[RED DEMOCRATICA] Debate resumes over future UN role in Syria

 

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	August 16, 2012 | News covering the UN and the world Sign up  |  E-Mail this  |  Donate Solar-powered toilet wins Gates sanitation prize The Bill Melinda Gates Foundation has announced the top three designs in its Reinvent The Toilet Challenge, the winner of which -- developed by Michael Hoffman of the California Institute of Technology -- uses solar energy to produce hydrogen, which can be used for cooking or producing electricity, and chlorine, which is used in a solution to flush the toilet. The winning design, which netted a $100,000 prize, also produces fertilizer. Prototypes of all three designs will be tested and are expected to reduce sanitation-related diseases, notably among children. The Economist/Babbage blog (8/15), The Guardian (London) (8/15), Al-Jazeera (8/16)      Debate resumes over future UN role in Syria  Housing remains greatest need in post-quake Haiti  New index measures condition of world's oceans  DR Congo boys flee forced rebel recruitment  Career Center  Skip to a section:  United Nations | Health & Development | Climate and Energy | Peacekeeping and Security For #blogust today, @AnissaMayhew shares how comments helped her thru her daughter's battle w/cancer: http://bit.ly/Nm6phr via @shotatlife" @UNFoundation "UN Dispatch will certainly be on the scene, and be sure to check back for more information about [Social Good] summit as the lineup of speakers take shapes. If you plan on being in New York, you can get your tickets here before they sell out." UN Dispatch Debate resumes over future UN role in Syria Diplomats at the United Nations remained divided over the role of the world body in Syria, only days before the mission of unarmed observers will end. The Security Council plans to debate the issue today in a closed-door session, while Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the international community to unite to end the suffering of Syrian people after a year and a half of conflict that has left 18,000 dead. "We cannot go on this way," he said. The Washington Post/The Associated Press (8/16), AlertNet/Reuters (8/16), CNN (8/16), BBC (8/16)      UN pleads for Syria aid, issues findings on Houla massacre As many as 2.5 million people in Syria are in need of humanitarian assistance, among them more than 1 million who "have been uprooted and face destitution," Valerie Amos, United Nations humanitarian chief, said Wednesday during a visit to the country. Separately, a UN expert panel concluded that Syrian security forces and their allies had carried out the widely reported massacre of more than 100 civilians -- mostly women and children -- in Houla. Reuters (8/16), Los Angeles Times/World Now blog (tiered subscription model) (8/15)      Other News Rugby star to spend 5 days below poverty line to support UNICEF LookToTheStars.org (8/15)      China's world heritage sites are at risk from tourism CNN (8/14)      Discrepancy in Iran uranium inventory could have partial explanation Reuters (8/16)      Housing remains greatest need in post-quake Haiti Hundreds of thousands of Haitians continue to live in tents in squalid camps two and a half years after an earthquake, while tens of thousands more are sheltering in badly damaged buildings. Aid resources are being applied unequitably, while long-term projects are rarely completed. "Despite billions of dollars in reconstruction aid, the most obvious, pressing need -- safe, stable housing for all displaced people -- remains unmet," reports The New York Times. The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (8/15)      Other News Do Tanzania pastoralists face eviction in favor of UAE hunters? The Guardian (London) (8/15)      Swaziland poor grow marijuana to survive The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (8/14)      Biggest microfinance institutions are ranked Devex.com (8/14)      New index measures condition of world's oceans The state of the world's ocean ecosystems has been given a score of 60 under the new Ocean Health Index, which ascribes a high of 86 to waters off an uninhabited island near the U.S. state of Hawaii and a low of 36 off of Sierra Leone. The index ranges from zero to 100 and measures "the quality of regional marine ecosystems like fisheries, biodiversity, tourism and carbon storage," writes Kelly Slivka. The New York Times (tiered subscription model)/Green blog (8/15)        Yao Ming uses star power to blunt ivory trade Former NBA star Yao Ming recently traveled to northern Kenya to draw attention to the poaching of elephants and rhinos as Asian demand for ivory and rhino horn increases. A video documents the slaughter of more than 300 elephants over a span of a few months in Cameroon. The Guardian (London) (8/15), The New York Times (tiered subscription model)/Green blog (8/10)        Illegal logging is curbed in Mexico butterfly reserve The Mexican government is heralding the success of a program to preserve the wintering grounds of the monarch butterfly by eliminating illegal logging through the promotion of ecotourism and tree cultivation. The New York Times (tiered subscription model)/The Associated Press (8/15)      Other News Project installs solar-powered street lights in Somali capital The Economist/Baobab blog (8/14)      Butterflies near Fukushima show "physiological and genetic damage" Gizmodo Australia (8/15)      DR Congo boys flee forced rebel recruitment Large numbers of children are among the refugees fleeing the eastern DR Congo, with its forced conscription by M23 rebels, for neighboring Uganda and Rwanda. Already nearly 200 children -- some as young as 12 -- have reportedly been forced to join the fighting. IRINNews.org (8/16)      Other News Britain could seize WikiLeaks' Assange from Ecuador embassy Reuters (8/16)      Surge in Tibetan self-immolations spotlights Chinese repression Reuters (8/14)      Lebanon kidnappings spur Arab states to order citizens to leave Al-Jazeera (8/16)      Japan, N. Korea in first face-to-face meeting since 2008 Al-Jazeera (8/14)      Position Title Company Name Location Deployment Coordinator (Security Risk) RedR Australia Melbourne, Australia AFRICA FIELD PROGRAMS DIRECTOR THE NATURE CONSERVANCY Nairobi, Kenya 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 The Interdependent UN Radio News Service UN peacekeeping operations to withdraw from Timor-Leste 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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