[RED DEMOCRATICA] UN: Libya is a "significant" source of weapons

 

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	April 10, 2013 | News covering the UN and the world Sign up  |  E-Mail this  |  Donate UN: Libya is a "significant" source of weapons Libya has become a key source of weapons for groups in Syria, Egypt, Mali and elsewhere, says a report by the United Nations Security Council's Group of Experts. "Illicit flows from the country are fueling existing conflicts in Africa and the Levant and enriching the arsenals of a range of non-state actors, including terrorist groups," the panel says. Reuters (4/9), The Macon Telegraph (Ga.)/The Associated Press (4/9)      UN official: Air pollution deaths need attention  Post-2015 draft aims to be inclusive, sustainable  Children especially at risk in war zones  Climate change needs to be on G8 agenda  South Korea continues monitoring the North  Career Center  Skip to a section:  United Nations | Health & Development | Women & Girls | Climate and Energy | Peacekeeping and Security |  Girls are the key to global change. Join @GirlUp and thank Congress for making #childmarriage a priority http://bit.ly/YDijI1 @UNFoundation "Mr. Ban said he was greatly honoured to have an audience with the newly elected Pope [Francis], and said that His Holiness' choice of name -- after Saint Francis of Assisi -- was a powerful message for the many goals and principles shared by the United Nations." UN Dispatch UN official: Air pollution deaths need attention Air pollution is killing more people than HIV/AIDS and malaria, says Kandeh Yumkella, director-general of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization. Officials said that clean energy could reduce such deaths by 50% by 2030. "If we increase access to clean energy ... the health benefits will be enormous," says Maria Neira of the World Health Organization. Reuters (4/9)      U.S., Canada and Jordan to skip UN criminal justice meeting Jordan, the U.S. and Canada are boycotting today's United Nations General Assembly meeting on international criminal justice, saying it is because Bosnian war victims won't be given a chance to speak. "We believe it is our duty to create a space so the voices of the victims of the Bosnian war could also be heard," says Jordan's U.N. ambassador, Prince Zeid al Hussein. The Washington Post/The Associated Press (4/10)      Other News UN refugee agency opens bigger center for Syrian refugees in Lebanon Al Arabiya (United Arab Emirates) (4/9)      Ban "appalled" by deaths of peacekeepers in South Sudan IBN Live (India) (4/10)      UN ready to help Iran after 6.3-magnitude earthquake RIA Novosti (Russia) (4/10)      Post-2015 draft aims to be inclusive, sustainable The European Commission has drafted an international aid plan using inclusive and sustainable development to fight poverty. "What the report is trying to do is to look at some of the things that are not being so widely talked about -- sustainability, social inclusion, inequality -- in the global development debate and give a voice on those issues," says Pedro Martins of the Overseas Development Institute. Inter Press Service (4/10)      Dybul: $15 billion needed to keep battling infectious diseases The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria needs donors to provide $15 billion during the next three years to maintain advances made. The EU will try to keep its contribution at $130.5 million a year, says European Commissioner for Development Andris Piebalgs. EurActiv.com (4/9), Devex.com (4/10)      Other News Hunger, malnutrition already affecting Africa's Sahel region The Guardian (London) (4/10)      Sanitation measures making some progress in Niger Inter Press Service (4/10)      Nigeria to produce biological larvicides to fight malaria The Guardian (Nigeria) (4/10)      Police officer killed while escorting polio team in Pakistan Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (4/10)      Children especially at risk in war zones Children in war zones face an appalling rate of rape and abuse, writes Li-mei Hoang. Over 70% of victims in Liberia and Sierra Leone are children, according to a report from Save the Children. Reuters (4/10)      Climate change needs to be on G8 agenda The upcoming Group of Eight meeting is the "last hope" for crafting a global agreement to avert climate change, writes Will Straw. This week's preliminary G8 meeting won't be addressing the environment. "Without the G8's leadership, our last chance for ambitious international action may pass us by," he writes. The Guardian (London) (4/10)        South Korea continues monitoring the North South Korea is ramping up its surveillance of North Korea, saying there was a "very high" probability that the North would launch missiles. 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