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- Applying R2P in Syria
The United Nations-endorsed Responsibility To Protect initiative has applications to the ongoing violence in Syria, writes former U.S. diplomat Bennett Ramberg. He advises five steps to implementing a R2P strategy covering Syria, including a media campaign aimed at encouraging defections, a renewed Arab League call for Bashar Assad's resignation and a diplomatic push to persuade Russia and China to withdraw their objections to Security Council resolutions condemning the Syrian government. The Daily Star (Lebanon) (3/19)      - Are Russia and China soured on R2P?
The military success of the NATO campaign in Libya, which ended with the death of strongman Moammar Gadhafi, has reduced the chances of Security Council approval of future UN-backed missions to protect civilians, according to a report by a British think tank. "The Libya campaign was hailed as a triumph for the principle of the responsibility to protect [R2P]," said the report by Royal United Services Institute, but "outright regime change has left a sour taste in the mouths of powers like China, Russia and India who still hold an absolute conception of state sovereignty." The Guardian (London) (3/18) - Youth 21 to press for UN influence by young people
Global youth leaders meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, have created an initiative, Youth 21, aimed at ensuring that people below the age of 35 are fully represented at the United Nations. "When you look around, the youth constitute the largest population across the world, yet they are often ignored, they are only remembered by leaders when they want votes," said John Anugraha, of India, who sits on the UN-Habitat Youth Advisory Board. AllAfrica Global Media/Capital FM (3/19) - Israel demands removal of UN worker after tweet
Israel's ambassador to the United Nations has demanded that the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs fire one its relief workers for tweeting a photo of a wounded Palestinian girl alleged to have been wounded in a recent rocket attack, but actually injured some years back in a playground accident. "The opinions expressed in her Twitter profile in no way reflect the views of OCHA, nor were they sanctions by OCHA," said UN chief spokesman Martin Nesirky. Khulood Badawi will keep her job pending an internal inquiry. United Press International (3/18), ForeignPolicy.com/Turtle Bay blog (3/16) - In their own words, women of Chad tell of crisis
In an audio slideshow, women living in the Bahr-el-Ghazal and Guera provinces of Chad talk about the hardships they and their families are experiencing during the water and food crises in Africa's Sahel, where the United Nations says more than 13 million people are at risk of food shortages. The Guardian (London) (3/16) - Livestock steroid is rife in Bangladesh brothels
Use of an over-the-counter steroid, Oradexon, is rife in the brothels of Bangladesh, where sex workers in their early teens are given the drug by madams to make them gain weight and give the appearance that the girls are healthier and older than they actually are. The steroid -- which is administered by farmers to fatten livestock and prescribed by doctors to treat inflammation and allergies in humans -- has dangerous side effects. Reuters (3/19) - Letter: Palm oil project threatens biodiversity
In a letter, leading scientists decry the planned construction of a 70,000 hectare palm oil plantation in a rain forest in southwestern Cameroon, saying that the project will threaten protected reserves and national parks, endanger wildlife and breed hostility with the population. "There's no way a project like this would be allowed in most countries, because the price for biodiversity is just too high," said signatory William Laurance, a tropical ecologist from James Cook University. MongaBay.com (3/15) Top five news stories selected by UN Wire readers in the past week. - Results based on number of times each story was clicked by readers.
- Protests spotlight South Kordofan crisis
 Thousands of people from the Sudan border region of South Kordofan have been driven into caves in the Nuba mountains after the army burned down their homes and destroyed their crops in a scorched-earth campaign that the government says is a response to an armed insurrection. Protesters including actor George Clooney were arrested Friday at Sudan's embassy in Washington, D.C., amid UN estimates that 300,000 people could starve if they don't get help. Al-Jazeera (3/19), The New York Times (tiered subscription model)/The Lede blog (3/16) | | | Position Title | Company Name | Location | | Program Manager, Standards and Testing, Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves | United Nations Foundation | Washington, DC | | Campaign Manager | Open Society Foundations | New York , NY | | Leo Nevas Human Rights Fellow | United Nations Foundation | New York City, NY | | mHealth Technical Advisor, Evidence Financing and Policy | United Nations Foundation | Washington, DC | | Associate, Online Communications, Nothing But Nets | United Nations Foundation | Washington, DC | | Community Manager, mHealth Alliance | United Nations Foundation | Washington, DC | | mHealth Technical Advisor, Technology Integration, Interoperability and Capacity | United Nations Foundation | Washington, DC | | Deputy Director, Nothing But Nets | United Nations Foundation | Washington DC, DC | | Communications Director, Better World Campaign | United Nations Foundation | Washington, DC | | Raiser's Edge Database Manager | United Nations Foundation | Washington, DC | | Senior Manager, Policy and Advocacy, Shot@Life Campaign | United Nations Foundation | Washington, DC | | | Click here to view more job listings. | | |
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