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[RED DEMOCRATICA] UN development report can guide post-2015 goals

 

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July 30, 2014
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UN development report can guide post-2015 goals
The recently released United Nations Human Development Report for 2014 can be a guide for drafting the post-2015 development goals, says Khalid Malik, who wrote the report and leads the Human Development Office of the UN Development Programme. Goals to be considered include ending poverty, improved social services and social protection and jobs, he says. Voice of America (7/29)
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"Ransom Payments to Al Qaeda Masked as Development Aid" UN Dispatch (7/30)
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UNRWA chief calls for "end to the continuing carnage" in Gaza
A United Nations school in Gaza was shelled today, killing at least 15 people. "I call on the international community to take deliberate international political action to put an immediate end to the continuing carnage," says Pierre Krahenbuhl, head of the UN Relief and Works Agency. Separately, UNRWA found rockets at a school in the Gaza Strip. Reuters (7/30), BBC (7/30), Reuters (7/29), Voice of America (7/30)
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ICAO to form group on aviation safety
The International Civil Aviation Organization, in cooperation with other aviation groups, is forming a task force to investigate the collection and distribution of safety information. ICAO will also hold a conference in February to discuss safety issues. Reuters (7/29)
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Why NGOs need to engage at the grass-roots level
Development programs need to engage locally on issues including reducing rural poverty and improving food security, writes Daniel Speckhard. "One of the best ways to ensure this local engagement is by working with local partners for everything from design to implementation," he writes. Devex.com (free registration) (7/28)
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Post-2015 goals should promote girls' learning, health care
The post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals need to build on advances made in girls' education and sexual and reproductive health, but there are concerns those issues may be sidelined, says Ritu Sharma, co-founder and president of Women Thrive Worldwide. Devex.com (free registration) (7/30)
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Ukraine army nears rebel-held city
Ukraine army troops retook a town just outside of the city of Donetsk, which is controlled by rebels. Meanwhile, fighting continues near the Malaysia Airlines crash site, impeding the investigation. Al Jazeera (7/30)
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