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	July 29, 2011 | News covering the UN and the world Sign up  |  E-Mail this  |  Donate Top soccer club makes polio eradication a goal The Bill Melinda Gates Foundation is teaming up with the popular Spanish soccer team FC Barcelona to boost global awareness of the role of vaccines in the increasingly focused effort to wipe out polio. "Just as [soccer] is a universal sport with the power to transform lives, vaccines are a universal tool with the power to save lives," the team's head coach, Josep Guardiola, said at a news conference Thursday. Google/Agence France-Presse (7/28), The Huffington Post (7/28)      UN report raises concerns over Eritrea  Militants, lack of funding hinder famine relief  Saudi cleric moves against child-marriage limits  Japanese unite to conserve power  U.S. alleges Iran deal with al-Qaida  Career Center  Skip to a section:  United Nations | Health & Development | Women & Girls | Climate and Energy | Peacekeeping and Security A new collaboration we love: @gatesfoundation @FCBarcelona working together to end #polio. Check it out! http://ow.ly/5PSfa #morethanagoal" @unfoundation "Agencies are currently warning that the famine will spread unless there is increased humanitarian access to areas hit by the region's worst drought in 60 years." UN Dispatch UN report raises concerns over Eritrea Eritrea's intelligence agencies are active across Uganda, South Sudan, Kenya and Somalia and pose a significant security risk to the region, the United Nations Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea warns in a new report. Eritrea was the central force behind a foiled plot to attack an African Union meeting in January, and continues to fund al-Qaida-linked groups, according to the report. The Guardian (London) (7/28), AlertNet/Reuters (7/28)      Security Council acts against Pakistani Taliban threat The United Nations Security Council is expected to add Pakistan's Tehrik-E-Taliban to the UN terrorist blacklist today, in response to concerns the group is expanding the reach of its targets. The move comes as UN and Afghan officials are reaching out to the Taliban in the hopes of launching peace talks. ForeignPolicy.com/Turtle Bay blog (7/28)      Israelis, Palestinians seek alternative as UN bid approaches Israeli officials are urging the U.S. to do more to dissuade Palestinian leaders from a United Nations statehood recognition bid, over fears the effort would increase Israel's diplomatic isolation. Both Israeli and Palestinian authorities agree there are currently no other initiatives on the table to jump-start stalled Middle East peace talks. NPR.org (7/28)      Other News New UN accord protects global freedom of expression Al-Jazeera (7/28)      Dutch diplomat to lead UN mission in Cote d'Ivoire AllAfrica Global Media (7/28)      UN summer camp for children is vandalized in Gaza Strip Google/Agence France-Presse (7/28)      Militants, lack of funding hinder famine relief The famine relief effort in parts of Somalia is being hindered by al-Shabab, the Islamist group which is refusing to permit aid workers to reach more than 2 million people in the southern provinces of Bakool and Lower Shabelle. Even without such interference, the United Nations says, efforts to save Somalis from starvation are limited because of an $800 million shortfall in international donations. The Wall Street Journal (tiered subscription model) (7/29)      The U.S. must sustain pledge to eradicate polio The U.S. government's pledge of $2 billion toward the $9 billion requested through 2012 in a bid to eradicate polio is necessary, especially in light of the distrust sown by the CIA program in Pakistan that offered local children free hepatitis B vaccinations in an effort to gather DNA to determine whether children at a targeted compound were those of Osama Bin Laden. Vaccination efforts like those of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative already have helped reduce infection rates from 350,000 in 1988 to about 1,000 last year. Bloomberg (7/28)        Other News South Korea launches flood recovery effort The Christian Science Monitor/Global News Blog (7/28)      Saudi cleric moves against child-marriage limits Reformers in the Saudi Arabian ruling family and a senior cleric are on a collision course over child marriage after a fatwa was issued allowing fathers to arrange marriages for their daughters "even if they are in the cradle." The kingdom's Justice Ministry said this month that it would set a minimum age for marriage in an effort to help protect prepubescent girls. The Wall Street Journal (tiered subscription model) (7/29)      Japanese unite to conserve power Japanese are coalescing around a drive to conserve electricity in light of the recent nuclear crisis, which has resulted in the continued operation of only 17 of the country's 54 nuclear reactors. Despite hot weather and a push to save even more power -- government alerts are sent to people's cellphones if overall demand nears capacity -- the country's economy continues to recover. The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (7/28), The Wall Street Journal (tiered subscription model) (7/29)      Other News Indigenous peoples oppose Bolivia Amazon highway plan AlertNet/Reuters (7/28)      U.S. alleges Iran deal with al-Qaida Iran made a deal to help al-Qaida operatives facilitate movement, training and supplies through its territory to militants in Pakistan, U.S. officials say. Iranian authorities have provided money and recruitment services for militants headed for Afghanistan and Pakistan, according to U.S. Treasury Department documents released Thursday. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)/The Associated Press (7/28), The Washington Post/Checkpoint Washington blog (7/28)      Libyan rebel leader is gunned down in mysterious attack Libyan rebel leader Abdel-Fattah Younis, who defected from the government of Moammar Gadhafi to join the uprising, was killed Thursday. The circumstances of his death have not been made public, but it's apparent that Younis had enemies both within the rebellion and among forces loyal to Gadhafi. His death raised concerns among observers that the fledgling rebel army could fracture. 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