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- Showdown averted by reported Palestinian statehood deal?
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has reportedly signed off on a deal that would delay indefinitely the Palestinian effort to gain recognition as a state at the United Nations. Unnamed diplomats said the agreement -- in which Abbas would submit a request for recognition to the Security Council, which would then defer a vote while peace talks were relaunched with Israel -- represents a compromise that would allow Abbas to save face, and spare the U.S. from exercising a veto. Los Angeles Times (9/20), The Guardian (London) (9/20)      - Stars align around Social Good Summit
The Social Good Summit has attracted a parade of high-power names such as Elie Wiesel, Serena Williams, Mandy Moore and Geena Davis to talk about issues related to development, human rights and health. Moore co-hosted a Facebook town hall to talk about the UN Foundation-backed initiative Nothing But Nets, while Davis spoke to participants about the portrayal of women in the media. Mashable (9/20) - New campaign is giving children a shot at better, longer lives
The new Shot@Life campaign of the United Nations Foundation is building grass-roots support across the U.S. to help ensure that vaccines are made available to children in the developing world. "For only $20, a child can receive lifelong protection against measles, pneumonia, diarrhea and polio via the vaccines," said Timothy E. Wirth, President of the UN Foundation. United Press International (9/19) - Businesses, activists spar over role in disease fight
Many important global industries produce and market products that are implicated in the rise in the noncommunicable diseases that are responsible for 63% of deaths, including tobacco companies and food marketers. Activists in the fight against chronic ailments are also looking to have pharmaceutical firms allow the production of low-priced generic drugs that treat cancers, heart disease and diabetes. The Washington Post (9/20)  - Tracking the Girl Effect
 A paper by the World Bank and Nike Foundation investigates the link between economic potential in developing countries and the educations of adolescent girls. The paper also spotlights the organization The Girl Effect, which is supported in part by the United Nations Foundation, and spreads awareness of the challenges facing adolescent girls in poor countries. CBS News/Tech Talk blog (9/20) - China faces severe gender imbalance
China accounts for 25% of the 4 million females characterized as "missing" by the World Bank's annual development report, the result of sex selective abortion, infanticide and death in childbirth. The resulting gender balance will leave China facing social unrest and lost productivity as Chinese struggle to find suitable marriage partners and have children, according to the report. The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (9/20) - South Africa's Tutu calls out men over child marriage
Men have "aided and abetted" child marriage, according to Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu, who characterizes the practice as "one of the critical issues of our time." Tutu made his remarks Tuesday in support of the Girls Not Brides campaign, which has pledged to raise $3 million to fund activities aimed at ending child marriage in central and western Africa, south Asia and parts of the Middle East. The Guardian (London) (9/20) - Nigeria joins Africa nuclear expansion plans
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has announced plans to build a nuclear power plant, making Nigeria the second African country after South Africa to expand energy supply capacity by relying on nuclear power. Nuclear power plant builders see Africa, where demand for electricity supply is outstripping capacity, as the next big region for construction. The Christian Science Monitor (9/20)
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