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- UN's Liberia efforts are seen as successful
 Liberians, satisfied across the board with the impact of UN international peacekeeping forces since a 2003 ceasefire ending years of civil war, are wary of the planned withdrawal of the troops at the end of 2011. While ethnic relations are still strained, and Liberians have little confidence in their government, the peacekeepers have successfully stopped the killings that claimed 200,000 lives over 14 years. San Francisco Chronicle (12/12)       - Iran skirts UN sanctions on illegal arms trade
A 2007 UN arms embargo on Iran continues to have only limited success, according to a report detailed Friday before the Security Council. Within the past three months Nigeria seized 13 shipping containers of illegal arms from Iran, while Italy seized a container containing seven tonnes of high-potential explosives. CNN (12/10) , Google/Agence France-Presse (12/11) - Mandy Moore is giving bed nets for the holidays
Singer and actress Mandy Moore traveled to the Central African Republic in October to distribute anti-malarial bed nets, working with the Nothing But Nets campaign. She spoke with USA TODAY about the experience and about contributing to the Nothing But Nets effort as part of holiday giving. USA TODAY (12/10) Top five news stories selected by UN Wire readers in the past week. - Results based on number of times each story was clicked by readers.
- Fighting climate with loans to poor farmers
A pioneering insurance company is pairing farm loans with insurance that would repay a farmer's debt if a crop should fail in a bid to lift 500 million small farmers out of poverty over a decade. The program is seen as particularly ambitious because climate change increases chances of crop failure, especially through droughts and floods. AlertNet (12/10) - Fishing talks collapse over proposed mackerel quotas
The world's mackerel stock is in danger of falling to unsustainable levels after talks collapsed over the quotas set by the European Union and those set by the Faroe Islands and Iceland. The islands have set quotas that are considerably larger than five years ago and have been labeled a threat by EU members. The Independent (London) (12/13) - Clinton: Women's equality is a security matter
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says that the status of women worldwide will be a crucial part of a State Department foreign-policy document slated for release this week. "Women's equality is not just a moral issue, it's not just a humanitarian issue, it is not just a fairness issue," she said, but a security, prosperity and peace issue. CNN (12/12) - Iraqi Christians move to escape violence
Thousands of Christian residents of Baghdad and Mosul, among other Iraqi cities, have fled their homes as a response to recent sectarian violence, heading to northern Iraq or abroad in search of better security. A recent spate of targeted attacks -- including an Oct. 31 siege of a Baghdad church that left 53 people dead -- has prompted the exodus. The New York Times (free registration) (12/12) - North Korea criticize South's military drills
North Korea issued a warning today that U.S.-South Korea military cooperation threatens to push the two neighbors toward open warfare as South Korea began live-fire military drills at 27 locations. The drills will include a nationwide airstrike-response simulation that will send people into underground shelters. Tension on the Korean Peninsula remains high since a deadly Nov. 23 airstrike by North Korea on the island of Yeonpyeong. The Washington Post (12/13) - EU to increase pressure on Gbagbo
European Union officials are prepared to impose sanctions on the Cote d'Ivoire in a bid to add pressure to incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo to step down after losing the country's recent election. Gbagbo has refused to relinquish power even though Cote d'Ivoire's electoral commission and the UN have both concluded challenger Alassane Ouattara won the vote. Armed supporters of the two rivals clashed in the capital today, raising fears the political standoff could turn increasingly violent. Reuters (12/13) , Bloomberg (12/13) - Egypt's opposition is angered by election results
Egyptian opposition activists protested over the weekend, calling the country's recent parliamentary elections a sham, as opposition leader Mohamed el-Baradei called on disparate groups to unite behind a pro-reform platform to challenge the results. Election observers and human rights groups have publicly accused the government of rigging the Nov. 25 vote in favor of government candidates. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)/The Associated Press (12/11)  | |  | | | | |  |  Director | International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net) | New York, NY | | Executive Director, Business Council for the United Nations / Director of Corporate Relations | United Nations Foundations | Washington DC, DC | | Communications Director, Strategic Energy and Climate Initiatives | United Nations Foundations | Washington DC, DC | | Program Associate - NYC Office | Arcus Foundation | New York, NY | | Executive Assistant | Arcus Foundation | New York, NY | | Director, Girl Up (The UN Foundations girl campaign) | United Nations Foundations | Washington DC, DC | | | |  | |  |
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- Applications due for wireless competitions
The Vodafone Americas Foundation and mHealth Alliance announce the approach of the final days for entries for their annual competition. Applications for the 2011 Vodafone Americas Foundation Wireless Innovation Project and mHealth Alliance Award will be accepted through December 15, 2010, with the winners announced at the annual Global Philanthropy Forum in Redwood City, Calif., in April 2011. Complete detailed information about eligibility and an application can be found at www.project.vodafone-us.com. More information about the mHealth Alliance and its programs can be found at www.mhealthalliance.org and www.HealthUnBound.org. |
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