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- UN limits report lengths to cut costs
The United Nations has instituted a word limit for reports in a bid to cut costs associated with reproducing and translating documents, and asking member countries to comply with the changes. Nuclear arms negotiators have been asked to limit reports to 10,700 words, with reports from the UN secretariat capped at 8,500. Bloomberg Businessweek/The Associated Press (8/11)      - Ivorian armed forces are blamed by UN in executions, arrests
More than two dozen people in Cote d'Ivoire have been executed over the past month, and dozens arrested illegally, by armed forces loyal the new president, Alassane Ouattara, according to the United Nations. The 26 extrajudicial killings and 85 arbitrary arrests occurred in communities supportive of Laurent Gbagbo, the former president, said Guillaume Ngefa, the rights representative for the UN mission in the country. BBC (8/11), CNN (8/12) - Global response to East African famine is slipping, UN says
The initial global response to the deepening famine in the Horn of Africa is not being sustained, and some $1.2 billion is still needed for food and medical aid for millions requiring immediate assistance, said Mark Bowden, the UN coordinator for Somalia. Delivery of aid to Somalia is being complicated by piracy, forcing relief agencies to use aircraft, or inconvenient ports. CNN (8/11), The Guardian (London) (8/11)  - East Africans struggle with rising food prices
Elevated food prices across eastern Africa are forcing families to limit purchases of food staples and decimating small businesses in the region. In some areas, food prices have risen nearly 50% since the beginning of 2011. IRINNews.org (8/11) - Threat of jail is helping in uphill Nigeria polio fight
Some immunization officials in Kano, Nigeria, say that the threat of jail for parents who do not allow their children to be vaccinated against polio is drastically reducing the number of refusals, while others say there has been no change. Refusals are only part of the problem in fighting the disease in Nigeria, according to the World Health Organization, which cites a general lack of operational planning and inconsistent cold chain storage of vaccines. IRINNews.org (8/11) - Mandy Moore visits Cameroon
A delegation including American singer Mandy Moore, UN Goodwill Ambassador Against Malaria, has met with government officials in Cameroon to assess the impact of mosquito bed nets treated with insecticide in the fight against the disease there. "We needed to see the experience so that when we go back to the U.S., we will ask for more funds to extend the project in order to provide universal coverage with bed nets," Moore said. AllAfrica Global Media (8/11) - Clinton urges support for African farmers
Steep cuts to U.S. President Barack Obama's "Feed the Future" program being considered by the U.S. Congress would adversely impact efforts to help improve the productivity of small farms in Africa, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says. The Obama administration has requested $1.4 billion to fund the effort in 2012, but Congress is considering cutting the allotted budget by about one-third. The Washington Post (8/11) - New microwave treatment targets malaria
Researchers are testing the potential of low-dose microwaves in destroying malaria in a living body without damaging normal blood cells. The treatment devised at Pennsylvania State University, through a grant from the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation, is first being tested on mice, but could lead to a larger microwave system capable of treating humans. FastCompany.com (8/12) - Judge urges Hariri murder suspects to surrender
The four suspects in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri are being urged to turn themselves in by the head of a special UN-backed tribunal. Judge Antonio Cassese released an open letter guaranteeing the four members of Hezbollah a fair trial. Al-Jazeera (8/11) | |  | | Position Title | Company Name | Location | | Program Officer, MHI | Open Society Institute, Budapest | Budapest, Hungary | | Brazil Director | Human Rights Watch | New York, NY | | Advisor, Gender, Diversity and Human Rights (Grade P5) | Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Washington, D.C. | Washington, DC | | Technical Advisor, Pharmaceutical Regulatory Systems | Management Sciences for Health | Maputo, Mozambique | | | Click here to view more job listings. | | |
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