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	April 4, 2013 | News covering the UN and the world Sign up  |  E-Mail this  |  Donate WHO polio plan aims at global eradication by 2018 The Global Polio Eradication Initiative, backed by the World Health Organization, has a plan to wipe out polio over the next five years, but it requires upfront fundraising of $5.5 billion. WHO is confident that the end of polio is in sight. "We've never been so close to eradication as we are now," says Hamid Jafari, GPEI director for the agency. Devex.com (4/4), The Washington Post (4/3), National Public Radio/Shots blog (4/2)      Ban "deeply concerned" about North Korea  Ending slavery as a priority in poverty fight  Study: Fish catch underreported by China  North Korea's plutonium production will take years  Career Center  Skip to a section:  United Nations | Health & Development | Climate and Energy | Peacekeeping and Security |  Our friends @therac say #malaria is the "modern plague." Find out why, and what you can do to help fight it: http://ow.ly/jI2dh @NothingButNets "As Louisa Lombard points out, international peacebuilding initiatives in CAR have been based on too many wrong assumptions about the nature of the state in terms of motives and capacity; which leads not only to their failure, but their instrumentalization by those in power." UN Dispatch Ban "deeply concerned" about North Korea United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is "deeply concerned" about North Korea's stated intention to use nuclear weapons against the U.S. Separately, he called on North Korea to end restrictions on workers at a factory jointly operated with South Korea. Al Arabiya (United Arab Emirates)/Agence France-Presse (4/4)      UN official: Pattern of human rights violations emerging in Mali Evidence shows that ethnic Tuaregs and Arabs are being abused in Mali, says Jeffrey Feltman, United Nations undersecretary for political affairs. "Worryingly, it appears from reports that new patterns of human rights violations have emerged, including retaliatory attacks based on ethnicity," he says. Google/Agence France-Presse (4/3)      Other News No guarantee that U.S. Senate will ratify UN arms treaty Reuters (4/3)      Caribbean countries satisfied with their support of UN arms treaty The Jamaica Observer/Caribbean Media Corp. (4/4)      Mali agrees to UN peacekeeping plan Voice of America (4/3)      Ending slavery as a priority in poverty fight An estimated 21 million people are enslaved, and their needs aren't being adequately acknowledged by the development community, writes Aidan McQuade. Slavery "is a human rights issue and also a political one. Any development project that does not recognise this threatens to overlook some of the intractable problems of poverty that continue to plague the world," he argues. The Guardian (London) (4/3)        Other News Development official: Much accomplished in reducing poverty The Guardian (London) (4/4)      Dental care is limited in Swaziland IRINNews.org (4/3)      Templeton Prize awarded to Desmond Tutu for social justice work Reuters (4/4)      Study: Fish catch underreported by China China's fishing fleet reports less than one-tenth of its catch, a study says, leading to the decimation of the fish population, writes John Vidal. "Countries need to realise the importance of accurately recording and reporting their catches and step up to the plate, or there will be no fish left for our children," said Daniel Pauly of the University of British Columbia. The Guardian (London) (4/3)      Other News Herders dispute Tanzanian land leasing AlertNet (4/4)      Brazilian dam project decried by tribe The Guardian (London) (4/3)      North Korea's plutonium production will take years North Korea's nuclear reactor could be restarted within six months, but it will take years to produce bomb-grade plutonium, writes Louis Charbonneau. Meanwhile, the U.S. is sending missile defenses to Guam, and South Korean workers are remaining voluntarily in the factory zone located in the north. Reuters (4/4), Reuters (4/4), Reuters (4/3)      Report: Iran is training Syrian troops Syrian government troops are reportedly being sent to Iran for training that is superior to their government's training. "Iran has supported and helped train Syria's army under long-standing military cooperation agreements, but a push into training its paramilitary forces could aggravate regional rivals" such as Israel and Saudi Arabia, Reuters writes. Reuters (4/4)      People cut off from humanitarian aid in CAR Humanitarian assistance isn't reaching all people in need in the Central African Republic, IRIN reports. "The most vulnerable people ... are most at risk," says Amy Martin of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Security is still an issue and is leading to a rise in displaced people. 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