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- UN readies vote on South Sudan membership
The United Nations Security Council is expected to meet Wednesday to vote on UN admission for the world's newest country, South Sudan, before putting the application before the General Assembly on Thursday. South Sudan would become the world body's 193rd member state. Google/Agence France-Presse (7/11)      - Canada eyes reform of UN disarmament body
Canadian authorities said they will seek reform of the United Nations Conference on Disarmament after withdrawing temporarily in protest over the selection of North Korea to lead the body. Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird said the committee's work is slowed by the requirement for consensus on work plans, requiring operational reforms. The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (7/11) - UN withdraws mission from Sudan, redeploys elsewhere
The United Nations Security Council voted Monday to withdraw the world body's 10,000 peacekeepers from Sudan while sending forces to missions in the country's disputed region of Abyei and independent South Sudan. Some Western ambassadors at the UN said they regretted the withdrawal, which was ordered by the Sudanese government in Khartoum. CNN (7/11) - Aid agencies look to help drought-hit Somalis
The Al-Shabaab militant group in Somalia has lifted a prohibition on aid work due to drought, and at least one agency is already providing assistance to affected Somalis. A United Nations envoy has arrived as other officials encouraged aid workers to assist. An estimated 10 million people are at risk from what observers believe is the worst drought to hit the region in six decades. BBC (7/12) - UNAIDS: China needs donor support to battle HIV/AIDS
A growing reluctance from donor countries to provide funds to help ever-wealthier China battle HIV/AIDS will adversely affect efforts against the disease's spread, says Michel Sidibe, head of UNAIDS. Chinese authorities were slow to acknowledge HIV/AIDS and until recently maintained strict controls on nongovernmental agencies working on the issue. AlertNet/Reuters (7/11) - UN agency warns Africa: Industrialize or face unrest
The United Nations trade and development agency on Monday said that more young Africans will be out of work within a few years, portending more unrest, if governments do not shift from agriculture toward mining, manufacturing and other industries. "Africa is losing ground in labor-intensive manufacturing, which is generally the entry-level step in industrial development, and is a category especially important in Africa, where jobs are needed in rapidly growing cities," said the author of a recent agency report. The Guardian (London) (7/11)  | - Documenting the seldom-seen world of child brides
 Photographer Stephanie Sinclair is interviewed about her work documenting child brides -- some as young as 5 -- in Nepal, India, Yemen, Afghanistan, the U.S. and elsewhere. An estimated 50 million girls younger than 18 in developing countries were married, with 100 million more expected during the next 10 years, according to UNICEF. PBS/The Rundown blog (7/11) - Lack of climate leadership spurs geo-engineering
Geo-engineering is on the rise in light of the failures of United Nations climate talks to result in meaningful consensus and policies to reduce global warming. Hundreds of groups and institutions are proposing experiments -- some to the UN -- to affect weather patterns and the atmosphere, oceans and currents, and the Earth's soil. The Guardian (London) (7/10) - UN-backed climate fund inches closer to operational standards
The committee developing operating mechanisms for the United Nations-backed Green Climate Fund is taking stock of progress related to $30 billion in fast-start funds promised by wealthy countries for the 2010-2012 period to help developing countries cope with the effects of climate change. Current challenges such as ensuring disbursement of funds and recipient reporting are being discussed by members at a meeting this week in Tokyo. AlertNet/Reuters (7/11) - What are the reasons behind Africa's drought?
Why are parts of Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia so vulnerable to drought and famine? Hundreds of thousands in the Horn of Africa have left their homes, and up to 12 million are threatened with starvation, as a consequences of the worst drought in some 60 years. Al-Jazeera (7/11)
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