[RED DEMOCRATICA] World needs continued resolve during home stretch of MDGs

 

<a href="https://twitter.com/UN/status/332374683682996224" target="_blank">@UN</a> | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | UN: Improve Palestinian economic conditions Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   May 9, 2013 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story World needs continued resolve during home stretch of MDGs Many of the Millennium Development Goals have been met, but focus is needed in areas were the world is lagging, writes Mark Leon Goldberg, managing editor of UN Dispatch. "[T]he experience over the last 13 years has demonstrated that combining some of the great moral challenges of our time with political and financial backing can yield impressive results," he writes. Diplomatic Courier online (5/9) Share:      Above the Fold UN: Improve Palestinian economic conditions Better coordination needed to help Sahel recover Pakistani women campaign for gender equality Prince Charles demands action on climate change MHealth tech as cost-effective diagnostic tool Syrian troops bomb Aleppo as some rebels join group linked to al-Qaida UN Radio   Quote of the Day @UN: Ban Ki-moon welcomes growing calls by citizens around world, esp young people, for justice, dignity true democracy http://j.mp/11keoXX Share:      UN Dispatch "There are roughly 4,000 'citizens of nowhere' in the United States today. They are from Kuwait, Burma, the former Soviet Union and Yugoslavia, and many other places. Legally speaking, however, they don't belong anywhere. They hold no passport. No country claims them as citizens." UN Dispatch (5/9) Share:      United Nations UN: Improve Palestinian economic conditions The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development is calling on Israel to improve the economic conditions of the Palestinian people. UNCTAD's report says, "Palestinian poverty in Jerusalem has risen steadily over the last decade," and 82% of Palestinian children residing in East Jerusalem are impoverished. Al Jazeera (5/8) Share:      UNICEF tackles key issues facing Libya's educational system The InterDependent (5/8) Share:      ICC considers next steps in pursuing Gadhafi-era crimes Anchorage Daily News (Alaska) (free registration)/The Associated Press (5/8) Share:      UN asked to talks over cholera outbreak in Haiti BBC (5/8) Share:      Health Development Better coordination needed to help Sahel recover Coordination between aid agencies needs to improve if there are to be lasting results in the Sahel, said Denise Brown of the World Food Programme. "Humanitarians and development professionals need to work together to help the poorest -- otherwise, we will be back in the same situation again and again," Brown said. The Guardian (London) (5/9) Share:      China is keen to continue improvements in African health China is looking to expand its cooperation with African countries to improve health, writes Dr. Lucy Chen of the Institute for Global Health at Peking University. "As long as we keep advancing China-Africa cooperation, we will ... provide all of our people with the sustainable health solutions they deserve," she writes. CNN (5/9) Share:        GAVI offers low-cost vaccine against cause of cervical cancer Devex.com (5/9) Share:      China bird-flu deaths increase to 32 Reuters (5/9) Share:      Women Girls Pakistani women campaign for gender equality Pakistani women are campaigning for candidates in Saturday's election who will support gender equality, writes Zofeen Ebrahim. "There is nothing more that women voters want in this election than to be able to move beyond the traditional stereotypes and walk shoulder to shoulder with men," Ebrahim argues. Inter Press Service (5/9) Share:      Women are nominated for 6 Kenyan Cabinet posts Inter Press Service (5/9) Share:      Climate and Energy Prince Charles demands action on climate change Prince Charles of Great Britain says that governments need to tackle climate change now. "The risk of delay is so enormous that we can't wait until we are absolutely sure the patient is dying," he says. The Guardian (London) (5/9) Share:      Poachers kill elephants at CAR World Heritage Site BBC (5/9) Share:      Spotlight: mHealth MHealth tech as cost-effective diagnostic tool The New Cities Foundation believes that mHealth technologies can be a cost-effective way to reach populations that are underserved by the medical community. Its recent study reported on the possible benefits of using portable health care diagnostic tools in Brazil. Star Tribune (Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.)/The Associated Press (5/8) Share:      Peacekeeping and Security Syrian troops bomb Aleppo as some rebels join group linked to al-Qaida The Syrian government continued its push to regain northern areas, bombing Aleppo and Idlib. Meanwhile, Free Syrian Army rebels are reportedly defecting to an Islamist group with al-Qaida connections. The Guardian (London) (5/8), The Washington Post/The Associated Press (5/9) Share:      Turkey to check for signs of chemical weapons use among Syrian refugees The Washington Post/The Associated Press (5/9) Share:      Kerry: $100 million in extra aid for Syrian refugees Devex.com (5/9) Share:      Kidnappers are holding son of former Pakistani leader Al Jazeera (5/9) Share:      Position Title Company Name Location Executive Director National Religious Campaign Against Torture Washington, DC Civil Society Capacity Building/Governance and Institutional Development Advisor Institute for Sustainable Communities Bangkok, Thailand Chief of Party - Mekong Partnership for the Environment (MPE) Institute for Sustainable Communities Bangkok, Thailand Click here to view more job listings.   UN Radio Brahimi welcomes US-Russia promise to work together for a political solution in Syria. 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