[RED DEMOCRATICA] Syria will allow UN chemical-weapons team into country

 

Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | How the UN can move forward on humanitarian needs Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   August 1, 2013 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story Syria will allow UN chemical-weapons team into country Syria will allow a United Nations team to visit the country to investigate alleged use of chemical weapons. The UN team will be visiting three sites including Khan al-Assal, outside of Aleppo. The team will be leaving for Syria "as soon as possible," said the office of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. 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The Global Health Initiative, for example, uses American-taxpayer money to offset the 'gender-related inequalities and disparities [that] disproportionately compromise the health of women and girls.' " UN Dispatch (7/31) Share:      United Nations How the UN can move forward on humanitarian needs The United Nations is being lauded for its response in recent years as humanitarian needs have increased, writes Anna Jefferys. In moving forward, she argues, the UN should address issues including changing membership of the humanitarian community, accountability and letting government take the lead on resilience programs. IRINNews.org (7/31) Share:        HRC candidates discuss human rights challenges In July, the seven candidates for the United Nations Human Rights Council discussed the challenges ahead and how they would address them as HRC members. The candidates are France, Macedonia, Maldives, Mexico, Uruguay, South Sudan and the U.K. The UN General Assembly will elect members on Nov. 12. The InterDependent (7/31) Share:      UN intervention force gets ready to combat DR Congo rebels The Guardian (London) (8/1) Share:      UN: Iraq violence puts July's death toll at 1,057, the highest since 2008 Al Jazeera (8/1) Share:      UN helicopter en route to South Sudan crashes in Ethiopia, injuring passengers FoxNews.com/The Associated Press (7/31) Share:      UNICEF starts "End Violence Against Children" campaign IBN Live (India)/Press Trust of India (8/1) Share:      Health Development Millennials are ready to tackle humanitarian challenges More than 600 millennial entrepreneurs and philanthropists from 70 countries attended the Nexus Global Youth Summit held at the United Nations in late July. They are optimistic about the future and want to alleviate "extreme poverty, hunger [and] lack of accessible sanitation in developing countries," writes Evan Kirkpatrick. Their discussions emphasized progress made and the use of pop culture to raise awareness of social ills, he reports. Forbes (7/31) Share:        Why development can't afford to ignore politics Development groups need to work on human rights and governance issues in countries receiving aid, writes Isobel Coleman. Economic outcomes can't be improved if these issues are being ignored, she argues. Council on Foreign Relations online/Development Channel blog (7/30) Share:      Raising awareness of indoor air pollution from cookstoves Mother Nature Network (7/30) Share:      Why total sanitation efforts are central to fighting malnutrition The Guardian (London)/Poverty Matters blog (8/1) Share:      Concern over threat of polio in Israel The Times of Israel (7/31) Share:      Nigeria's vaccine access to be improved with $21M grant from GAVI The Guardian (Nigeria) (8/1) Share:      Peacekeeping and Security Egyptian government wants protesters removed from encampments The Egyptian government has told police to remove pro-Morsi demonstrators from their encampments in Cairo. The protesters have repeatedly refused to disperse and say they will continue with their sit-ins, says the BBC. 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