Tuesday, March 6, 2012

[RED DEMOCRATICA] Water MDG is met 5 years ahead of schedule

 

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Nearly 9 out of 10 have safe water to drink

Some 89% of people across the globe have access to safe drinking water, according to the United Nations, a mark that beats by five years the international target -- contained in Millennium Development Goal No. 7 -- of halving the number of people who do not have access to improved drinking water sources, such as piped supplies and protected wells. More than 2 billion people worldwide gained access to safe drinking water between 1990 and 2010. The Washington Post/The Associated Press (3/6), Reuters (3/6) LinkedInFacebookTwitterEmail this Story



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"Word ... is that the UN relief chief Valerie Amos is to visit Syria this week. You may recall that she was blocked from visiting Syria last week, which lead to Syria's first rebuke by the Security Council since August. There is also late breaking news that Kofi Annan will travel to Syria on March 10. This will follow a few days of consultations with the Security Council."

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  • Amos and Annan to visit Syria this week
    Valerie Amos, the UN's humanitarian chief, is scheduled to visit Syria for three days beginning Wednesday after the regime of Bashar al-Assad backed down from its refusal to allow her into the country. The visit by Amos, who said she will "urge all parties to allow unhindered access for humanitarian relief workers so that they can evacuate the wounded and deliver essential supplies," will be followed by a visit Saturday from Kofi Annan, the joint UN-Arab League special envoy to Syria. The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (3/5), Reuters (3/5) LinkedInFacebookTwitterEmail this Story
  • UN's Pillay is opposed to arming Syrian opposition
    In a far-ranging interview, Navi Pillay, the UN high commissioner for human rights, says that arming the opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad would only intensify the violence that has killed at least 7,500 people since popular protests began nearly a year ago. "It's not the role of outsiders to arm one group or the other," she says. Al-Jazeera (3/5) LinkedInFacebookTwitterEmail this Story
 
  • UNESCO lawyers signal retreat on Obiang prize
    In an internal letter, attorneys for the UN Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization advise the agency not to use the $3 million delivered three years ago to fund a life-sciences prize in the name of Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, the dictator of Equatorial Guinea. The French chapter of an anti-corruption coalition, Transparency International, on Monday called for the prize to be included in a graft investigation of French assets of African heads of state. ForeignPolicy.com/Turtle Bay blog (3/5), Google/Agence France-Presse (3/5) LinkedInFacebookTwitterEmail this Story
 
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Health and Development
  • Malaria is an early threat to fetuses, study finds
    The growth of fetuses can be stunted even when expectant mothers, infected with malaria early in their pregnancies, no longer show any symptoms, according to a study by a unit of the Mahidol University-Oxford University Tropical Medicine Research Program in Bangkok. The findings bolster the case for earlier prevention even in areas with declining rates of infections and especially in places such as sub-Saharan Africa, where such treatment usually does not begin until after the first three months of pregnancy. IRINNews.org (3/6) LinkedInFacebookTwitterEmail this Story
 
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Spotlight: Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves
  • Julia Roberts on clean cookstoves
    Award-winning actress Julia Roberts serves as global ambassador of the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves. In this essay, Roberts talks about the "woman who risks her life through the simple act of cooking," and she renews the call for effective solutions to distribute clean burning stoves. The Guardian (London) (3/6) LinkedInFacebookTwitterEmail this Story
 
Women and Girls
  • New blog series features girls helping girls
    On the cusp of International Women's Day, UN Foundation CEO Kathy Calvin reflects on the estimated 283 million adolescent girls living in rural areas who are especially vulnerable to violence, early marriage and death because of pregnancy and childbirth. She said a new series of blogs from young women "who are advocating for political agendas that work for girls" will help ensure that rural girls are not overlooked. The Huffington Post/Global Motherhood (3/5) LinkedInFacebookTwitterEmail this Story
 
Climate and Energy
  • 20 years after the first Earth Summit
    Participants of the first Earth Summit in 1992 in Rio de Janeiro look back at the landmark conference and assess the gains in sustainable development over the past 20 years. "I don't think we have made the necessary progress. In 20 years, I would have loved to see much more being done, more results, more concrete products of what we proposed in Rio 20 years ago," said Yolanda Kakabadse, president at WWF International. The Guardian (London)/Sustainable Business (3/6) LinkedInFacebookTwitterEmail this Story
 
  • Mining in Colombia: Sustainable and profitable
    An Afro-Colombian gold mining community in western Colombia has sworn off use of environmentally-damaging excavators and toxic chemicals and is reaping the profits. Jewelers in Europe and the U.S. are paying 15% above market rates for gold and platinum that was mined ethically, a premium that is delivered to a community bank account of 114 families in the Chocó province that grants loans and invests in local projects. The Miami Herald (free registration) (3/4) LinkedInFacebookTwitterEmail this Story
 
  • Quakes and floods were behind record disaster costs
    The costs of natural disasters throughout the world soared to $356 billion last year, some two-thirds higher than the previous high from 2005, said Margareta Wahlstrom, UN special envoy on disaster risk reduction. Wahlstrom attributed the rise in costs primarily to earthquakes in Japan and New Zealand and floods in Thailand and other countries. ABC (Australia)/Agence France-Presse (3/6) LinkedInFacebookTwitterEmail this Story
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Peace and Security
  • Oil-rich region of Libya seeks greater autonomy
    Leaders in the eastern Cyrenaica region of Libya, which holds much of the country's oil, have announced that they are seeking semi-autonomy as part of a federal system of government -- a declaration that is without legal force, but is certain to be cause friction with the country's governing National Transitional Council. BBC (3/6) LinkedInFacebookTwitterEmail this Story
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