[RED DEMOCRATICA] UN peacekeeping chief discusses challenges of Syria cease-fire

 

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	May 17, 2012 | News covering the UN and the world Sign up  |  E-Mail this  |  Donate UN peacekeeping chief discusses challenges of Syria cease-fire Herve Ladsous, head of peacekeeping for the United Nations, talks about the ongoing violence in Syria and the specific challenges -- such as the attack Tuesday on a UN convoy -- facing monitors. "Those roads are unsafe. There are opposition elements, government elements. There are also third parties on the ground, you know, unknown groups who have been responsible over the last several days for many attacks, explosions," Ladsous said. There are expected to be more than 250 monitors in Syria by the end of today. Separately, the Better World Campaign has launched the "Thank A Peacekeeper" campaign. National Public Radio (text and audio) (5/16)      Will children be overlooked at Rio+20?  TV show gives makeover to Kenyan farmers  Salvadoran women mobilize against climate change  Amazon bill heads to Brazilian president  Advocates leap to Chinese dissident's defense  Career Center  Skip to a section:  United Nations | Health & Development | Women & Girls | Climate and Energy | Peacekeeping and Security Progress has been made in the last decade to reduce child deaths from 10 million to 7.6 million/year 2010 @WHO http://goo.gl/qoUNz #Stat12" @UNFoundation "The World Health Organization just released its annual World Health Statistics, in which number crunchers and statisticians distill the latest measurable trends in global health." UN Dispatch Will children be overlooked at Rio+20? Ten years after the United Nations adopted an agenda to give every child a better future, A World Fit for Children, children may again be a topic at discussions about sustainable development at the Rio+20 summit. UNICEF's Maritza Ascencios profiles of one of the 400 child delegates from the 2002 special session. National Geographic News (5/16)        Report implicates Iran in illegal arms to Syria A report to the United Nations Security Council's sanctions committee on Iran says that the Islamic Republic is delivering weapons to Syria in violation of a UN ban on arms exports. Meanwhile, in a rare interview, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said that challenges to his rule are being carried out by "terrorists" with outside help, not by Syrian civilians. Reuters (5/17), The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (5/16), The Wall Street Journal/The Associated Press (5/14)      Canada reacts to UN food-security findings Canadian officials said that the focus on food security should be elsewhere, a day after a United Nations special rapporteur reported that 800,000 Canadian households, primarily aboriginal peoples, did not have enough food to eat. Reuters (5/16), Al-Jazeera (5/17)      Other News Brazil to slash cost of scarce hotels for Rio+20 The Washington Post/The Associated Press (5/16)      "Certain kind of progress" is seen at Iran-IAEA talks Reuters (5/17)      Small Five nations withdraw bid for Security Council reform ForeignPolicy.com/Turtle Bay blog (5/16)      Syria is absent from UN session on torture Reuters (5/16)      TV show gives makeover to Kenyan farmers Farmers in Kenya are learning tips for boosting yields, as well as for obtaining financing, preventing disease and tapping into renewable energies, from an unlikely source: a reality TV program, "Shamba Shape-Up," that reaches several million viewers and turns rural families into instant celebrities. The Guardian (London)/Poverty Matters blog (5/15)        Mosquitoes are increasingly resistant to insecticides Mosquitoes are becoming more resistant to anti-malarial treatments and insecticides. The World Health Organization has issued a strategic plan to ward off a resurgence of malaria that could reverse progress attributed to bed nets and insecticide spraying in homes. Nature News (5/15)      Other News Myanmar national census could boost rights of ethnic minorities IRINNews.org (5/16)      Genomics editor resigns over developing-world access to research The Guardian (London)/Notes Theories blog (5/16)      Salvadoran women mobilize against climate change Dozens of women in an impoverished region of western El Salvador are acting against the effects of climate change by planting an "energy forest" using basic concepts of agroecology. "For 10 years we have been fighting for this forest," said María Elena Muñoz, a mother of four and head of the Association of Communities for Development. The Guardian (London) (5/16)      Other News N. Korean women, seeking better lives, are secretly sold in China The Christian Science Monitor (5/11)      Amazon bill heads to Brazilian president Weeks before Brazil hosts the Rio+20 conference on sustainable development, President Dilma Rousseff is weighing whether to veto an overhaul of a forest-protection bill that critics say will reopen the gateway to destruction of the Amazon, leading to the loss of an estimated 190 million acres of forest. Advocates say the bill would boost the country's economy. The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (5/16)      Other News Web-based "Map of Life" charts world's plants, animals The New York Times (tiered subscription model)/Green blog (5/16)      Advocates leap to Chinese dissident's defense China's treatment of blind dissident Chen Guangcheng and his extended family has galvanized lawyers and advocates against far-reaching government policies. Chen said today that passports for him, his wife and their two children were expected to be ready within two weeks, paving the way for his departure to study in the U.S. Reuters (5/16), The Washington Post/The Associated Press (5/17)      ICC is hopeful of arrest of Congo's mutinous Ntaganda Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court, said the revolt by Congolese Gen. Bosco Ntaganda is increasingly "fragile," and that an arrest is on the horizon six years after issuing an arrest warrant on charges of recruiting child soldiers. Ntaganda has reportedly forced at least 149 boys and young men to join his forces since he defected from the country's army last month. 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