[RED DEMOCRATICA] Nobelist, environmental leader Wangari Maathai dies

 

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	September 26, 2011 | News covering the UN and the world Sign up  |  E-Mail this  |  Donate Nobelist, environmental leader Wangari Maathai dies Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai, a founder of the Green Belt movement that pioneered the planting of trees in Africa and a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, died Sunday of cancer at the age of 71. Her movement led to the planting of an estimated 45 million trees. BBC (9/26), CNN (9/26), The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (9/26)      World Bank pledges more African aid  Health workers should be development focus  Saudi women are granted voting rights  Island nations seek UN climate action  Saleh plans to remain until elections  Skip to a section:  United Nations | Health & Development | Women & Girls | Climate and Energy | Peacekeeping and Security |  Today we remember late environmentalist, @UNEPandYou supporter Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai bit.ly/oxtLry" @UN "There was no consensus position in relation to the Palestinian application for UN membership -- and that is an issue that one imagines that the Quartet and much of the Security Council, not least the U.S., would be happy to avoid voting on any time soon." UN Dispatch World Bank pledges more African aid An additional $700 million, plus greater access for aid workers, is needed in order to save more of the 750,000 lives under threat in drought- and famine-stricken East Africa, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told member states on Saturday. That day, the World Bank announced it would increase aid to countries in the area to $1.88 billion -- almost four times the amount originally pledged last summer -- through 2014. BBC (9/24), The Washington Post/The Associated Press (9/23)      UNESCO to reconsider controversial award Teodoro Obiang, the president of Equatorial Guinea, has secured the backing of the African Union for his sponsorship of a life sciences award that was suspended in 2009 by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization after Nobel laureates drew attention to Obiang's human rights record. An AU resolution calling for reinstatement of the prize, toward which Obiang granted $3 million, is slated to be discussed by UNESCO's executive board this week. ScienceMag.org/Science Insider (9/23), Nature (9/23)        Security Council to begin Palestine UN bid debate The United Nations Security Council will begin discussions on Palestinians' bid for UN membership today with expectations the U.S. will veto the application. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas says he expects the council debate will last weeks before a vote is taken. AlertNet/Reuters (9/24), CNN (9/26)      Other News World's best soccer team moves UNICEF to back of shirt SI.com/The Associated Press (9/25)      Official: Taiwan's UN absence leaves hole in global governance The Times (Johannesburg) (9/26)      UN releases video to bring 66th General Assembly to new audiences The New York Times (tiered subscription model)/The Lede blog (9/23)      Health workers should be development focus Increased funding to further reduce maternal and child mortality rates agreed to at the United Nations should be earmarked to increase the capacity of health care systems in the developing world, particularly in regards to health care workers. Population growth is drastically outpacing the number of available health care professionals resulting in a global shortfall of 3.5 million trained professionals. The Guardian (London)/Poverty Matters blog (9/23)        Film examines U.S. microloan effort U.S. filmmaker Gayle Ferraro has debuted a documentary on the success of Mohammad Yunus' efforts to provide microloans to impoverished Americans to start businesses. Yunus has helped millions of women in Bangladesh and his U.S. bank is offering loans from $500 to $3,000 to budding entrepreneurs. The Washington Post/The Associated Press (9/26)      UNDP urges Colombia to reform land practices Colombian authorities should move to institute land reform to promote development and ease conflict, the United Nations Development Programme says in a report. Just over 1% of Colombians own 52% of the country's land contributing to social unrest, violence by illegal armed groups and concentrations of political power that impede progress. Colombia Reports (Medellin, Colombia) (9/25)      Oxfam: Africa land grabs are hurting local communities Governments across Africa need to do more to ensure land deals involving foreign investors are not detrimental to local populations, Oxfam says in a report. The group's research found most deals took fertile land out of production and caused the displacement of residents without compensation rarely made available. The Christian Science Monitor (9/23)      Other News Ghana works to end cocoa industry child labor IRINNews.org (9/23)      Bill Gates backs global financial transactions tax Al-Jazeera (9/24)      Saudi women are granted voting rights Women in Saudi Arabia on Sunday were granted not only the right to vote in 2015, but the ability to run for municipal office -- even as restrictions on women driving continue. Saudi women's rights activists said the change was prompted by the uprisings that have swept the Arab world over the past nine months. The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (9/25)      Island nations seek UN climate action Leaders of island nations on Saturday pleaded with the United Nations to move more quickly to reduce carbon emissions worldwide in order to prevent flooding and damage from more severe storms in light of rising sea levels attributed to climate change. "Without international cooperation and concerted effort the impact of climate change will be devastating for all our nations," Navinchandra Ramgoolam, prime minister of Mauritius, in the Indian Ocean, told the world body's General Assembly. The Washington Post/The Associated Press (9/24)      Delhi rail network is first ever to earn UN carbon credits The United Nations has extended carbon credits to the subway system in the Indian capital, Delhi, which the world body says cuts carbon emissions annually by some 630,000 tons. The carbon credits -- valued at $9.5 million annually, and expected to increase in proportion to the number of passengers -- are the first ever earned by a railway network. BBC (9/26)      Other News UNDP to open office to support Indonesia forest efforts The Jakarta Post (Indonesia) (9/23) Southern approach to Mt. Everest could soon be ice-free The Guardian (London) (9/24)      Bolivia seeks to calm rain forest conflict with referendum Al-Jazeera (9/26)      Designers emphasize sustainability, utility for London Olympics The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (9/25)      Saleh plans to remain until elections Embattled Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has reiterated his plans to remain in office until elections are held and urge protesters to end eight months of demonstrations against his regime. Saleh said his deputy is authorized to sign a transfer-of-power instrument that would facilitate early presidential elections. The Wall Street Journal (tiered subscription model) (9/26), The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (9/25)      Top five news stories selected by UN Wire readers in the past week. Obama says UN is not the venue for Palestinian statehood (PBS) Nearly $45 billion pledged to Every Woman Every Child (The Washington Post) Women and girls in the spotlight at UN (The Huffington Post) Panel spells out flaws, fixes for Global Fund (The Wall Street Journal (tiered subscription model)) Germany struggles with Security Council role (Der Spiegel (Germany)) Results based on number of times each story was clicked by readers. 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