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	August 21, 2012 | News covering the UN and the world Sign up  |  E-Mail this  |  Donate UN humanitarian messages reach 1 billion globally More than 1 billion messages of hope have been shared through social media on Sunday to mark World Humanitarian Day, but the myriad ways to help others continue, including placing profile pins on the United Nations "I Was Here" map and helping another person or an organization. "We wouldn't have reached this goal without the support of the celebrities around the world, and without the support of people on the social media as everybody counts and every voice counts. And what matters is that ... we wanted to send a message that cannot be ignored, and we have already achieved that," said Khaled Khalifa of the world body's Gulf Office for Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Khaleej Times (United Arab Emirates) (8/21), Glam (8/20), Rolling Out (8/19)      Board of UN Green Climate Fund to meet  Basketball player's "eye-opening" Tanzania trip  Asia's monsoons, global warming and tree rings  Wary optimism in Somalia as parliament chosen  Career Center  Skip to a section:  United Nations | Health & Development | Climate and Energy | Peacekeeping and Security Read. Comment. Save a life. This time, it really is that easy: http://gates.ly/NcxhVA - @gatesfoundation blogs about @Shotatlife's #blogust! @UNFoundation "So, over a century later, where does the world stand in the fight against malaria? According to the World Health Organization there were 216 million cases of malaria and an estimated 655,000 deaths last year." UN Dispatch Board of UN Green Climate Fund to meet The board members of the United Nations Green Climate Fund are slated to meet for the first time Thursday to decide, after three postponements, how the fund will go about its work in shaping a climate agreement and distributing $100 billion annually to developing nations to combat the effects of climate change. Among the priorities will be securing the funds from wealthy nations. AlertNet/Reuters (8/20)      Brahimi to emphasize mediation in new UN role Lakhdar Brahimi, the new United Nations-Arab League envoy to Syria, says he doesn't know how he will find consensus at the UN Security Council. "The problem is not what I can do differently, it is how others are going to behave differently," he told The Associated Press. A paper published by the longtime Algerian diplomat with former UN peacekeeping official Salman Ahmed could provide some clues, writes Colum Lynch. ForeignPolicy.com/Turtle Bay blog (8/17), Google/The Associated Press (8/19), The New York Times (tiered subscription model)/The Lede blog (8/20)        Other News Ahmadinejad's remarks on Israel criticized by UN's Ban Reuters (8/17)      UNESCO's Bokova targeting education, dropouts in Myanmar Myanmar Times (8/20)      Is futuristic heritage of Brazilian capital being lost to development? Al-Jazeera (8/19)      Rio+20 a platform for environmentally friendly development, UNDP's Clark says Stuff (New Zealand) (8/21)      Basketball player's "eye-opening" Tanzania trip American basketball player Tyson Chandler discusses his trip to Tanzania, where he visited a youth center and a clinic for mothers infected with HIV on behalf of the U.S. fund for UNICEF. "It was really heart-wrenching because when I was in the mix of kids talking to them, you kind of forgot that these kids go back to the streets. ... These kids were having such a good time smiling, laughing, joking with me, and they were basically homeless," he writes. ESPN.com/New York Knicks blog (8/17)        Other News Poor harvest adds to Mali hunger crisis affecting 4.6 million The Independent (London) (8/19)      Dr. Seuss' WWII booklet aimed at preventing malaria National Public Radio/Shots blog (8/20)      Lagos slum, situated above water, being razed after 120 years The Economist (8/18)      Asia's monsoons, global warming and tree rings Scientists are studying the rings of ancient trees in more than a dozen Asian countries in an effort to better predict the effects of climate change on monsoons, which are crucial for drinking water and farming. "Most recent evidence suggests that the strength of the monsoon is weakening, whereas climate models tend to predict that it should be strengthening," says researcher Kevin Anchukaitis, of Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. Yale Environment 360 (8/20)      Other News UN weather agency urges national drought policies The Washington Post/The Associated Press (8/21)      Wary optimism in Somalia as parliament chosen A parliament was sworn in Monday in Somalia, succeeding the transitional government and ushering in hope -- especially in the relatively safe capital, Mogadishu -- for the first stable government in more than two decades. A president should have been elected before Monday, in accordance with a United Nations-backed road map, but the vote has no scheduled date. Los Angeles Times (tiered subscription model) (8/21), The Guardian (London) (8/19), The Christian Science Monitor (8/18), AlertNet/Reuters (8/20)      Miner deaths spur S. Africans to assess post-apartheid change Last week's killings by police of 34 platinum miners who were on strike in South Africa have spurred a national dialogue over the inequalities that remain after apartheid. The challenge by workers to the National Union of Mineworkers, which has links to the African National Congress, is emblematic of the popular discontent with the delivery of services by government throughout the country, says Claude Baissac of mining consultant Eunomix. Reuters (8/19), Al-Jazeera (8/19), BBC (8/21), The Christian Science Monitor/Reuters (8/20)        Russia warns West against unilateral action in Syria Russia and China have insisted that the United Nations Security Council provides the only legal basis for armed intervention in Syria. U.S. President Barack Obama has warned of "enormous consequences" if the regime of President Bashar Assad turns to chemical weapons in the civil conflict that began a year and a half ago. BBC (8/21), Reuters (8/20)        Other News Meles Zenawi, Ethiopian leader, dies after illness Reuters (8/21)      Myanmar lifts censorship of private publications The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (8/20)      India censors Web, social media after Assam exodus The Washington Post (8/20)      Position Title Company Name Location CPPF Program Associate (Middle East, Asia, and the Pacific) Social Science Research Council 11201, NY Deployment Coordinator (Security Risk) RedR Australia Melbourne, Australia Click here to view more job listings.   Get more involved: Follow the UN Foundation on Twitter Key Sites United Nations Secretary-General UN News Centre Key UN Bodies, Agencies, Funds and Programs UN Foundation UN Dispatch The Interdependent UN Radio News Service Somalia's transition comes to an end UN Radio   This SmartBrief was created for ELECCION@YAHOOGROUPS.COM   Subscriber Tools       Update account information | Change e-mail address | Unsubscribe | Print friendly format | Web version | Search past news | Archive | Privacy policy Grab our News Widget Advertise With Us Amy DiElsi Director for UN Foundation Communications United Nations Foundation 1800 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20036 (D) 202-419-3230 (C) 202-492-3078 (F) 202-887-9021 www.unfoundation.org   About UN WIRE UN Wire is a free service sponsored by the United Nations Foundation which is dedicated to supporting the United Nations' efforts to address the most pressing humanitarian, socioeconomic and environmental challenges facing the world today. 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