| - UN: Rakhine clashes jeopardize Myanmar reforms
The fresh wave of violence between Muslims and Buddhists in Myanmar's western state of Rakhine threatens to derail reform efforts nationwide, the United Nations warns. The unrest was triggered in May by the rape and murder of a Buddhist woman by a group of Muslim men, while the latest vigilante attacks -- leading to an unspecified number of deaths and the razing of villages -- follows the death Sunday of a Buddhist trader. BBC (10/26), The Economist/Banyan blog (10/24), IRINNews.org (10/25) - Uganda wonders aloud if UN peacekeeping "makes sense"
Uganda said it was reviewing its role in United Nations peacekeeping operations in Somalia on the heels UN allegations that the country's leadership has joined Rwanda in supporting rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. "We're trying to determine the worthiness of these operations? Does it make sense any more to be part of these missions," said Okello Oryem, Uganda's junior foreign affairs minister. Reuters (10/25) - Skinner visits Iowa for United Nations Day
Robert Skinner, director of the UN Foundation's New York headquarters, visited the University of Iowa this week to discuss the UN's role in global affairs as part of the 170 activities taking place across the U.S. in observance of United Nations Day, which was Wednesday. The Daily Iowan (10/25) - Going mobile, and green, to deliver education
Some developing countries in Asia and Africa have undertaken novel approaches to provide educations to their poorest children. The community of Chitradurga in India uses a solar-powered bus, while communities across Bangladesh are being visited by solar-powered floating schools. Shipping containers are being converted into solar-powered classrooms and delivered to rural communities in five countries in Africa, while SUVs are serving as mobile solar computer classrooms in Uganda. The Christian Science Monitor/Change Agent (10/25) - Sexual violence in India's Haryana is a social stain
For the past month and a half, police have been deployed across the village of Dobra in the northern state of Haryana, India, to protect a 16-year-old who was abducted by a dozen men while walking, then raped by seven of them while the others kept watch -- some filming the episode on their mobile phones. Last year, 733 rapes -- or two a day -- were reported in Haryana, but officials say most incidents are never reported. BBC (10/22) - Warming as security threat -- help or hindrance?
Climate change has often been characterized as a security threat, not only to raise awareness of the problems it presents, but also to spur changes in behavior by governments and citizens alike. But could the message be undermining potential means for coping with global warming? AlertNet (10/25) - Fine-tuning mHealth models worldwide
The spread of mobile technology around the world would seem to make mHealth a foregone conclusion, but, in developing countries, hurdles remain. Various organizations are assessing what works, and what doesn't, in order to devise better business models. For the Record (10/22) - Ensuring there will be no holes in Syria's history
Syrian activists have been chronicling in detail every facet of the popular uprising over the past year and a half, from its peaceful beginnings to the death and destruction of today. They are even filming buildings before they are shelled. "In a country still living in the shadow of a brutal government crackdown 30 years ago that left tens of thousands of civilians dead, but that is not spoken of publicly, it is a response to a hole in Syria's history books, and a means of ensuring that it will not happen again," reports the Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles Times (tiered subscription model) (10/25) | | Key Sites | | This SmartBrief was created for ELECCION@YAHOOGROUPS.COM 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. | | | | | Recent UN Wire Issues: - Thursday, October 25, 2012
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