[RED DEMOCRATICA] How can Africa aim for its MDG goals?

 

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	May 14, 2012 | News covering the UN and the world Sign up  |  E-Mail this  |  Donate How can Africa aim for its MDG goals? The sometimes-spectacular economic growth across Africa is not necessarily lifting all people out of poverty, and the Africa Progress Panel is encouraging governments this year to work on millennium development goals set to expire in 2015. "Not every country in Africa can reach every target, but every country can go further and faster," said former United Nations chief Kofi Annan, who heads the panel. Nearly half of Africans earn less than $1.25 a day. The Guardian (London) (5/11)      UN land framework provides path against hunger  Putting world's poor moms first on Mother's Day  Bed nets reduce malaria in Kenyan camp  Renewed hope for world's "pariah" women  Cambodians unite against illegal logging  Concern mounts for Palestinian hunger strikers  Skip to a section:  United Nations | Health & Development | Spotlight: Nothing But Nets | Women & Girls | Climate and Energy | Peacekeeping and Security |  [BLOG] Did you miss Ted Turner on @CNN? Check out the video clip where he discusses philanthropy and @NothingButNets http://ow.ly/aQVu6 @UNFoundation "As world leaders gather in Rio de Janiero for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development to negotiate and fine tune a series of agreements on development, energy, and sustainable growth, a more open 'people's forum' will be underway across town. This is Rio+Social. It is being put together by the same team that brought you the excellent Social Good Summit during UN Week in New York." UN Dispatch UN land framework provides path against hunger Nonbinding guidelines to secure access rights to land, fisheries and forest resources for indigenous peoples have been adopted by the United Nations, but the voluntary framework will require nation buy-in to enforce. The directives -- following a decade of land selling or leasing of nearly 495 million acres, mainly in Africa and Asia -- are seen as a step toward alleviating world hunger. "The challenge now is for countries to adapt these guidelines to national conditions and needs before implementing them," writes José Graziano da Silva of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization. BBC (5/11), The Guardian (London)/Poverty Matters blog (5/11)        IAEA pressures Iran for access to military sites Two-day talks are under way between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency ahead of higher-stakes talks slated for next week. The Carnegie Endowment's Mark Hibbs addresses nine questions about these talks and the role of IAEA in solving issues related to Iran's enrichment policies. Reuters (5/14), CarnegieEndowment.org (5/12)        Other News UN adds extra round of talks to iron out Rio+20 snags AlertNet/Reuters (5/10)      Recent Afghan school attacks draw UN criticism Daily News (New York) (5/12)      Putting world's poor moms first on Mother's Day Mother's Day should serve to draw attention to the high rates of death of mothers during childbirth across the developing world, writes Maureen Greenwood-Basken, head of the Universal Access Project of the United Nations Foundation. She encourages Western "policymakers to think about these families, and put voluntary family planning at the top of the global development agenda." The Huffington Post/Global Motherhood (5/12)      Other News Study: Two-thirds of deaths preventable for kids under 5 BBC (5/11)      Rwandan health transformation spawns new Harvard University course The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (5/13)      Iran's unsafe cars behind world-leading road fatalities BBC (5/10)      Bed nets reduce malaria in Kenyan camp Deaths from malaria have fallen among refugees living along the Sudan border with Kenya, and authorities are attributing the decline to the five-year Nothing But Nets campaign of the United Nations Foundation. Malaria was once was the leading cause of death among the tens of thousands of Sudanese refugees living in the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya, but it is now the fifth-leading cause. Voice of America (5/12)      Renewed hope for world's "pariah" women An Ethiopian woman who was raped at about age 13 and suffered an obstetric fistula during childbirth is profiled by New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof in an effort, on Mother's Day, to draw attention to the more than 2 million women and girls who have fistulas worldwide, primarily in Asia and Africa. Mahabouba Mohammed eventually received medical care, recovered and later joined the nursing staff of the Ethiopian hospital where she was operated on by an American urologist. The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (5/12)        Other News So-called "honor killings" of women remain common in India The Economist/Banyan blog (5/11)      Cambodians unite against illegal logging The death of Chut Wutty, the prominent Cambodian environmental activist shot last month by military police, has served to galvanize people -- especially indigenous hill tribes -- against deforestation and illegal logging in the country's north. The killing drew a rebuke from United Nations special envoy Surya Subedi, who called for an end to the increasing use of armed force against human rights activists in the country. BBC (5/12)      Other News Sea Shepherd founder arrested over 2002 shark-fin clash BBC (5/14)      Concern mounts for Palestinian hunger strikers Western and regional powers are urging Israel to not allow any deaths from an estimated 1,600 Palestinian hunger strikers in Israeli prisons -- two of whom have refused food for 77 days. Protesters on Sunday blocked the entrance to UNESCO headquarters in Gaza City. The Guardian (London) (5/13), AlertNet/Reuters (5/13)      S. Sudan pullout under way amid Sudan bombardment The "indiscriminate" aerial bombing by Sudan of territory in South Sudan has been condemned by United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay as police in the newly independent country continued their withdrawal from the disputed oil-rich border territory of Abyei. Pillay also called for a human rights monitoring mechanism in the border regions, while U.S. Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice praised South Sudan's withdrawal. BBC (5/12), USA TODAY/The Associated Press (5/11), AllAfrica Global Media/The Citizen (South Sudan) (5/12)        Other News Ugandan army seizes leading Lord's Resistance commander BBC (5/13)      Death of negotiator Rahmani threatens Afghan peace process BBC (5/13)      Top five news stories selected by UN Wire readers in the past week. 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