[RED DEMOCRATICA] Syria is systematically targeting children, UN's Pillay says

 

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	March 28, 2012 | News covering the UN and the world Sign up  |  E-Mail this  |  Donate Syria is systematically targeting children, UN's Pillay says Navi Pillay, the UN human rights chief, said in an interview that security forces in Syria are systematically detaining and torturing children with the approval or complicity of President Bashar Assad. "They've gone for the children, for whatever purpose, in large numbers, hundreds detained and tortured," she said. "It's just horrendous, children shot in the knees, held together with adults, in really inhumane conditions, denied medical treatment for their injuries, either held as hostages, or held as sources of information." BBC (3/28)      UN in urgent appeal for $60 million in Haiti aid  Lagging Pakistan polio effort could spur travel ban  Gender equality makes good business sense  Vietnam eyes sustainable coffee production  West African states pressure Mali coup leaders  Career Center  Skip to a section:  United Nations | Health & Development | Women & Girls | Climate and Energy | Peace and Security See the kind of #innovation our Board is learning about today, check out @embracewarmer keeping kids healthy http://ow.ly/9VC5E #india" @unfoundation "The Security Council is meeting to discuss the latest round of violence along the Sudan-South Sudan border. Overnight, there were reports that Sudanese armed forces bombed several sites, including disputed oil fields, in what appears to be an escalation of a conflict that has already made refugees of 130,000 people fleeing to South Sudan." UN Dispatch UN in urgent appeal for $60 million in Haiti aid A drop-off in humanitarian aid to Haiti has put hundreds of thousands of people in tent cities at risk of floods and cholera, as well as sexual abuse and violence, said Nigel Fisher, United Nations humanitarian coordinator. The world body is appealing for $60 million in urgent aid for the next three months, during which the rainy season is slated to begin. The Miami Herald (free registration) (3/27), BBC (3/27)      Happiness goes on the global agenda Bhutan is far from being a rich nation, but it ranks high in the world for happiness, according to the measure Gross National Happiness, which takes many factors into account. Bhutan is trying to put its recipe for happiness on the global agenda, with a meeting on the topic at the United Nations General Assembly, which convenes next week at the world body's New York headquarters. The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (3/28)      Other News UNICEF-donated textbooks are hawked on Zimbabwe streets AllAfrica Global Media/The Herald (3/27)      Fact check shows Russia's veto is rarely used at Security Council The Washington Post/The Fact Checker blog (3/28)      Lagging Pakistan polio effort could spur travel ban Pakistanis could face travel restrictions worldwide if the government doesn't improve its anti-polio efforts within the next three months, said Dr. Wahab Alanesi, the country's team leader for the World Health Organization. An estimated 400,000 children are at risk of being infected in three districts of Balochistan, alone. The Express Tribune (Pakistan) (3/27)      Other News Anti-malarial drug combo is shown to reduce infections in infants Australian Life Scientist (3/28)      Rural resettlement of 2.8 million is biggest in China's history The Economist (3/24)      Former Ugandan health minister returns swindled GAVI funds AllAfrica Global Media/The New Vision (3/28)      Gender equality makes good business sense In an interview, Ann Tutwiler, deputy director-general at the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization, says poverty and hunger can be alleviated, in part, through the economic empowerment of rural women. "Just giving women the same access as men to modern seeds, fertilizer and tools could increase production on women's farms in developing countries by 20% to 30% -- enough to feed up to 150 million more of the world's hungry people," she said. Forbes (3/27)        Report highlights "moral" jailing of Afghan women Afghan women who flee domestic abuse and forced prostitution are being jailed for so-called "moral crimes" while those perpetrating the assaults, among them rapists, are being allowed to go free, according to Human Rights Watch. Despite some progress in women's rights under the post-Taliban government, Afghan women remain at risk of abduction, forced marriage and being traded as commodities. BBC (3/28), Reuters (3/28)      Vietnam eyes sustainable coffee production Vietnam has become the second largest coffee exporter after Brazil, but at a terrible cost: Entire forests were razed to make more space for coffee plantations that over-irrigate and over-use agrochemicals. Now, the government is embracing sustainability and reaching out to farmers, traders and global food giants. The Guardian (London)/Poverty Matters blog (3/26)        Other News New carbon storage maps to aid tropical forest management The New York Times (tiered subscription model)/Green blog (3/27)      West African states pressure Mali coup leaders The Economic Community of West African States has suspended Mali in the wake of last week's coup and further threatened coup leaders with sanctions and military force in "restore constitutional order." A delegation of five African presidents will travel to Mali within the next two days. 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