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- Ban talks Responsibility to Protect
The United Nations' Responsibility to Protect concept has brought together multilateral institutions and governments to address crises around the world, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says. But key challenges, such as mustering practical support to back Security Council mandates, continue to limit efforts to put the concept into practice. The Christian Science Monitor (1/23)      - UN: Khmer Rouge judge choice remains firm
The United Nations will not change its selection for investigative judge at the Khmer Rouge tribunal despite Cambodian government efforts to replace the UN choice, Laurent Kasper-Ansermet. UN officials say the Cambodian government does not have the authority to block judicial appointments to the tribunal. AlertNet/Reuters (1/25) - Gates looks to battle polio in 2012
The top priority in 2012 of the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation is the improvement of polio vaccination campaigns in Nigeria, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Afghanistan and Pakistan, the organization's co-founder, Bill Gates, said in his annual letter. India is conspicuous for its absence from the list after marking an entire year without new cases of polio. Bloomberg Businessweek (1/25), BBC (1/25) - Gates backs agriculture against poverty, climate change
Bill Gates has pinpointed agriculture as a major focus area for investment as a way to combat poverty and fight climate change in his 2012 annual letter for the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation. Agriculture has been cited as both a cause and a possible solution for managing aspects of climate change effects but has yet to attract the kind of funding necessary to maximize the potential benefits. Forbes (1/24), IRINNews.org (1/25) - Niger food woes approach crisis level
Drought and rising food prices have further impacted Nigeria's ability to generate enough food for the country's population. Nigeria struggles with chronic poverty and food insecurity under normal circumstances, and aid agencies are screening tens of thousands of children for malnutrition. The Guardian (London) (1/23), IRINNews.org (1/24) - Rio+20 to shift focus to development
The UN's upcoming Rio+20 conference will focus on sustainable development, not climate change, although goals such as conserving resources and reducing emissions are still on the agenda. United Nations Foundation President Timothy E. Wirth said, "The debate's changed because of China, India, Brazil and South Africa, the very rapid and surprisingly powerful growth of the newly industrialized countries." A draft document recently released for the June summit outlines seven main issues, including jobs, energy, food, water and disasters. Reuters (1/24), The Washington Post/The Associated Press (1/24) - Does collapse of mackerel stocks foretell future of fish?
Over the past 20 years, global stocks of mackerel have fallen from an estimated 30 million metric tons to less than a tenth of that amount, and the fishing industry is traveling to the ends of the Earth to net the mackerel that remains, according to an eight-country investigation. The new figures could foreshadow the progressive depletion of fish stocks around the world as the United Nations reports that fishing subsidies and growing wealth in Asia are fueling the over-exploitation of the world's oceans, where fish habitats are being destroyed by pollution and climate change. The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (1/25), The Washington Post/The Associated Press (1/24) - Assessing the impact of Durban
The so-called Durban Platform for Enhanced Action, which requires 194 countries to develop a legally binding protocol to reduce global emissions of greenhouse gases, could prove "to be the most encompassing and farthest reaching agreement that any climate conference has ever reached," said Christiana Figueres, head of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Still, Figueres said, the deal is only one step toward "an energy and industrial revolution the likes of which we have never seen." The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (1/24) - South Sudan strikes pipeline deal
South Sudan has struck a deal with Kenya for the construction of an oil pipeline to the port city of Lamu in an effort to bypass Sudan, which is accused of siphoning off the newly-independent country's crude. South Sudan reportedly has begun to shut down wells and to prepare pipelines to be flushed with water, to show it intends to make good on a threat of a complete oil shutdown in protest of oil diversion by Khartoum. BBC (1/25), The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (1/24) - Sustainable Energy for All
Last week, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon launched his Sustainable Energy for All (SEFA) initiative in Abu Dhabi. Watch this short video to learn more about the importance of sustainable energy and SEFA.  | | |  | | Position Title | Company Name | Location | | Africa Program Specialist | METI Inc., contractor for the USDA Forest Service Office of International Programs | Washington D.C., DC | | Program Director - Sustainable and Thriving Environments for West Africa Regional Development | METI Inc, contractor for the USDA Forest Service Office of International Programs | Freetown, Sierra Leone | | Program Officer, Adolescent Girls | United Nations Foundation | Washington DC, DC | | Senior Associate, Planning and Learning | United Nations Foundation | Washington DC, DC | | Administrative Assistant, shot@life | United Nations Foundation | Washington DC, DC | | Director, Health Ecosystems: Analysis of Linkages (HEAL) | Wildlife Conservation Society | Bronx, NY, NY | | Communications Officer, Nothing But Nets | United Nations Foundation | Washington DC, DC | | | Click here to view more job listings. | | |
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