[RED DEMOCRATICA] UN's Guterres: Syrian crisis reaches tipping point as refugees top 1 million

 

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	March 6, 2013 | News covering the UN and the world Sign up  |  E-Mail this  |  Donate UN's Guterres: Syria at "tipping point" as refugees top 1 million The number of Syrian refugees has exceeded 1 million and is expected to keep rising, straining relief organizations and neighboring countries. "If the world does not act now, we might soon face an explosion that no international response could manage. This must not be allowed. The Syrian crisis is now at a tipping point," writes Antonio Guterres, United Nations high commissioner for refugees. Promised aid funding has been slow in arriving, writes Caroline Gluck of Oxfam. 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UN Dispatch Ban: Sanctions against North Korea needed The U.S. and China have drafted sanctions against North Korea designed to prevent that country's nuclear program from progressing further. The sanctions,in part, focus on North Korea's financial transactions. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called the sanctions necessary, and Russia is also supporting them. The Wall Street Journal (3/5)      DR Congo needs UN intervention unit, Ban says Adding a special forces unit to the United Nations peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo is needed to halt M23 rebels, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the UN Security Council, which is expected to approve the force. "The security situation remains fragile -- and demands urgent actions," Ban says, who will also name a special envoy to the country. The Washington Post/The Associated Press (3/5)      UN Foundation a beneficiary of "Half the Sky" game on Facebook Half the Sky Movement: The Game launched Monday on Facebook and educates players about empowering women while raising funds to help women through the United Nations Foundation and other groups. The game is an extension of the book and documentary, "Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide," created by journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. FastCoExist (3/4), The Huffington Post (3/5)      Other News Ban sends condolences to Venezuela after Chavez's death YouTube/CNN (3/5)      UN won't run Gaza marathon after women barred BBC (3/5)      Global Fund revises model to speed grants The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is revising its grant-making model to improve the flexibility and predictability of funding while encouraging increased communication. "With more open dialogue between cooperative partners, we can more effectively confront and ultimately defeat these terrible diseases," writes Dr. Mark Dybul, Global Fund's executive director. The Huffington Post (3/5)        Other News Polio worker injured in Pakistan The Express Tribune (Pakistan) (3/6)      UN Women's efforts against violence get results The United Nations Commission on the Status of Women's efforts to end gender-based violence are reaching the International Criminal Court and national governments and are cause for celebration on Friday's International Women's Day, writes Brianne McGonigle Leyh. Cultural or religious beliefs shouldn't be used to condone such violence, says UN Women's Michelle Bachelet. The InterDependent (3/4), The Guardian (London) (3/4), Caribarena.com (Antigua) (3/6)      Other News Islam allows education of girls, says Pakistani UN envoy DAWN Media Group (Pakistan) (3/5)      China seeks environmental progress China's new leaders are grappling with how to improve the environment while maintaining economic growth. It will be 2016 or later before major environmental changes can be implemented, experts say. AlertNet (3/6), Council on Foreign Relations online/Asia Unbound blog (3/4)      Other News Commercial fishing to blame for tens of millions of shark deaths BBC (3/1)      Kenyans use texts to keep election peace The Kenyan group Sisi Ni Amani has embraced new media as a way to help keep the peace during Monday's elections. The group sent out text messages urging calm in response to reports of unrest or violence at the polls. 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UNA-USA Executive Director Patrick Madden is speaking at the re-launch, joining supporters of the UN from across the state of Hawaii for a day of Chapter building, learning and networking.      Position Title Company Name Location Officer, Online Communications, Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves United Nations Foundation Washington, DC Innovation Associate, NYC United Nations Foundation New York, NY Program Manager, Post-2015 Development Agenda, NYC United Nations Foundation New York, NY Director of Development Invisible Children San Diego , CA Senior Project Manager, Transportation The World Economic Forum 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 Syrian refugees reach one million mark 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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