[RED DEMOCRATICA] "Everybody could be doing more," says UNF's Turner

 

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	August 6, 2012 | News covering the UN and the world Sign up  |  E-Mail this  |  Donate "Everybody could be doing more," says UNF's Turner Ted Turner discusses in this interview how the idea came to him to create the United Nations Foundation, the good that the organization has done -- and what remains to be accomplished. "The problem is, we haven't done enough good," he said. "We need to act quickly enough to save ourselves. But it's not too late -- I hope." Variety (subscription required) (8/3)      General Assembly condemns Syria crackdown  U.S. looks to maintain control of Internet  Wither the 0.7% development aid benchmark?  Nothing But Nets' mission seen at Kakuma camp  Solar power replacing kerosene, wood in Tanzania  Oil deal in Sudan region quiets talk of war  Skip to a section:  United Nations | Spotlight: U.S.-UN relations | Health & Development | Spotlight: Nothing But Nets | Climate and Energy | Peacekeeping and Security |  See what Ban Ki-Moon has to say about World #Humanitarian Day, coming up on 19 August: http://buzz.mw/-8zF_Z #WHD2012" @UN "The story of a journalist's encounter with a severely malnourished boy in Somalia. As the boy recovers, so does his country." UN Dispatch General Assembly condemns Syria crackdown The United Nations General Assembly has overwhelmingly approved a nonbinding resolution condemning the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad and chiding the world body's Security Council for failing to ensure Syrian compliance with efforts to end the 17 months of bloodletting. Prior to the vote on the Saudi-drafted resolution -- which garnered 133 votes in favor, 12 against and more than 30 abstentions-- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told diplomats that the conflict is "a test of everything the United Nations stands for." The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (8/3), Los Angeles Times/World Now blog (tiered subscription model) (8/3)      Palestinian campaign is under way for new UN status High-ranking Palestinian officials are slated next month to address the United Nations General Assembly in a campaign to gain non-member observer status, which would enable eligibility for certain UN agencies and the International Criminal Court at The Hague. Israel's UN envoy said greater recognition of Palestinians at the world body would not boost their chances for peace or statehood. United Press International (8/5), Reuters (8/5)      German UNESCO submissions are a nod to Jewish history Germany has included four sites important to the country's pre-World War II Jewish history among the more than two dozen submitted for consideration as World Heritage Sites before the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. "It could be that the time is indeed coming when Nazi history is no longer in the foreground, but that there is new attention being paid to the rich Jewish history that existed in Germany before that time," said Cilly Kugelmann of the Jewish Museum, in Berlin. Spiegel Online (Germany) (8/2)      Other News Local World Food Programme worker is shot, killed in Sudan Google/Agence France-Presse (8/5)      UN: Truth commission needed to probe Myanmar rights abuses Google/Agence France-Presse (8/5)      First UN food aid is headed to N. Korea The Christian Science Monitor/Reuters (8/4)      UNESCO world heritage status is sought for D-Day beaches The Washington Post/The Associated Press (8/2)      U.S. looks to maintain control of Internet The U.S. has reiterated its opposition to efforts by some countries to move oversight of the Internet to the International Telecommunications Union and away from nonprofit organizations under the U.S. Department of Commerce. The U.S. says that the system works. "Whatever one single country does not accept will not pass," said ITU Secretary-General Hamadoun Toure. BBC (8/3)      Wither the 0.7% development aid benchmark? Is the long-standing aid target for wealthy nations of 0.7% of gross national income still relevant? Recent reports and newer development models are challenging the global approach to international development assistance. The Guardian (London)/Poverty Matters blog (8/2)        Other News Aid to flow into southern rebel-held Sudan AlertNet/Reuters (8/5)      Red Cross suspends work in 2 Libyan cities after attack on compound AlertNet/Reuters (8/5)      Philippines bill to provide free contraceptives gains UN endorsement Sun.Star (Philippines) (8/6)      Joint Thai-Myanmar effort to contain malaria, dengue Bernama (Malaysian National News Agency) (8/6)      Nothing But Nets' mission seen at Kakuma camp Journalists who accompanied a Nothing But Nets team to the Kenya-based Kakuma refugee camp near South Sudan report on seeing the ant-malaria nets mission up close. "In an environment where most have lost family, all have lost home, and a single bite from a mosquito can cause death, each day of life with health is a reward that doesn't go unnoticed," writes Brian Gott. Variety (subscription required) (8/4), Variety (subscription required) (8/4)      Solar power replacing kerosene, wood in Tanzania A trio of women from the village of Kandwi in the Zanzibar region of Tanzania are helping to install solar panels, batteries and lamps in households without electricity. The effort is part of a UNESCO program to encourage solar power and the harvesting of rainwater from rooftops. Nearby villages without electricity hope to copy the program. AllAfrica Global Media/Tanzania Daily News (8/3)      Other News Ted Turner discusses ranch, environmental efforts Variety (subscription required) (8/4)      Illegal deforestation slows in Brazil's Amazon The Guardian (London) (8/3)      Oil deal in Sudan region quiets talk of war The governments of Sudan and South Sudan have agreed to share the profits from the export of oil produced in South Sudan and transported to and processed in Sudan. The agreement could be comprised from fighting along their shared border. Al-Jazeera (8/5), The Wall Street Journal (8/5), The Washington Post (8/3)        Other News Riad Hijab, Syria prime minister, defects to opposition BBC (8/6)      China aggravated over U.S. stance on South China Sea garrison The Wall Street Journal (8/5)      Afghanistan's Karzai to sack interior, defense ministers The Wall Street Journal (8/5)      Top five news stories selected by UN Wire readers in the past week. Kofi Annan to leave envoy post (BBC) UN panel is named to shape post-2015 global development (The Guardian (London)) Portraits of Rwandan mothers, children from rape (The Economist) Private sector helps to fill UN funding gaps, needs (The Guardian (London)) Does Annan's departure mean dead end for Syria diplomacy? (Financial Times) Results based on number of times each story was clicked by readers. 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