[RED DEMOCRATICA] UN poised for long-in-coming Syria humanitarian mission

 

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	August 19, 2011 | News covering the UN and the world Sign up  |  E-Mail this  |  Donate UN is poised for arrival of Syria humanitarian mission The Syrian regime has pledged unfettered access to areas of reported fighting when the United Nations sends a special humanitarian mission Saturday, said Valerie Amos, the world body's head of humanitarian affairs. Prior UN requests to send humanitarian observers had been rebuffed until Wednesday, when Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon spoke with President Bashar al-Assad by phone. BBC (8/18)      UN official criticizes Mbeki over Ivorian crisis  Research is targeting affordable, safe polio vaccine  Actress Victoria Justice promotes Girl Up!  Climate change prompts migrations, study says  West increases pressure on Syria's Assad  Career Center  Skip to a section:  United Nations | Health & Development | Spotlight: Girl Up! | Climate and Energy | Peacekeeping and Security Think you've got a great idea to change the world? Here's your chance to tell Ban Ki-moon about it! http://ow.ly/66yEW" @unfoundation "This week Libyan rebels took the city of Az Zawiya, which contains Libya's last working oil refinery. The loss of the town cut the territory Gaddafi controls into two and brought the rebels within just 30 miles of Tripoli. The outcome of the battle in Az Zawiya makes an eventual rebel victory a virtual certainty, but what will the fall of Gaddafi look like?" UN Dispatch UN official criticizes Mbeki over Ivorian crisis The chief of staff to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has criticized Thabo Mbeki, who served as African Union mediator during conflict in Cote d'Ivoire, saying that the former South African president was wrong to assert that the country should not have staged a presidential election last fall. Laurent Gbagbo, who was removed from power after refusing to honor the election results, has been detained with his wife, Simone, on charges that they committed "economic crimes." Reuters/Global News Journal blog (8/18), Google/Agence France-Presse (8/18)      Other News Analysis: Major protests amid Palestinian UN bid are seen as unlikely Reuters (8/18)      UN envoy to assess Myanmar government's rights record United Press International (8/18)      Research is targeting affordable, safe polio vaccine The use of oral polio vaccines, which contain live but weakened strains of the virus, is being discouraged because the live viruses occasionally become virulent. The World Health Organization has been working with Dutch researchers to develop a safe, effective and affordable vaccine that is inactivated -- meaning the virulent strains are killed before the vaccine is given -- and can be produced in developing countries. The Hindu (India) (8/18)      Other News U.S. gives aid to flood-ravaged North Korea The Washington Post/Checkpoint Washington blog (8/18)      New malaria vaccine is slated for human trials The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) (8/19)      U.S. pauses deportations for 300,000 illegal immigrants BBC (8/18)      Actress Victoria Justice promotes Girl Up! American actress Victoria Justice spoke about her involvement in Girl Up!, the United Nations Foundation campaign "for girls, by girls," at the recent VH1 Do Something Awards. "It's about spreading the word to girls in the U.S. about girls in harder-to-reach countries that are dealing with so many violence issues, that don't have an opportunity to be educated ... and help give them a better future," she said in an interview. Nickutopia.com (8/18)        Climate change prompts migrations, study says A study suggests that animal and plant species are adapting to a warming planet by relocating -- in some cases, up to three times faster than previously thought. "These changes are equivalent to animals and plants shifting away from the equator at around 20 centimeters per hour, for every hour of the day, for every day of the year" over the past 40 years, said Chris Thomas, professor of conservation biology at Britain's York University, who led the research. The Guardian (London) (8/18)        Indigenous trees provide wealth of benefits for Africa Five types of trees indigenous to Africa can help alleviate hunger and poverty while helping protect the environment. The black plum, ebony, marula, dika and moringa all provide valuable food supply and constitute a vital component to agroforestry efforts on the continent, this article says. The Christian Science Monitor (8/18)      Other News Women in Sierra Leone are installing solar power The Guardian (London)/Poverty Matters Blog (8/17)      Mass smuggling spurs Tanzania ban on wildlife exports BBC (8/18)      West increases pressure on Syria's Assad World leaders are putting pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down, with U.S. President Barack Obama and numerous European leaders predicting his government's downfall. The U.S. and EU allies plan to draft United Nations sanctions to further isolate Assad and his inner circle. The Wall Street Journal (tiered subscription model) (8/19), Reuters (8/19)      Pillay calls for Syria to face ICC over abuses: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has asked the Security Council to refer Syria to the International Criminal Court after UN investigators compiled evidence against 50 suspects. 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