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| 1. Defining development after 2015: Talks are under way |
| The first substantive meetings to decide on the global development agenda after 2015 -- the year the current Millennium Development Goals are set to expire -- are being held this week in London. While alleviating household poverty tops the agenda, the World Health Organization is advocating for universal health coverage. British Prime Minister David Cameron is looking to de-emphasize quantity of aid in lieu of a "golden thread" of policies that promote government stability, transparency and the rule of law. Devex.com (10/23) Guardian (London), The (10/31) |
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| 2. Susan Rice could succeed Hillary Clinton |
| Observers say Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, is most likely to succeed Hillary Clinton as U.S. secretary of state. Other leading candidates are Sen. John Kerry, head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Tom Donilon, U.S. national security adviser. Bloomberg Businessweek (11/08) |
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| 3. Pakistani parents arrested in daughter's acid killing |
| A mother and father in Pakistan have been arrested in the death of their 15-year-old daughter, Anusha, who died after more than half her body was burned by acid in an attack by her parents for reportedly looking at a boy. BBC (11/04) |
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| 4. Emerging economies are getting bigger share of UN business |
| More United Nations business is being done with emerging economies, notably India and Russia, even as the U.S. and Switzerland remain atop the list. Five years of data released by the UN Office for Project Services provides a look at how the world body spends its money. "The more all stakeholders can see and understand how development funds are used, the greater the chance is that these limited resources will be used effectively," said Vitaly Vanshelboim, UNOPS deputy executive director. Guardian (London), The (11/07) |
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| 5. Fate of Africa anti-malaria initiative to be decided |
| The board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is poised to decide the future of a two-year pilot project in eight countries that supplied high-quality, combined-therapy malaria drugs at subsidized prices. The Affordable Medicines Facility services Uganda, Tanzania, Nigeria, Niger, Madagascar, Kenya, Ghana and Cambodia. Results have been mixed. IRINNews.org (11/05) Google (10/31) |
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| 6. UN agencies race to storm-battered Caribbean with emergency relief |
| United Nations agencies are mobilizing to deliver relief to Caribbean nations battered by Hurricane Sandy -- particularly Haiti, where tens of thousands of homes were destroyed. An estimated 1.2 million Haitians are at risk of malnutrition, while Cuba and Jamaica were also affected. Devex.com (11/02) Wall Street Journal, The (11/04) Caribbean Journal (Miami) (11/01) Los Angeles Times (tiered subscription model) (11/02) |
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| 7. Diplomats criticize UN communication after Superstorm Sandy |
| Reuters (11/05) |
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| 8. Global conventional arms trade pact is poised for passage |
| The disarmament committee of the United Nations General Assembly, with the support of the U.S., approved a resolution Wednesday paving the way for passage of a UN conventional arms trade treaty as early as March. The treaty would require countries to adopt export controls already in place in the U.S. and would not infringe on domestic sales and ownership, diplomats said. Hill, The (11/07) Reuters (11/07) |
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| 9. In their own words: Women and clean cookstoves |
| The documentary film series "Black Inside -- Three Women's Voices," spotlights three women -- in Kenya, India and Peru -- and a look at their lives, in their own words, through the filter of traditional cookstoves. Replacing them with cleaner-burning stoves can be a matter of life and death. Women News Network (11/05) |
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| 10. South Pacific territory is first to be 100% solar-powered |
| BBC (11/07) |
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