| |  | |  How Shot@Life can save 1,000 children this Mother's Day Anne Geddes, a renowned photographer of newborns, is asking mothers ahead of Mother's Day to help protect children against common diseases such as diarrhea, measles and polio. Donations of $20 by 1,000 people to Shot@Life, the United Nations Foundation program for which Geddes is a global advocate, would keep 1,000 children alive, she writes. CNN/I Heart Mom (5/11)     
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|  | "About 15 million people in the Sahel belt of central and west Africa are facing an immediate food crisis. Part of the cause is man-made by conflict and weak governance. But at the heart of this humanitarian crisis is our old foe: climate change." UN Dispatch | |
- S-5 seeks greater influence for non-veto nations
A group of five small United Nations member states next week will press for a General Assembly vote aimed at limiting the veto powers of the five most influential members of the Security Council. The S-5, or Small Five -- Costa Rica, Jordan, Liechtenstein, Singapore, and Switzerland -- believe that the majority of UN membership should have some role in advising the powerful 15-nation council. ForeignPolicy.com/Turtle Bay blog (5/10) - Palestinians seek UN support for hunger strikers
United Nations staff in the West Bank city of Ramallah found their offices blocked Wednesday by protesters seeking UN intervention on behalf of Palestinian hunger strikers in Israeli prisons. Such prisoners are demanding increased access to lawyers and families, and an end to so-called administrative detention, where suspects are held for lengthy periods without being charged. United Press International (5/9), The Daily Star (Lebanon) (5/10) - UN seeks nontraditional donors for Sahel region
Nontraditional donors, including Persian Gulf states and the private sector, are being encouraged to help combat hunger and malnutrition affecting more than 15 million people in the Sahel region of Africa, says Thomas Yanga, the West Africa regional director for the United Nations World Food Programme. "We are heading towards difficult times in the next three months in the Sahel if necessary efforts are not done now to help expand our programmes," he said. AlertNet (5/9) - Food insecurity deepens crisis in Yemen
The humanitarian crisis in Yemen is affecting households that have not been displaced or are refugees, say international organizations. More than 10 million people, or nearly half the population, lack reliable access to food, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. IRINNews.org (5/8) - Girl Up tour kicks off at Atlanta girls' school
Hundreds of children gathered April 30 at the Atlanta Girls' School to help launch the Unite for Girls Tour of the Girl Up campaign, the program of the United Nations Foundation that aims to empower American girls to help improve the lives of girls in the developing world. "Billions of girls around the world spend countless hours gathering fuel, wood, water instead of doing what all of you are doing today: going to school," said Jennifer Redner, a U.S. policy consultant. Scholastic Kids Press Corps (5/10) - Scientists: Tackle climate "dilemmas"
The heads of leading scientific institutions in 15 countries are calling upon governments, especially among the world's biggest economies, to work with scientists to better manage resources and fund research in improved energy and water usage. The scientists also called for improved disaster planning and mitigation, as well as better public health systems. The Guardian (London) (5/10) - Norway is poised to lead in carbon capture
The world's largest capture and storage test facility for carbon has been opened in Norway. "We need to reduce emissions, and we need to increase the production of energy, at the same time," said Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg. "Carbon-capture technology is key." BBC (5/10) - Democracy is taking root in Libya, UN envoy says
Libya is stumbling toward democracy -- despite armed conflict and widespread torture of detainees -- some six months after the death of Moammar Gadhafi, according to Ian Martin, head of the UN mission to the country. "Libyans are increasingly exercising their freedom of speech: Free media is developing at a rapid pace and civil society organizations, many of them led by youth and women, are being established across the country," Martin told the Security Council on Thursday in advance of next month's national elections, the first in 45 years. The Washington Post/The Associated Press (5/10), Google/Agence France-Presse (5/10) | | | Position Title | Company Name | Location | | International Advance Trip Officer | United Nations Foundation | Washington, DC | | Program Officer | Open Society Foundations | New York, NY | | Senior Specialist, Nutrition | Save the Children | Washington, DC | | Vice President, Partnerships | The Pop Tech Institute | Brooklyn, NY | | Program Officer | Open Society Foundations | New York , NY | | Officer, Online Communications, Nothing But Nets | United Nations Foundation | Washington, DC | | | Click here to view more job listings. | | |
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