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	July 9, 2012 | News covering the UN and the world Sign up  |  E-Mail this  |  Donate Afghan aid to reach $4 billion a year, is dependent on progress The Afghan government would need to weed out corruption and bolster the rule of law to receive by 2015 all of the $16 billion in development aid pledged Sunday by international donors at a conference in Tokyo. An estimated $35 billion was spent in the previous decade for economic development in the country, but President Hamid Karzai acknowledges that corruption and poverty remain. The U.S. designated Afghanistan as its newest "major non-NATO ally" before the conference. Reuters (7/8), The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (7/8), Al Arabiya (United Arab Emirates) (7/8), The Atlanta Journal-Constitution/The Associated Press (7/8)      Children in crisis in Mali  Kentucky native in pivotal role in global farming  Where tradition gives girls over to slavery  Whaling group broadens focus to smaller species  Withdrawal of Timor-Leste peacekeepers on track  Skip to a section:  United Nations | Health & Development | Women & Girls | Climate and Energy | Peacekeeping and Security |  Grab some friends and start fundraising with @ShotAtLife's new team-oriented fundraising tool, Team ImmUNITY! http://bit.ly/N4oHBi" @UNFoundation "One year ago this week, the South declared independence in a peaceful ceremony and was granted membership. These facts and figures tell a story of a tumultuous first year since independence." UN Dispatch Children in crisis in Mali Islamist and Tuareg militants continued to run roughshod over the northern territories in Mali, posing dangers too great for aid agencies to fully assess the dangers facing children. The United Nations children's fund reported that at least 175 boys between the ages of 12 and 18 had been forcibly recruited by militants. "Children in the north are witnessing or becoming victims of violence and they must be protected," said Theophane Nikyema, representative in Mali for UNICEF. 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Sudan camp evacuated as child deaths spike Children in South Sudan are dying at rates nearly double emergency thresholds at the country's Jammam refugee camp, one of three intended to harbor more than 110,000 refugees fleeing fighting between rebels and government forces in the state of Blue Nile, according to the aid group Doctors Without Borders. United Nations officials said the world body was racing to evacuate thousands of refugees to safety in what a spokesman called "an ongoing full-fledged crisis." AlertNet (7/6), The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (7/6)      Other News Cambodia disease outbreak in children traced to virus The Wall Street Journal (7/9)      Poorer nations face easier path to WTO membership The Guardian (London) (7/6)      EU, UNICEF announce developing-world birth-registration initiative The Guardian (London) (7/6)      Where tradition gives girls over to slavery Reporting from Nepal and Pakistan spotlights practices in which girls are effectively sold into slavery. In Nepal, the system of "kamlari" sentences girls as young as 6 to lives of indentured servitude. In Pakistan, the practice of "swara" requires that girls be transferred to rivals to end conflicts. Daily News (New York)/Agence France-Presse (7/9), IRINNews.org (7/5)      Execution of Afghan woman gains notice through video The public execution in Afghanistan's Parwan province of a woman accused of adultery -- captured in a three-minute video that came to light Sunday and was distributed via YouTube -- was roundly condemned by Afghan authorities, sparking vows of retribution among residents. The 22-year-old woman, known as Najiba, was shot multiple times while at least 100 men watched and cheered. Los Angeles Times/World Now blog (tiered subscription model) (7/8), Reuters (7/8)        Whaling group broadens focus to smaller species The recent meeting of the International Whaling Commission yielded promise for the conservation of small species present in national waters. A new program is aimed at reducing entanglement of whales in shipping nets, while other initiatives would discuss threats of oil and gas exploration, climate change, marine debris and ocean noise. 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