[RED DEMOCRATICA] Report proposes road map to eliminate extreme poverty by 2030

 

Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | UN's Heyns: Lethal autonomous robots need thorough assessment Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   May 31, 2013 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story Report proposes road map to eliminate extreme poverty by 2030 A report on post-2015 development offers recommendations that focus on ending extreme poverty, fostering sustainable development and building sustained prosperity, among other issues. The Washington Post/The Associated Press (5/30), The InterDependent (5/30) Share:      Above the Fold UN's Heyns: Lethal autonomous robots need thorough assessment Global effort to fight malaria, tuberculosis UN to help increase family-planning services for millions Fate of international peace talks on Syrian conflict still unclear Correction UN Radio   Quote of the Day @UNFoundation: Today is World #NoTobacco Day! Join @WHO call for a ban on tobacco advertising, promotion sponsorship. Learn how: http://ow.ly/lyOhn Share:      UN Dispatch "[T]he biggest departure of [the High Level Panel's new development] recommendations from the MDGs is conceptual. The MDGs were very much about the various ways in which the developed world can help the developing world help itself. That was probably appropriate for the era, but today would be anachronistic. Rather, this report envisions a wide variety of stakeholders brought into the fold." UN Dispatch (5/30) Share:      United Nations UN's Heyns: Lethal autonomous robots need thorough assessment United Nations Special Rapporteur Christof Heyns is calling on the UN Human Rights Council to appoint a committee to report on lethal autonomous robots in terms of technology and legality. "A decision to allow machines to be deployed to kill human beings worldwide, whatever weapons they use, deserves a collective pause," Heyns says. The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (5/30), Los Angeles Times (tiered subscription model) (5/31) Share:      UN office decries attack on Red Cross in Afghanistan People's Daily (China)/Xinhuanet (5/31) Share:      Security Council unanimously agrees to add al-Nusra Front to sanctions list The Washington Post/The Associated Press (5/30) Share:      UN is concerned over China returning 9 North Korean defectors Reuters (5/31) Share:      Health Development Global effort to fight malaria, tuberculosis The $100 million Global Health Innovative Technology Fund is being funded by the Japanese government, the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation and Japanese pharmaceutical companies and will to look for drug treatments for malaria, tuberculosis and other diseases. The Japanese government is providing more than 50% of funding. France 24/Agence France-Presse (5/31), Science magazine (free content)/Science Insider blog (5/31) Share:      Fighting poverty with one-time cash payments A study suggests that one-time cash payments can help the global poor escape poverty. "Money with no strings attached not only directly raises the living standards of those who receive it, but it also increases hours worked and labor productivity, seemingly laying the groundwork for growth to come," writes Matthew Yglesias. Slate (5/29) Share:      Study: Malaria vaccine finds success GlobalPost.com/Agence France-Presse (5/31) Share:      WHO, Red Cross are vaccinating 1 million refugees against polio in Kenya AlertNet (5/31) Share:      Women Girls UN to help increase family-planning services for millions The United Nations and International Planned Parenthood Federation will be expanding reproductive health services to numerous countries that have been affected by disasters and conflicts. The goal is to provide services to as many as 8 million women and girls by 2015. TrustLaw (5/30) Share:      Peacekeeping and Security Fate of international peace talks on Syrian conflict still unclear The prospects for international peace talks on Syria are in doubt amid continued public disagreements. Meanwhile, Syrian rebels continue to fight for control of Qusair. Reuters (5/31), Al Jazeera (5/31) Share:      Islamist fighters move into southern Libya Reuters (5/31) Share:      Businessmen advocate peace negotiations between Israel, Palestinians The Washington Post (5/30) Share:      Surge in Iraqi violence raises specter of sectarian war Al Jazeera (5/30) Share:      UN war-crimes tribunal acquits 2 from Serbia France 24 (5/30) Share:      Editor's Note Correction The secretary-general's High-Level Panel released a report that offered recommendations for what to include in the post-2015 development agenda. 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