help the South Asia country better manage the effects of climate change. Pakistan more than 2,000 people and forced millions from their homes. AlertNet (7/14) - Gates Foundation funds a dozen unusual disease treatment ideas
The Bill Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded a dozen scientists $1 million each in funding over the next five years to further explore unusual approaches to combating malaria and other global public health concerns. Adapting a microwave to identify and target the presence of iron in a bid to wipe out the malaria parasite is one of the ideas selected to receive a grant from more than 500 that initially received a smaller amount of funding. Bloomberg Businessweek/The Associated Press (7/13)
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