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	February 17, 2012 | News covering the UN and the world Sign up  |  E-Mail this  |  Donate General Assembly condemns Syria by overwhelming margin The UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly Thursday to condemn Syria's brutal crackdown on anti-government protesters as the country's president, Bashar al-Assad, announced a Feb. 26 constitutional referendum -- criticized as "laughable" by the U.S. -- that he said would allow for a multiparty government, effectively ending nearly 50 years of single-party rule. The nonbinding UN resolution, against which only 12 countries voted, is largely symbolic. CNN (2/16), The Washington Post/blogPost (2/16), Mail & Guardian Online (South Africa) (2/16)      UNDP: Crime is restraining Caribbean development  Do rich have "duty" to feed poor East Africans?  Cookstoves in demand in India's barren salt pans  Girl's abduction reveals harmful Afghan practice  Leaks indicate plans of climate change skeptics  Libya marks first anniversary of revolt  Career Center  Skip to a section:  United Nations | Health & Development | Spotlight: Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves | Women & Girls | Climate and Energy | Peace and Security #SecClinton Launches Global Pollution Reduction Initiative, Notes Important Role of Clean Cooking Solutions ow.ly/97rHc #cookstoves" @unfoundation "The United Nations General Assembly [on Thursday] afternoon passed a Saudi Arabia-drafted resolution condemning the violence in Syria and fully supporting the Arab League's plan for political transition. The move to the General Assembly came after a UN Security Council resolution was vetoed by Russia and China." UN Dispatch UNDP: Crime is restraining Caribbean development Violent crime in Caribbean countries -- where 27% of the world's murders occur among only 8.5% of world's population -- is not only having a negative impact on business and investment, but hampering development, according to a report by the UN Development Programme. "Caribbean countries need to build more institutional capacity to respond effectively to the problems of street gangs, organized crime and gender-based violence," said UNDP Administrator Helen Clark. The Guardian (London) (2/17)      National police best security option in Haiti, UN says The Haitian government should bolster its police force, and not the country's deeply tainted army, as the best protection for the country's people, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, said Thursday at the end of a four-day visit by the world body's Security Council. Haiti has 10 million people, but only 8,000 police officers. The Boston Globe/The Associated Press (tiered subscription model) (2/16)      Other News UN's Ban is unconvinced of "peaceful purposes" of Iran's nuclear program Bloomberg (2/17)      Obama seeks waiver from U.S. Congress to restore UNESCO funding Politico (Washington, D.C.)/Politico 44 blog (2/16)      UN rights chief seeks removal of Sri Lankan from peacekeeping panel ForeignPolicy.com/Turtle Bay blog (2/16)      WikiLeaks targets UNESCO after media panel snub The Independent (London) (2/17)      Do rich have "duty" to feed poor East Africans? In a written debate, university professors John McArthur and James Radner make the case for, and against, an inherent "duty" of developed countries to provide food aid to those suffering from famine across the drought-stricken Horn of Africa. McArthur, former deputy director of the UN Millennium Project, noting that the cost of such lifesaving aid works out to $7.70 per person per year in the developed world. He writes, "If we do not think that human lives are worth $7.70 of our resources, then we would not just be failing to meet our obligations to humanity; we would be failing to meet our obligations to promote a secure and stable world -- and thereby to protect our own countries, our communities, our families and ourselves." GlobalBrief.ca (Toronto) (2/6)      Venezuela strikes chord with poor children A 35-year-old social program in Venezuela aimed at alleviating the effects of poverty among children through classical music is inspiring similar programs in other countries, in part through the high profile of one of its products, Gustavo Dudamel, music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. El Sistema reaches 310,000 children through 500 orchestras and other ensembles, and aims to instill a sense of community, commitment and self-worth amid lives that are otherwise marked by desperation. The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (2/15)      Other News Lesson No. 1 from Davos: Hope builds markets The Huffington Post (2/16)      Cookstoves in demand in India's barren salt pans Trees are hard to come by on the salt pans of the Gujarat region of western India, which is why there is an especially strong need for efficient cookstoves. A trade union, the Self Employed Women's Association, is helping to supply families who work in there with high-quality cookstoves. "The greatest challenge here is that, despite the level of awareness among salt pan workers on the benefits of using clean cookstoves, there is not enough supply," writes Radha Muthiah, executive director of the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves. AlertNet/Climate Conversations blog (2/17), UN Dispatch (2/15)        Girl's abduction reveals harmful Afghan practice A deeply-rooted traditional Afghan form of justice, in which girls are seized as compensation for perceived misconduct by their elders, remains popular in the country despite laws making it illegal. The practice known as "baad" fell under the spotlight recently after an 10-year-old girl escaped a year after she was abducted and beaten, along with a cousin, as payment because one of her uncles had run off with another man's wife. The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (2/16)      Leaks indicate plans of climate change skeptics Internal documents leaked from the Heartland Institute reveal a new initiative from the Chicago-based nonprofit to stymie the teaching of global warming in U.S. public schools, providing a rare look into the operations, salaries and fundraising behind the climate skepticism that has become part of the American culture wars. Heartland has been paying experts and scientists to cast doubt on climate science, documents show. The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (2/15), The Guardian (London) (2/15)      Other News Mongolia mining -- economic boon or environmental disaster? The New York Times (tiered subscription model)/Green blog (2/15)      Libya marks first anniversary of revolt Celebrations across Libya in commemoration of the first anniversary of the overthrow of strongman Moammar Gadhafi come amid fears of rising instability tied to the conduct of hundreds of militias that Amnesty International says are not only extorting money, but torturing and murdering their enemies. Many former rebel fighters have become a law unto themselves, refusing to turn in their weapons or join any of the national security forces. BBC (2/17), The Christian Science Monitor (2/15)      Syrian conflict threatening neighbors, luring Islamists The Lebanese government has confirmed that foreign fighters, among them members of Islamist groups, including al-Qaeda, have crossed illegally into Syria from the country's northern border. U.S. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said that al-Qaeda had already infiltrated Syrian opposition groups, and was likely behind recent bombings in the civil conflict that is increasingly looking like a battle of regional proxies. 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