[RED DEMOCRATICA] No quick fixes in Syria for Annan

 

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	February 27, 2012 | News covering the UN and the world Sign up  |  E-Mail this  |  Donate No quick fixes in Syria for Annan Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan faces considerable hurdles in his new appointment as envoy to Syria for the United Nations and the Arab League, chief among them a Security Council that is deadlocked over whether to intervene to stop the regime's violent crackdown against the popular anti-government uprising. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that while strong opposition to foreign intervention could draw out the conflict, intervention could accelerate the threat of civil war. Reuters (2/24), BBC (2/26)      UN body expected to address Sri Lanka war crimes  World Bank: China's growth could face stagnation  Oscar spotlights acid attacks on Pakistani women  Climate change is caused by rich, but hurting poor  Afghan riots stir concern over U.S. troop pullout  Career Center  Skip to a section:  United Nations | Health & Development | Women & Girls | Climate and Energy | Peace and Security Watch the opening of the 56th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women live at 10amET! http://owl.li/9iHyU #CSW56" @un_csw "Afghanistan is currently in the grip of a recurring nightmare. Yesterday, five days into a wave of countrywide rioting over the inadvertent burning of Korans at Bagram Air Base and two days after the Taliban called for Afghan police and soldiers in Kabul to turn on Westerners, an Afghan policeman shot dead two American advisers inside the heavily guarded Ministry of Interior. The shootings prompted NATO to immediately pull all of its advisers from Afghan government offices." UN Dispatch UN body expected to address Sri Lanka war crimes Since 2009, Sri Lanka has stymied efforts by the United Nations to investigate alleged human rights violations toward the end of the country's civil war, in which as many as 40,000 civilians were reportedly killed in the final days. But that might change at a session of the UN Human Rights Council scheduled to begin today. The Economist (2/25), ForeignPolicy.com/Turtle Bay blog (2/24)      Clean energy investment is key to African growth, UN says A report from the UN Environment Program encourages governments in Africa to adopt policies that stimulate private-sector investment in untapped renewable energies in order to meet the growing energy needs of the continent, where 95% of the 1.3 billion people without access to electricity live. "The continent has abundant renewable resources that, with the right kind of public policies in place can unlock a new development future and light up the lives and the livelihoods of millions of people," said Achim Steiner, UNEP executive director, marking the launch of the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All. Power Engineering/Hindustan Times (2/26)      Other News Urgent debate on Syria is sought at UN rights council The Daily Star (Lebanon)/Agence France-Presse (2/27)      Iran must explain missing uranium, IAEA says in report Reuters (2/26)      Researchers lobby UN to open World War II war crimes archive The Washington Post/The Associated Press (2/25)      UN: Financial need is driving more Sudanese to Kenya AlertNet (2/27)      World Bank: China's growth could face stagnation Without significant changes to state enterprises, as well as taxation and welfare systems, the growth propelling China to the heights of development could stagnate, causing the country to fail to evolve from middle-income to a high-income, warns the World Bank in a report. "There is broad consensus that China's growth is likely to slow, but when and at what pace is uncertain, and there is no saying whether this slowdown will be smooth or not," said the report, "China 2030." The Wall Street Journal/China Real Time Report blog (2/27), The Guardian (London) (2/27)        Other News India is dropped from WHO endemic polio list Mail Guardian Online (South Africa)/Agence France-Presse (2/25)      Oscar spotlights acid attacks on Pakistani women A film on a British plastic surgeon who performs reconstructive surgery on Pakistani women who are attacked by men with acid, "Saving Face," won the Academy Award on Sunday for best short documentary. "It took one second to ruin my life completely," said Naeema Azar, who was blinded in an acid attack by her ex-husband. "My face was ruined and nobody was punished at all." The New York Times (tiered subscription model)/India Ink blog (2/27)        Other News Chinese women "occupy" men's bathroom, protest unequal wait times The Wall Street Journal/China Real Time Report blog (2/21)      Climate change is caused by rich, but hurting poor The countries most responsible for global warming are feeling the effects less than developing countries that are least responsible, but that will change, said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay. "Slowly and incrementally, land will become too dry to till, crops will die, rising sea levels will flood coastal dwellings and spoil freshwater, species will disappear and livelihoods will vanish. Mass migration and conflicts will result and then only gradually will these awful consequences touch upon the lifestyles and activities of those who are most responsible for global warming," she said at a seminar. IRINNews.org (2/24)      Study finds world fish stocks are on the brink A new statistical method used to gauge the health of more than 7,000 global fisheries finds that many are seriously depleted, generating only about half the biomass they need to be sustainable, according to a study by researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Once collapsed, fisheries do not necessarily recover. The Economist (2/25)        Top five news stories selected by UN Wire readers in the past week. IAEA inspectors arrive in Iran as nuclear tensions rise (The New York Times (tiered subscription model)) Annan is tapped by UN to broker Syria resolution (ForeignPolicy.com) Iran appeals to UN over attacks on scientists (Google) Contraception, not prohibition, stops abortions (ForeignPolicy.com) UN seeks envoy to Syria as shelling of Homs continues (Reuters) Results based on number of times each story was clicked by readers. Afghan riots stir concern over U.S. troop pullout U.S. officials are re-evaluating the timetable for withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan as riots continued a week after the burning of Korans by U.S. personnel. The riots injured at least seven American soldiers Sunday. Overall, the violence has claimed the lives of an estimated 40 people, including four American troops. The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (2/26), Los Angeles Times (2/26)      Other News Miles of Muscovites link arms in pro-democracy protest The Christian Science Monitor (2/26)      Trial is adjourned in Egypt for U.S. nonprofit workers The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (2/26)      Pakistan levels Osama bin Laden's Abbottabad home The Washington Post/The Associated Press (2/27)      Position Title Company Name Location International Press Officer Center for Reproductive Rights New York , NY Deputy Director, Nothing But Nets United Nations Foundation Washington DC, DC Field Director for Membership Development JCI (Junior Chamber International) St. Louis, MO Click here to view more job listings.   Get more involved: Follow the UN Foundation on Twitter Key Sites United Nations Secretary-General UN News Centre Key UN Bodies, Agencies, Funds and Programs UN Foundation UN Dispatch UN Radio News Service Human Rights Council seeks unanimous condemnation of violence in Syria UN Radio   This SmartBrief was created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com   Subscriber Tools       Update account information | Change e-mail address | Unsubscribe | Print friendly format | Web version | Search past news | Archive | Privacy policy Grab our News Widget Advertise With Us Amy DiElsi Director for UN Foundation Communications United Nations Foundation 1800 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20036 (D) 202-419-3230 (C) 202-492-3078 (F) 202-887-9021 www.unfoundation.org   About UN WIRE UN Wire is a free service sponsored by the United Nations Foundation which is dedicated to supporting the United Nations' efforts to address the most pressing humanitarian, socioeconomic and environmental challenges facing the world today. 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