[RED DEMOCRATICA] Clark: Achieving MDGs will pave way for post-2015 agenda success

 

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	February 28, 2013 | News covering the UN and the world Sign up  |  E-Mail this  |  Donate Clark: Achieving MDGs will pave way for post-2015 agenda success Achieving the Millennium Development Goals will create momentum for the post-2015 development agenda, says Helen Clark, head of the United Nations Development Programme. Clark told delegates to the MDG meeting in Colombia this week that "[e]verything learned from what it takes to achieve them is relevant to throwing ourselves behind the global development agenda which follows." MDGs that need special attention are sanitation, hunger and maternal deaths. Devex.com/The Development Newswire blog (2/28)      UN: Syrian refugees to top 1 million in next month  Bloomberg gives $100 million to fight polio  Data needed to bolster indoor-pollution fight  FAO study reports crop benefits from agroforesty  Nuclear talks with Iran to resume in March  UN Foundation's Shot@Life campaign and Diapers.com help immunize children around the world  Career Center  Skip to a section:  United Nations | Health & Development | Spotlight: Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves | Climate and Energy | Peacekeeping and Security | UN Foundation & Better World Campaign "#Malaria is easier to prevent than to cure"- Neimah Warsame @RefugeesRwanda. Help stop malaria in its tracks! http://bit.ly/Udu4c2" @UNFoundation "If humanitarian relief workers are seen as serving ends beyond feeding starving people, they will be barred from accessing populations in need. That is what makes proposals to harness aid for extraneous purposes so dangerous." 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Reuters (2/28), The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (2/27), Al Arabiya (United Arab Emirates)/Agence France-Presse (2/28), The Guardian (London) (2/28)      Other News Ban: Iran must prove it is trustworthy on nuclear program RIA Novosti (Russia) (2/28)      UN asked to consider peacekeeping force for Mali Reuters (2/27)      Regionalism plays key role in UN committee process ForeignPolicy.com/Turtle Bay blog (2/27)      Ban warns against supporting DR Congo rebels, does not name violators Reuters (2/27)      Ban seeks areas of cooperation with South Korea Voice of America (2/27)      Bloomberg gives $100 million to fight polio New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is giving $100 million to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. Efforts will focus on erasing polio on Pakistan, Nigeria and Afghanistan, the last three countries where the disease exists. "When success is achieved, the world will have a workable, scalable model for global vaccination," write Bloomberg and Bill Gates. San Francisco Chronicle/The Associated Press (2/27), The Wall Street Journal (2/28)      Rwanda to begin rubella vaccinations in March Rwanda will begin to vaccinate children against rubella thanks to the successful implementation of its measles-vaccination program. The rubella effort, which hopes to immunize 5 million children, is being funded by the GAVI Alliance and will take place in March. The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (2/25)      Promoting MDGs is aim of financial alliance Several leading funding institutions, including the World Bank, are pledging support for the Millennium Development Goals and the post-2015 agenda. Creating investment options for the long term is critical to buoying MDG gains, according to the group. Devex.com (2/27)      Other News Haiti needs funding for cholera-eradication program The Guardian (London) (2/28)      Incidents of malaria drop in Zimbabwe AllAfrica Global Media/The Herald (Zimbabwe) (2/28)      Data needed to bolster indoor-pollution fight The introduction of clean cookstoves has helped reduce indoor pollution, but other sources of smoke also need to be addressed, writes Donn Tice, CEO of d.light design. "Kerosene lanterns are also a big part of the problem and demand urgent, similarly robust research and policy focus," Tice writes. Skoll World Forum (2/27)        FAO study reports crop benefits from agroforesty Mixing trees and shrubs with food crops and livestock can produce better crop yields and resist climate change, according to a study by the Food and Agriculture Organization on the practice, called agroforestry. The Guardian (London) (2/26)      Other News Carbon tax planned for 2015 in South Africa AlertNet/Reuters (2/27)      Nuclear talks with Iran to resume in March Iran and six world powers will continue their talks about Iran's nuclear program in March and April. The upcoming talks will look at putting limits on Iran's enriched uranium stockpile in return for easing of some sanctions. The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (2/27)      UN Foundation's Shot@Life campaign and Diapers.com help immunize children around the world The United Nations Foundation's Shot@Life Campaign, which helps expand access to life-saving childhood vaccines, and Quidsi, owner and operator of Diapers.com, have announced a unique donation initiative. Through the Diapers.com "Refer-a-Friend Program," shoppers will be able to provide Shot@Life with up to $45 in donations to help immunize children in developing countries by referring friends to the Diapers.com family of sites. "With Diapers.com and Shot@Life, parents now have a way to help provide vaccines to children around the world while shopping for their baby," said Devi R. Thomas, director of the UN Foundation's Shot@Life campaign. "Through the Refer-a-Friend program, more parents than ever will be able to share the power of vaccines with friends and help give children in developing countries a shot at a healthier life." 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