[RED DEMOCRATICA] $167 billion shortfall in development aid threatens MDGs

 

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	September 21, 2012 | News covering the UN and the world Sign up  |  E-Mail this  |  Donate $167 billion aid shortfall threatens MDGs, says UN's Ban International aid to developing countries fell last year to $133 billion, less than half the amount the United Nations says is needed annually to continue to make inroads against poverty, and achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015. The $167 billion gap is attributed primarily to the global economic crisis, which prompted 16 of the 23 main donors from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development to make spending cuts. "I repeat my call to the international community: Do not place the burden of fiscal austerity on the backs of the poor -- either in your own countries or abroad," said UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. CBS News/The Associated Press (9/20), The Guardian (London) (9/20), Google/Agence France-Presse (9/20)      Mood of UN session is colored by Arab strife  Fund is getting malaria drugs to African clinics  Getting more Asia-Pacific women into government  Is the world on verge of maxing out plant life?  Clashes in Pakistan as Muslim protests resume  United Nations Foundation's Girl Up campaign and Girls on the Run International announce partnership  Career Center  Skip to a section:  United Nations | Health & Development | Women & Girls | Climate and Energy | Peacekeeping and Security | UN Foundation & Better World Campaign Celebrity advocates, students more to mark International day of #Peace at #UN in NY tomorrow: http://ow.ly/dRBg5" @unfoundation "All eyes will be on the UN next week as world leaders descend on New York for the UN Summit, and all eyes at the UN will be on Lakdhar Brahimi who has the impossible task of trying to mediate a solution to the Syrian civil war." UN Dispatch Mood of UN session is colored by Arab strife Hopes were high at last year's meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in the wake of the initial changes brought about by the Arab Spring. A year later, particularly after nonviolent demonstrations in Syria deteriorated into outright civil war, "the bloom has come off the rose," says one observer. Bloomberg Businessweek (9/21)      Iran, Israel in nuclear allegations tit-for-tat The head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, Fereydoon Abbasi, admits in an article published Thursday that the country -- which has defied demands by the International Atomic Energy Agency to inspect sites linked to its nuclear program -- supplied false information about enrichment efforts in order to frustrate foreign spies. Iran said at a meeting of the United Nations agency that Israel's undeclared atomic arsenal is the greatest threat to the Middle East, while Israel said Iran's nuclear ambitions represent the biggest threat. The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (9/20), ABC News/The Associated Press (9/20), Reuters (9/20)      Other News UN urges Pakistan probe of military's role in disappearances The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (9/20)      UN's Pillay calls on Georgia to investigate videos of inmate abuse Reuters (9/21)      Getting out global vote? Thank the 120,000 UN peacekeepers ThinkProgress.org (9/20)      Fund is getting malaria drugs to African clinics Initial results of the Global Fund's two-year initiative to subsidize costs of high-quality malaria drugs in parts of Africa -- to levels sometimes lower, even, than wholesale prices -- show that access to the drugs was doubled in six countries, and more than 100 million doses of the drugs were delivered last year to pharmacies and private clinics. National Public Radio/Shots blog (9/19)        Other News What happened to global "responsibility sharing" for refugees? Los Angeles Times/World Now blog (tiered subscription model) (9/20)      Uruguay is poised to pass law creating state monopoly on marijuana The Christian Science Monitor (9/19)      India milk pioneer lifted millions out of poverty The Economist (9/22)      Getting more Asia-Pacific women into government A new report from the United Nations Development Programme spells out six steps Asia-Pacific nations must take in order to boost the participation of women in politics. After excluding Australia and New Zealand, women represent less than 10% of government ministers across the region. TrustLaw (9/20)      Other News Sterilized Kenyan women are at risk of homelessness AlertNet (9/19)      Uterus removal scam reportedly targets hundreds of poor Indian women BBC (9/20)      Is the world on verge of maxing out plant life? A forest ecologist at the University of Montana writes in an article in the journal Science that the world is nearing the limits of growth of terrestrial plant life, which is finite. Moreover, man-made climate change is affecting the overall productivity of plants, adds Steven Running, who warns: "We better start paying attention." The New York Times (tiered subscription model)/Green blog (9/20)        Other News Threatened pink dolphin is declared a national treasure in Bolivia BBC (9/18)      Smartphones are converted to detect long-unseen cicadas The Guardian (London) (9/20)      Clashes in Pakistan as Muslim protests resume Demonstrations against a film critical of Islam were reinvigorated today throughout the Muslim world, notably in Pakistan, where at least one person died in Peshawar after police opened fire on protesters who had ransacked two movie theaters. The U.S. government characterized as a terrorist act the first of the protests, a Sept. 11 siege of the country's consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens. BBC (9/21), Los Angeles Times (tiered subscription model) (9/20), The Wall Street Journal (9/20)        Will economics trump sabers in China-Japan clash? The ongoing territorial dispute between Japan and China over a group of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea threatens not only relations between the two countries, but the entire region. While politics over the islands -- known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China -- have been pushing the two countries apart, economics have been drawing them together, giving some observers hope that "Asia is too busy making money to have time for making war." 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