[RED DEMOCRATICA] Aid arrives for typhoon victims as death toll rises

 

Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | Iran's nuclear efforts reduced, IAEA says Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   November 15, 2013 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story Aid arrives for typhoon victims as death toll rises The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says Typhoon Haiyan has caused 4,460 confirmed deaths. The storm has displaced 921,200 people and in some way affected 11.8 million people, OCHA says. Food, water and medical supplies are slowly arriving. 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Iran continues to enrich uranium but at a lower rate. Iran and other global powers are slated to meet next week to resume nuclear discussions. The Washington Post (tiered subscription model) (11/14), Reuters (11/14) Share:      OPCW could endorse Syrian chemical-weapons plan today Bloomberg Businessweek/The Associated Press (11/15) Share:      Libyan trial of al-Senussi won't be blocked by ICC Reuters (11/14) Share:      UN envoy decries inhumanity of Ghana's jails Al Jazeera (11/15) Share:      Health Development UN activates satellite imaging to assist Philippines relief efforts The day that Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines, the United Nations activated the International Charter on Space and Major Disasters, which utilizes satellite imaging systems to identify the status of roads, railroad lines and bridges after a natural disaster. GMA News (Philippines)/Agence France-Presse (11/15) Share:      WHO endorses roadmap for malaria eradication, vaccine development SciDev.net (11/14) Share:      Satellite monitoring keeps tabs on polio immunization in Nigeria New Vision Online (Uganda)/Agence France-Presse (11/15) Share:      Aid sought by Somali region of Puntland after storm, floods Al Jazeera (11/15) Share:      Women Girls Gender inequality remains pervasive in India, UN report says Indian culture and inadequately enforced laws continue to promote gender inequality, says a United Nations World Population Fund report.  "This study is significant because it holds up a mirror to the laws that overtly or covertly fail to address discrimination or promote it," says Lise Grande, UN resident coordinator in India. Reuters/Thomson Reuters Foundation (11/14) Share:      Report: Child-marriage laws aren't enforced in South Asia Thomson Reuters Foundation (11/15) Share:      Climate and Energy Japan cuts emissions goals, draws criticism Japan is reducing emissions-reduction goals as it moves away from nuclear power. The decision, announced during the United Nations climate talks in Poland, was criticized by groups including one representing 44 coastal or island countries. Separately, developing countries are calling for shoring up the Clean Development Mechanism. The Guardian (London) (11/15), Inter Press Service (11/15), Thomson Reuters Foundation (11/15) Share:      Amazon jungle deforestation jumped 28% from mid-2012 to mid-2013 The Guardian (London)/Reuters (11/14) Share:      Peacekeeping and Security Change in focus hinders prospects for Syrian peace talks The decommissioning of Syria's chemical-weapons arsenal has changed the focus of the ongoing peace negotiations, and opposition leaders feel pressured to agree to talks, writes Samia Nakhoul. "Syrian opposition advisers and independent analysts fear this could channel the Syrian conflict ... into a lengthy and fruitless process," Nakhoul writes. Reuters (11/15), Reuters (11/14), The Guardian (London)/Reuters (11/15), Reuters (11/14) Share:      New Egyptian constitution may be voted on in December Voice of America (11/15) Share:      African Union wants ICC to delay trial of Kenya's president Bloomberg Businessweek/The Associated Press (11/15) Share:      Position Title Company Name Location Grants Manager, Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves United Nations Foundation Washington, DC Events and Operations Manager, Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves United Nations Foundation Washington, DC Senior Development Associate, Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves United Nations Foundation Washington, DC Communications UN Relations Officer, UN Association of the USA United Nations Foundation New York, NY IT Support Specialist United Nations Foundation Washington, DC Click here to view more job listings.   UN Radio "UN Humanitarian Coordinator Valerie Amos is appealing for a sustained and collective international response to help people affected by the deadly typhoon which hit the Philippines nearly a week ago." 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