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	January 24, 2013 | News covering the UN and the world Sign up  |  E-Mail this  |  Donate UN looks to global citizens to shape development goals The United Nations' MY World project is using multiple platforms, including texting and the Internet, to poll global citizens on what they feel should be the focuses of a post-2015 global development agenda. UN Dispatch (1/23)      Pact on mercury emissions is a milestone  World body to probe legality of drone strikes  People's right to food is at issue in Bangladesh  Cookstove among engineer's projects to help poor  Report urges India legal reforms to protect women  Which projects are worst for the environment?  How can civilians, companies boost peacekeeping?  Career Center  Skip to a section:  United Nations | Spotlight: U.S.-UN relations | Health & Development | Spotlight: Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves | Women & Girls | Climate and Energy | Peacekeeping and Security 'My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together,' -Desmond Tutu #PeoplePower #WEF" @UNFoundation "The United Nations and partners have launched an interesting exercise to poll the world's citizens on their top priorities, policies and views as world leaders shape a global development agenda to replace the Millennium Development Goals, which expire in 2015. They are calling this project MY World." UN Dispatch Pact on mercury emissions is a milestone The recent passage of a legally binding agreement to reduce toxic mercury emissions "drew little notice or fanfare," but "getting so many states with competing economic agendas and disparate means to commit to the plan was no small feat," writes Carol Williams. Mercury levels have risen as a result of unregulated gold processing at tens of thousands of remote mining sites, primarily in developing countries. Los Angeles Times (tiered subscription model)/World Now blog (1/23)        Dealing with Timor Leste human rights legacy after UN exit Weeks after United Nations peacekeepers withdrew from Timor Leste after a 13-year mission, attention is turning to lingering socioeconomic issues in the country, as well as accountability for human rights violations. "As democracy flourishes in both Timor Leste and Indonesia, voices demanding justice for past human rights violations look set to get louder in both countries," write Edio Guterres and Ivo Mateus Goncalves. The Jakarta Post (Indonesia) (1/22)        Other News Rice says U.S. doesn't recognize "State of Palestine" nameplate at UN ABC News/The Associated Press (1/24)      Security Council discusses Mali peacekeeping force ForeignPolicy.com/Turtle Bay blog (1/23)      Prosecutors: Increase sentence for Charles Taylor The Telegraph (London) (tiered subscription model) (1/22)      GAVI: UN is correct to exempt vaccine preservative from mercury treaty Vaccine News Daily (1/23)      World body to probe legality of drone strikes The United Nations has announced that it will investigate the use of drones by the U.S. and U.K. in 25 attacks in five locations. The legality of the strikes will be assessed, as well as civilian casualties and the identities of those targeted. "One of the questions we will be looking at is whether, given the local demography, aerial attacks carry too high a risk of a disproportionate number of civilian casualties," said Ben Emmerson, the UN special rapporteur leading the probe. The Guardian (London) (1/23), BBC (1/24)      People's right to food is at issue in Bangladesh Nearly one-third of people in Bangladesh lack access to nutritious food, and nongovernmental organizations in the country are seeking to hold the government accountable for food scarcity through a constitutional amendment. Extreme weather and floods have made the problem worse on islands along the Brahmaputra River, life on which is captured in a photo essay published by The Guardian. IRINNews.org (1/22), The Guardian (London) (1/23)      Other News Republic of Congo maternal mortality falls by nearly half IRINNews.org (1/21)      Emergency polio vaccinations in Cairo after virus found in sewage BBC (1/23)      Cookstove among engineer's projects to help poor American engineer Heather Fleming is devising products to ease life in the developing world, including a more efficient cookstove. "I think my perspective on my work comes from growing up on both sides of the barrier and not feeling comfortable on either side," says Fleming, who grew up near an impoverished Navajo reservation in New Mexico and has volunteered with Engineers Without Borders. FastCoExist (1/18)        Report urges India legal reforms to protect women A report released Wednesday by a special panel of India's Home Affairs Ministry recommends that the government adopt a "bill of rights" for women, as well as legally enshrine the definition of sexual assault while setting penalties for offenses including stalking, voyeurism, trafficking and marital rape. The Wall Street Journal/India Real Time blog (1/24)        Other News Moroccan law sparing rapists who marry victims to be rescinded Al-Jazeera (1/24)      Somali supermodel lobbies against female genital mutilation The Guardian (London) (1/21)      China's state-run media says unmarried "leftover" women "like yellowed pearls" PRI's The World (Boston) (1/18)      Which projects are worst for the environment? More than a dozen oil, gas and coal projects in China and Australia represent "carbon bombs" that will cause emissions of greenhouse gases to rise by 20% globally, according to a new report. The 14 projects -- the largest of which extract coal in China's northwest -- would emit as much as carbon each year as the U.S. The Guardian (London) (1/22)        Other News Report: Europe doing too little, too late to stave off environmental disasters The Guardian (London) (1/23)      How can civilians, companies boost peacekeeping? Unarmed civilians and private contractors can play a role in global peacekeeping operations, but their roles should be limited and well-defined, Farah Stockman writes. The Boston Globe (tiered subscription model) (1/22)        Other News Some Islamists in Mali seek negotiations Reuters (1/24)      Kenya is criticized over planned arrest, relocation of urban refugees AlertNet (1/23)      Cuba adds to political detainees The Miami Herald (free registration) (1/23)      Highly publicized slayings of girls in Guatemala belie drop in violence The Economist (tiered subscription model)/Americas View blog (1/22)      Position Title Company Name Location Program Officer, International Programs (CABA) Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Agoura Hills (Los Angeles County), CA Senior Program Officer, International Programs (Safe Water) Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Agoura Hills (Los Angeles County), CA Coordinator, Strategic Planning and Implementation United Nations Foundation Washington, DC Senior Grassroots Officer, Nothing But Nets United Nations Foundation Washington, DC mHealth Alliance Consulting Project: Senior Project Director United Nations Foundation Eastern or Southern Africa, International Director of Communications National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Washington, DC Foundation Giving Manager National Gay and Lesbian Task Force New York, NY 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 Israelis and Palestinians urged to be open to initiatives to overcome impasse 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 Caleb Tiller Executive Director, Communications and Public Affairs United Nations Foundation 1800 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20036 202-887-9040 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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