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	July 26, 2012 | News covering the UN and the world Sign up  |  E-Mail this  |  Donate UN's Ban recalls Bosnian genocide in call for Syria action United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon summoned the memory of the massacre in Srebrenica while calling upon world powers Wednesday to do more to stop the killing in Syria. He told the Bosnian parliament that the world body "did not live up to its responsibility" to prevent the genocide in 1995, even as the UN admitted to having already withdrawn half of the 300 monitors in its Syrian mission. Arab nations were pushing for General Assembly approval of a resolution urging a political transition in Syria. AlertNet/Reuters (7/25), ForeignPolicy.com/Turtle Bay blog (7/25), The Christian Science Monitor/The Associated Press (7/25), Los Angeles Times/World Now blog (tiered subscription model) (7/25)      330,000 born with HIV, yet need not, UN says  Obama asked to bolster arms treaty on eve of vote  World Bank's Kim brings urgency to poverty fight  Promoting clean cookstoves as rape deterrent  World's water "trailblazers" are profiled  Tapping mobile phone technology for safe water  China stakes claim to disputed sea with new city  Career Center  Skip to a section:  United Nations | Spotlight: U.S.-UN relations | Health & Development | Spotlight: Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves | Climate and Energy | Technology | Peacekeeping and Security #Bipartisan support in #Congress symbolizes shared responsibility and collective solidarity to end #AIDS http://ow.ly/cuj6w via @UNAIDS" @unfoundation "The end of AIDS is certainly possible. We have the technology to make it happen. It is just a matter of mustering the political will around the world to boost funding levels." UN Dispatch 330,000 born with HIV, yet need not, UN says Chewe Luo, senior adviser on HIV/AIDS at the United Nations Children's Fund, told attendees at the International AIDS Conference in Washington, D.C., that developing countries were "totally off target" in reaching the goal of ending new infections in babies by 2015. Annually more than 330,000 children are being born with HIV even though preventative treatment exists. "We have made it too difficult -- so difficult that women who are accessing health care at the lower-level health care facilities don't have access to these interventions," Luo said. The Guardian (London) (7/25)      Nutrition aid is neglected, threatening SUN deadline The Scaling Up Nutrition program of the United Nations was set up in 2010 in lieu of a primary mandate at the world body to help governments improve what people eat as a means to not only reduce hunger, but alleviate poverty, and improve health and incomes. There has been little follow-through in aid for nutrition, writes The Economist, lending some urgency to the SUN initiative as its 1,000-day deadline runs out in February. The Economist/Feast and Famine blog (7/25)      Other News Fatal attack on Cote d'Ivoire camp prompts UN investigation BBC (7/25)      Myanmar plan to stop child-soldier recruitment is welcomed IRINNews.org (7/25)      UN lifts travel bans, asset freezes on 17 linked to Liberia's Taylor Reuters (7/26)      Colombia cocaine production is flat; what about Peru? Los Angeles Times/World Now blog (tiered subscription model) (7/25)      Obama asked to bolster arms treaty on eve of vote A day before the deadline for revisions to the new arms treaty slated to be voted upon Friday by the United Nations General Assembly advocacy groups -- including, even, the International Committee of the Red Cross -- were pressuring U.S. President Barack Obama to ensure that the final draft incorporates regulations over ammunition and weapons donated or given as aid. The Hill/Global Affairs blog (7/25)        World Bank's Kim brings urgency to poverty fight World Bank President Jim Yong Kim says his new administration will be oriented toward "a clear, simple goal" -- the eradication of absolute poverty. He plans to lift up the world's 1.3 billion people living on less than $1.25 a day through targets similar to those in AIDS drugs campaign for the poor he once managed. "I've been doing this all my life, and we're in a bit of the spotlight because of the stuff we did in health care," he said, "but it was really always about poverty." The Guardian (London) (7/25)      Other News Hopes are buoyed for first-ever vaccine against dengue fever The Wall Street Journal (7/25)      Food prices to rise -- notably corn, soybeans -- due to U.S. drought BBC (7/25)      Promoting clean cookstoves as rape deterrent At a school for the disabled in the Ugandan village of Nkokonjeru, residents are being taught how to build more efficient cookstoves. The stoves use less wood, which is better for the environment, reducing the frequency with which women must venture into nearby forest to collect wood -- thus reducing, in turn, the potential for rape and sexual assault. PRI's The World (Boston) (7/25)        World's water "trailblazers" are profiled A survey of dozens of experts in water issues by AlertNet has identified 10 of the world's pioneers in improving access to clean drinking water. Among them is Gemma Bulos, co-founder of the Global Women's Water Initiative, who trains African women and girls -- who do the lion's share of fetching water -- to build and maintain water-harvesting systems, as well as solar cookers used to boil water. AlertNet (7/26)      Other News Arctic ice melt is primarily due to human-induced climate change Mail Guardian (South Africa) (7/26)      Decline of tropical forests is top threat to biodiversity, study says BBC (7/25)      Uranium resources to last for more than 100 years, OECD says Platts (7/26)      A sperm bank for the world's corals in Hawaii The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (7/23)      Tapping mobile phone technology for safe water Mobile technology is enabling water providers in developing countries to not only monitor supply, but prevent theft and leaks. Among the innovations helping people improve sanitation and water access are smart handpumps and handpump repair centers, as well as the purchase of water credits through a "smart card" that uses mobile-phone banking. AlertNet (7/26)      China stakes claim to disputed sea with new city China's solution for claiming sovereignty over the disputed waters of the resource-rich South China Sea? Squat on it. The country has built the city of Sansha on a series of small coral reefs, often submerged, on one of the Paracel Islands also claimed by Vietnam. The Christian Science Monitor/Global News Blog (7/25)      Other News Trials are accelerated for aging Argentine perpetrators of "Dirty War" The Miami Herald (free registration) (7/25)      In Latin America, freely-elected leaders are behaving undemocratically The Washington Post (7/22)      Position Title Company Name Location Project Coordinator Invisible Children Inc. 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