[RED DEMOCRATICA] Leaders, activists hail "landmark" UN arms treaty

 

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	April 3, 2013 | News covering the UN and the world Sign up  |  E-Mail this  |  Donate Leaders, activists hail "landmark" UN arms treaty The United Nations General Assembly's passage of the international arms trade treaty on Tuesday is being hailed as "a landmark agreement that will save lives and ease the immense human suffering caused by armed conflict around the world," says British Prime Minister David Cameron. The treaty requires ratification by 50 countries and would take effect three months after that time. 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However, "nine countries still managed to increase their aid," says Angel Gurría, the OECD secretary-general. Aid assistance shifted toward middle-income countries such as China, India and Indonesia, OECD says. The Guardian (London) (4/3)        Some rural communities unaware of MDGs, post-2015 work Efforts to reach out to all people about post-2015 development goals are falling short, Claire Provost writes. People living in rural areas of eastern El Salvador were reportedly surprised to learn of the Millennium Development Goals and the post-2015 efforts. "People were very angry when they heard the whole story," says Marta Benavides of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty. 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The Guardian (London)/Climate News Network (4/3)      Philippines project turns landfill methane into electricity Residents in Manila, the capital of the Philippines, are getting electricity from methane sourced from landfills as part of a United Nations program. "We are also very gratified to be helping the environment and the community. In our own little way we are mitigating greenhouse gas emissions," says Jennifer Fernan Campos of project owner Pangea Green Energy Philippines. Discovery/Agence France-Presse (3/28)      French military could be in Mali a while longer France's desire to withdraw troops from Mali is being thwarted by a rise in rebel insurgents, writes John Irish. "A sporadic insurgency coupled with a slow process in negotiating with disenfranchised Tuareg separatists in the north, who have vowed to remain armed until they have certain guarantees, may also scupper [French President Francois] Hollande's plans," Irish argues. 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