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	November 15, 2010 | News covering the UN and the world Sign up  |  E-Mail this  |  Donate Haiti's schools struggle to keep doors open Independent schools and hospitals are struggling to survive until a planned public-private partnership that will help fund reconstruction and administration comes into practice. Haiti's reconstruction commission approved $500 million to jump-start efforts Oct. 4, the date students were set to return to school, but many institutions delayed the start of classes. Thousands of schools are still without safe temporary replacements for damaged buildings or full of rubble. The New York Times (free registration) (11/14) Online crop calendar fending off Africa food crisis  Haiti's cholera toll is still climbing  Geoengineering wins support as climate tool  Aung San Suu Kyi aims to revive movement  Sudan pre-vote tension could destabilize Darfur  Career Center  What do you think should be the top priority of UN Women?  Skip to a section:  United Nations | Development Health and Poverty | Development Energy and Environment | Human Rights | Peace and Security | Poll We have created a time bomb, a deadly time bomb." Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt. Click here for the full story. "There is a new website that lets interested parties keep tabs on the progress that has been made toward implementing the global strategy for women's and children's health. Check it out." UN Dispatch Online crop calendar fending off Africa food crisis The aid community may now refer to an online cropping calendar to determine when seeds need to be planted and harvested in 43 countries in Africa. The calendar, which was created by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, is intended to reduce the likelihood of a food crisis by providing up-to-date planting schedules that reflect climate conditions and disasters, such as flood and drought. AlertNet.org (11/12) Saudis on UN Women board sparks criticism Critics are taking aim at Saudi Arabia's successful bid for a board seat on newly created UN Women. Journalist Mona Eltahawy notes that Saudi Arabia secured its seat because of its standing as an emerging donor country even though the country officially treats women as "virtual minors." Eltahawy writes, "If UN Women is to have any bite, it should focus on justice for Saudi women and not on their country's 'generous contributions.' " The Toronto Star (11/13)   Other News Japan gains U.S. endorsement for Security Council The Washington Post/The Associated Press (11/12) Canada backs UN declaration on aboriginal peoples The Toronto Star (11/12) UN looks to improve protection of DR Congo civilians The Christian Science Monitor (11/13) Haiti's cholera toll is still climbing More than 900 Haitians have died, and nearly 15,000 have been hospitalized, from effects of cholera. Health officials say that the disease has yet to peak in the earthquake-stricken country, and the United Nations estimates that some 270,000 people could be affected in years to come. The New York Times (free registration) (11/14) Report: Subsidies tilt cotton market against Africans Subsidies from Western governments are distorting the cotton market and freezing out growers from western Africa, according to a report from the Fairtrade Foundation. China, too, is boosting cotton production with subsidies that place cheaper imports at a disadvantage, the report says. The Independent (London) (11/15) Top five news stories selected by UN Wire readers in the past week. Why India's bid is a long shot (TIME) Obama: India deserves a permanent Security Council seat (BBC) Nobel winner knocks "joke" board of UN Women (Bloomberg) Mobile technologies are improving health care (AlertNet.org) How mHealth is making health wireless (AllAfrica Global Media) Results based on number of times each story was clicked by readers. Geoengineering wins support as climate tool Support is growing for more research and development of geoengineering technology as short-term measures to help battle global warming as governments struggle to agree on ways to decrease the world's dependence on fossil fuels and transition away from a carbon-based economy. Critics worry geoengineering, such as efforts to replicate the natural mitigation caused by a volcanic eruption's ability to reduce the amount of sunlight reaching Earth and affect global temperatures, will have unforeseen consequences and may ultimately increase the pace of climate change. TIME (11/14) Other News Construction, warming endanger Persian Gulf's coral reefs AlertNet.org/Reuters (11/14) Aung San Suu Kyi aims to revive movement Aung San Suu Kyi, the pro-democracy leader in Myanmar who was released over the weekend after seven years of detention, said she would appeal a ruling that declared her political party illegal. "To achieve democracy," she said, "we need to create a network, not just in our country but around the world." The New York Times (free registration) (11/14) , The Guardian (London)/The Associated Press (11/15) U.S. reveals details of murky postwar Nazi dealings The U.S. Department of Justice has reluctantly released portions of a report chronicling the fate of Nazi emigres after World War II. The report examines the activities of the Office of Special Investigations, created in 1979 to deport Nazis, and reveals clashes between government departments over the handling of Nazis and their sympathizers such as Arthur Rudolph who went on to work for NASA after arriving in the U.S. in 1945. OSI efforts resulted in the deportation of more than 300 individuals, according to the report. The New York Times (free registration) (11/13) Sudan pre-vote tension could destabilize Darfur UN peacekeepers fear that tensions between military forces in north and south Sudan will "spill over" into Darfur, complicating efforts to end the seven-year conflict there. Leaders in Sudan are reporting a buildup of troops in advance of a referendum on whether the south will secede from the north. AlertNet.org/Reuters (11/14) Security concerns grow as Hariri investigators prepare indictments Diplomats and politicians are expressing concerns that impending indictments from United Nations investigators into the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri could spark political instability or violence if Hezbollah members are named. Washington fears an intensified struggle between the Shiite Hezbollah and Sunni government at a time when sectarian violence continues to threaten Iraq, while Israel is concerned any instability could spill over its borders. The Washington Post (11/14) Ortega's aspirations spark Nicaragua political crisis Daniel Ortega's bid to remain in power has reopened a schism in Nicaraguan politics with former contra rebels, leading some to take up arms against the government and others to vow electoral challenges. Ortega plans to use a controversial interpretation of the constitution to retain his position as president in elections scheduled for November 2011. The New York Times (free registration) (11/13) Bolivia is seen lagging in trimming excess coca production It is legal to grow coca in Bolivia, whose people say they use the controversial crop as a medicine and a food. But the excess coca produced there also is being processed into cocaine, and the United States says the country has "failed demonstrably" in its counternaroctics efforts. The Washington Post (11/13) Other News N. Korea again disavows sinking of South's warship Google/The Canadian Press (11/15) Ethnic divide is limiting Serb participation in Kosovo vote Google/Agence France-Presse (11/13) Japan looks to mend China, Russia relations The Washington Post (11/13) Tanzania's first albino legislator reports witch doctor threat AlertNet.org/Reuters (11/15) International Advocacy Manager Center for Reproductive Rights New York , NY Program Director, Somalia American Refugee Committee Minneapolis, MN What do you think should be the top priority of UN Women? 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