[RED DEMOCRATICA] UN: No "conclusive findings" on chemical weapons in Syria

 

<a href="https://twitter.com/UN/status/331756293142507520" target="_blank">@UN</a> | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | UN: Somalia needs more development aid Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   May 7, 2013 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story UN: No "conclusive findings" on chemical weapons in Syria The United Nations commission investigating Syrian war crimes says it "has not reached conclusive findings as to the use of chemical weapons in Syria by any parties to the conflict" despite a member claiming evidence to the contrary. Separately, the chemical signs of such an attack are fading, making it more difficult to trace, writes Colum Lynch. 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Somalia now has "a leadership which has a sense of responsibility," says UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson. Somalia will require $1.33 billion in humanitarian aid this year, the UN estimates. Reuters (5/6) Share:      World Bank advocates taxing carbon dioxide emissions AlertNet/Reuters Point Carbon (5/6) Share:      North Korea's labor camps to be investigated by UN team Reuters (5/7) Share:      South Korean leader Park's determination is lauded by Ban Channel NewsAsia/Agence France-Presse (5/7) Share:      Ban lauds Serbia reconciliation process B92 (Serbia) (5/6) Share:      Ban urges Bangladesh to end violence The Hindu Business Line (India)/Press Trust of India (5/7) Share:      Health Development Donor summit looks to bolster Somalia's progress The international donor conference underway in London seeks to support Somalia's political stabilization and its progress toward rebuilding the war-torn country. However, donors and the government need to engage with the Somali people "if they want to make real, sustainable progress towards reconstruction," write Abdullahi Mohamed Shirwa and El Khidir Daloum. The Guardian (London)/Poverty Matters blog (5/7), Al Jazeera (5/7) Share:      Nigeria makes progress on some MDGs Nigeria got started on the Millennium Development Goals late but is making progress on gender equality, maternal health, child mortality, and the battle against malaria and HIV/AIDS, said Mohammed Ali Ndume of the country's Senate Committee on MDGs. Nigeria won't be able to meet all the MDGs by 2015, Ndume said. Daily Trust (Nigeria) (5/7) Share:        WHO says coronavirus claims 2 more lives in Saudi Arabia Reuters (5/7) Share:      Women Girls Iraqi women struggle against gender inequality Iraqi women face gender inequality economically and socially, the United Nations says. 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U.S. intervention in the Syrian conflict is becoming a more likely possibility, writes Karen DeYoung. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Robert Menendez, D-N.J., says: "The U.S. must play a role in tipping the scales toward opposition groups and working to build a free Syria." The Washington Post (5/6) Share:        Turkey, Lebanon condemn Israeli airstrikes in Syria Turkey has called Israeli airstrikes in Syria "completely unacceptable." Meanwhile, Lebanon is asking the United Nations Security Council to rebuke Israel for its actions. 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