Tuesday, September 17, 2013

[RED DEMOCRATICA] Why we must work together to defeat AIDS/HIV, TB and malaria

 

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September 17, 2013
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Why we must work together to defeat AIDS/HIV, TB and malaria
Lessening the grip of tuberculosis, AIDS/HIV and malaria will do much to create a healthier world for all, write Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and Swedish government official Gunilla Carlsson. African countries need to increase investment in health services as a complement to donor funding, they write. The Huffington Post/The Blog (9/16)
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@UNFoundation: Youth voices matter. How the @UN is working to include them in the post-2015 conversation: trib.al/TI8Ud8e
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UN Dispatch
"The UN is warning of an impending humanitarian crisis stemming from intense fighting between the [Philippine] government and separatist rebels." UN Dispatch (9/17)
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Use of military force is a sticking point for UN resolution on Syria
The debate continues about including the option of military force in a new United Nations resolution on Syria. France favors it, but Russia opposes a military contingency. Yahoo/The Associated Press (9/17)
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Support for human rights is losing momentum in Afghanistan, Pillay says
United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay said Afghanistan has seen increases in gender violence and civilian casualties. "My concern that the momentum of improvement in human rights may have not only peaked, but is in reality waning, has not been allayed," Pillay said. The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (9/17), Reuters (9/17)
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Health Development
More government support is needed for women-focused MDGs
Governments should do more to support Millennium Development Goals that affect women, women's rights advocates say. "It is not sufficient to write [MDGs] on paper. You need countries to take ownership of them," says Eva Joly, chairwoman of the European parliament's development committee. EurActiv.com (9/17)
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Why gender equality is key to post-2015 development goals
Gender equality holds the key to reducing poverty globally, argues Rebeca Grynspan, associate administrator of the United Nations Development Programme. "All the studies not only suggest but demonstrate that if you tackle gender equality, you empower women, then you will be much more effective in fighting poverty and hunger," she says. Thomson Reuters Foundation (9/17)
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Peacekeeping and Security
Can Maldives election break cycle of turmoil?
The Maldives will hold the second round of its presidential election on Sept. 28, and the results may determine whether the island state can break free of its tumultuous, authoritarian past, writes Eric Randolph. If so, "then the Maldives may yet prove an example for other countries in transition," he argues. Foreign Affairs magazine (9/11)
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"The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday announced that this year's Nansen Refugee Award is being awarded to Sister Angelique Namaika, who works in the remote north east region of Democratic Republic of the Congo with survivors of displacement and abuse by the Lord's Resistance Army." UN Radio (9/17)
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