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	April 10, 2012 | News covering the UN and the world Sign up  |  E-Mail this  |  Donate To save lives, redesign the toilet The ultimate solution to the diarrheal diseases that are the second largest killer in the developing world is a reimagined toilet. Eight university teams funded by the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation are devising new designs at a price the world's poor, some 2.6 billion of whom have no access to minimal sanitary facilities, can afford. Bloomberg (4/8)      Public-private partnerships power SEFA  World Bank contenders lay out visions  Bangladesh women make remarkable gains  India is rethinking scarce water policies  Cross-border violence imperils Syria plan  Career Center  Wirth: Business can't put ideology over science  Skip to a section:  United Nations | Health & Development | Women & Girls | Climate and Energy | Peace and Security | UN Foundation & Better World Campaign We're counting down to Ban Ki-moon's #GooglePlus Hangout at 3:30 pm EST -- watch here! http://j.mp/HCOrGE" @UN "The rumors are swirling that Zimbabwe's long-serving president may be near the end of his final term, as it were. Robert Mugabe is 88 years old. He's been in Singapore for over a week for the official purpose of seeing his daughter off to graduate school. Instead, he is said to be 'fighting for his life' at a hospital." UN Dispatch Public-private partnerships power SEFA Richenda Van Leeuwen, executive director for energy and climate at the United Nations Foundation, talks in an interview about the challenge of getting companies to invest in trends that guarantee energy access for some of the world's poorest people as part of the UN's Sustainable Energy for All initiative. "We really do need to work with the private sector in order to get to the kind of transition that takes us past the current business model," she said. AOL Energy (4/6)      Other News UNHCR, UNICEF point to growing crisis in the Sahel The Washington Post/The Associated Press (4/10)      U.S., Brazil don't see eye to eye on UN ambitions The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (4/9)      UN chief seeks Bahrain handover of Danish hunger-striker Google/The Associated Press (4/9)      World Bank contenders lay out visions Leading candidates for the presidency of the World Bank on Monday spoke in wide-ranging interviews of their vision for the post, the U.S. nomination for which is facing its first-ever international challenge. American Jim Yong Kim said he had spent his "entire life working to invest in human beings and human communities," while Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said that "it's not good enough to say you know about poverty, you have to live it." The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (4/9), The Washington Post (4/9)      GAVI rotavirus vaccine deal will save millions of poor children The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization and pharmaceutical giants GlaxoSmithKline and Merck reached a deal to sell rotavirus vaccines at a two-thirds price reduction, allowing for a $5 course of treatment in developing countries. "We strive to make our donors' funds go further so we can help developing countries protect more children against deadly diseases," GAVI chief executive Seth Berkley said. Reuters (4/9)      Bangladesh women make remarkable gains Decades of successive governments of Bangladesh, working in tandem with development organizations, have done a great deal -- in part through microlending, and lately through the growing garment industry -- to improve the lives of women nationwide, notably through expanded access to health care and basic education. The progress would be unthinkable in many other Muslim societies. The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (4/9)      India is rethinking scarce water policies A conference slated to begin today in India is expected to yield new government draft policies that would treat increasingly scarce water as an economic good in an effort to promote conservation and efficient use. India has some 17% of the world's population, but only 4% of its renewable water resources -- and they could be drying up because of rapid development. The Wall Street Journal/India Real Time blog (4/9)        Other News Updated Japan tsunami map shows perils for coastal towns The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (4/9)      Climate change is a "great moral issue," says NASA scientist The Guardian (London) (4/6)      Controversial Patagonia dam project is given the go-ahead by court The Guardian (London) (4/5)      Cross-border violence imperils Syria plan The fatal cross-border gunfire from Syria into Turkey and Lebanon -- wounding at least 23 in a refugee camp and killing a news service cameraman -- was deplored Monday by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Diplomatic efforts to salvage a UN-brokered peace plan were faltering as a cease-fire deadline approached, and minority Shiite sects in Turkey feared the spread of sectarian conflict. Reuters (4/9), The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (4/9), The Wall Street Journal (4/9)      Iran nuclear talks are seen as "last chance" showdown Talks slated to begin Friday in Istanbul between Iran and the P5+1 powers -- the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, plus Germany -- reportedly will address Western demands that Iran shutter its underground nuclear bunker in near Qom, and cease enriching uranium to higher 20% levels. The new round of talks, which come amid deepening sanctions and the threat of a military strike, are the first in more than a year. The Washington Post (4/8), The Guardian (London) (4/8), Mail & Guardian Online (South Africa)/Agence France-Presse (4/9)      Drug war failures to dominate Americas summit The upcoming Summit of the Americas next weekend in Colombia is being billed by observers as a watershed moment in the war on drugs, which many Latin American leaders say has failed, advocating an alternative drug policy that focuses on decriminalization as opposed to interdiction. The Guardian (London) (4/7)      Other News China imprisons prominent land rights lawyer, husband BBC (4/9)      New Malawi president fires police chief, garners praise The Guardian (London) (4/9)      Position Title Company Name Location Conflict Prevention and Peace Forum Program Associate (Africa) Social Science Research Council Brooklyn , NY Leo Nevas Human Rights Fellow United Nations Foundation New York City, NY mHealth Technical Advisor, Evidence Financing and Policy United Nations Foundation Washington, DC Associate, Online Communications, Nothing But Nets United Nations Foundation Washington, DC Community Manager, mHealth Alliance United Nations Foundation Washington, DC mHealth Technical Advisor, Technology Integration, Interoperability and Capacity United Nations Foundation Washington, DC Program Manager, Standards and Testing, Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves United Nations Foundation Washington, DC Click here to view more job listings. Wirth: Business can't put ideology over science In an interview, Timothy E. Wirth, president of the United Nations Foundation, discusses the prospects for U.S. private sector partnerships to promote sustainable energy for all in light of conservative ideology and longstanding resistance to climate agreements, such as the Kyoto Protocol. "Today, business can no longer afford to uphold a conservative ideology over science," he said. "Brick by brick, we can cut away blocks from the opposition and build the alternative." The Times of India (4/9)          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 The Interdependent UN Radio News Service UN response to the Sahel humanitarian crisis hit by lack of funding 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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