[RED DEMOCRATICA] Americans voice support for the UN in poll

 

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	October 12, 2011 | News covering the UN and the world Sign up  |  E-Mail this  |  Donate Americans voice support for the UN An overwhelming majority of U.S. voters support engagement with the United Nations and financial support for the world body, according to a survey from the United Nations Foundation and Better World Campaign. More than eight out of 10 respondents from across the U.S. political spectrum said it important for the U.S. to maintain an active role. Click here to read the full release from the UN Foundation. UN Dispatch (10/12), MSNBC/First Read blog (10/12), UN Foundation (10/12)      UN official issues stark Yemen warning  TB cases in 2010 mark first global decline  Honor killing photo ignites Turkish anger  An electrified world for $48 billion  How tech protects African fisheries  Israeli general rejects Palestinian aid reversal  Career Center  Skip to a section:  United Nations | Health & Development | Women & Girls | Climate and Energy | Technology | Peacekeeping and Security Polling shows: more than 8 out of 10 American voters believe in U.S. engagement at the #UN ow.ly/6UXez (RT help spread the word!)" @BetterWorldOrg "A new study shows that TB and TB deaths are declining for the first time ever. But can this progress be sustained amid foreign aid cuts by donor governments?" UN Dispatch UN official issues stark Yemen warning The international donor and aid communities need to pay closer attention to the growing humanitarian crisis in Yemen or risk facing another massive crisis like the one unfolding in Somalia, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos warns. Poverty, conflict and drought have left hundreds of thousands of Yemenis in need of immediate aid. AlertNet (10/11)      Iran appeals to UN over alleged assassination plot In a letter Tuesday to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the Iranian ambassador to the world body, Mohammad Khazaee, characterized as "fabricated and baseless" U.S. allegations that the country had plotted to assassinate Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the U.S. in Washington, D.C. Two Iranians have been arrested, and Iran's Revolutionary Guard has been implicated, in connection with the alleged plan to kill Adel al-Jubeir. The Wall Street Journal (tiered subscription model)/Dispatch blog (10/11), BBC (10/11)        Other News Hearing to begin for fired UN employee in whistle-blower protection case Google/The Associated Press (10/12)      TB cases in 2010 mark first global decline Last year, for the first time, fewer people the world over became sick from tuberculosis, and mortality rates dropped to their lowest since 2003, according to a report released Tuesday by the World Health Organization. The decline was attributed to better care and higher standards of living in Latin America and the former Soviet Union, improved anti-TB funding in China, and more efficient collection of data. The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (10/11)      Public-private partnership targets neonatal tetanus Neonatal tetanus could be effectively wiped out as a result of an ongoing initiative between UNICEF and a maker of disposable diapers that, since 2008, has emerged as a new model for cause-related marketing. Procter Gamble has been contributing part of its fourth-quarter sales of Pampers toward developing a vaccine against the disease, which kills an infant or its mother every nine minutes. Harvard Business Review online/HBR Blog Network (10/11)        Other News Gates' initiative saved 100,000 from HIV in India, study shows BBC (10/11)      India maintains vigilance as polio cases drop The Times of India (10/12)      Angelina Jolie visits Libya to support refugees, reform The Telegraph (London) (10/12)      Bulldozer adds to Senegal mine clearing efforts IRINNews.org (10/11)      Honor killing photo ignites Turkish anger A Turkish newspaper's use of a photographic image of woman allegedly killed by her husband has reignited debate across Turkey on women's rights and gender equality. Officials with the paper say use of the image was intended to highlight the continuing prevalence of domestic violence and honor killings. The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (10/11), The Wall Street Journal (tiered subscription model) (10/12)      Other News Lineup of TEDxWomen to help girls' voices to be heard The Huffington Post (10/11)      An electrified world for $48 billion Increasing access to electricity for the world's poor would have huge development benefits in the fields of health, education and economic progress, according to a study from the International Energy Agency. Getting electricity supply to 1 billion of the world's poor within 20 years would cost about $48 billion a year, the IEA says. The Guardian (London) (10/11)      Other News Australian law to tax country's biggest CO2 polluters BBC (10/12)      Virgin Atlantic to begin use of alternative fuel The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (10/11)      Group warns on link between biofuels and food prices The Guardian (London) (10/11)      How tech protects African fisheries Officials in Sierra Leone and Liberia are turning to technology and local fisherman to combat illegal fishing. Sierra Leone has unveiled a high-tech monitoring system to track the locations and names of vessels, while Liberia is handing out smartphones to coastal communities to take and transmit geo-tagged images to government authorities. The Christian Science Monitor (10/11)      Israeli general rejects Palestinian aid reversal U.S. lawmakers should not slash hundreds of millions of dollars in American aid to the Palestinian Authority in response to the ongoing Palestinian effort to attain full membership at the United Nations, an Israeli general in the West Bank said. "Reducing the Palestinians' ability to pay decreases security. American aid is relevant to this issue," Brig. Gen. Nitzan Alon said. The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (10/11)      Myanmar amnesty comes amid signs of reform More than 150 political prisoners have walked free in Myanmar under a government amnesty that reportedly could affect up to 6,000 prisoners, altogether. The country's press monitor and censor, Tint Swe, said last week in an interview with Radio Free Asia that his office should be shuttered. The Economist/Banyan blog (10/11), BBC (10/12)        Position Title Company Name Location Deputy Director, mHealth Alliance United Nations Foundation Washington, DC Business Math IT Instructor Akilah Institute for Women Kigali, Rwanda Managing Director, Development Teach for America Los Angeles, CA Click here to view more job listings.   Get more involved: Follow the UN Foundation on Twitter Key Sites United Nations Secretary-General UN News Centre Key UN Bodies, Agencies, Funds and Programs UN Foundation UN Dispatch UN Radio News Service Political standoff in Yemen deepens crisis UN Radio   This SmartBrief was created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com   Subscriber Tools       Update account information | Change e-mail address | Unsubscribe | Print friendly format | Web version | Search past news | Archive | Privacy policy Grab our News Widget Advertise With Us Amy DiElsi Director for UN Foundation Communications United Nations Foundation 1800 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20036 (D) 202-419-3230 (C) 202-492-3078 (F) 202-887-9021 www.unfoundation.org   About UN WIRE UN Wire is a free service sponsored by the United Nations Foundation which is dedicated to supporting the United Nations' efforts to address the most pressing humanitarian, socioeconomic and environmental challenges facing the world today. 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