| CLIMATE CHANGE TO ACCELERATE DISPLACEMENT IN AFRICA, TOP UN OFFICIAL WARNS
October 22, 2009 at 6:10 pm
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| CLIMATE CHANGE TO ACCELERATE DISPLACEMENT IN AFRICA, TOP UN OFFICIAL WARNS
New York, Oct 22 2009 6:10PM
Climate change will lead to ever greater numbers of people being uprooted in Africa, the top United Nations humanitarian official said today, calling for enhanced and swift actions to reduce disaster risk and step up mitigation."Too often, the humanitarian implications of climate change and the need for adaptation to the new, more dangerous reality of more frequent and intense natural disasters are forgotten as the world focuses on the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions," Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes said at the African Union (AU) Special Summit on Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Kampala, Uganda. Addressing a panel on "Natural Disasters, Climate Change and Food Security," he noted that displacement is prompted by natural disasters and climate change, with the resulting food and water shortages promising to be "one of the greatest – if not the greatest – challenge many countries will face in the years ahead." Many African countries, Mr. Holmes pointed out, have already experienced the effects of more frequent and intense natural hazard events, including floods and storms, brought on by climate change. Last year, there were 104 globally reported natural disaster, 99 per cent of them climate related, according to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (<"http://ochaonline.un.org/">OCHA). The number of people impacted in Africa has doubled in the past two decades, up from 9 million in 1989 to nearly 17 million in 2008. Those most vulnerable to climate change will be hardest hit, Mr. Holmes pointed out, calling for intensive water retention measures in drought-prone areas and other actions to be taken. The AU gathering, which began today, is expected to adopt the Convention on Protection and Assistance for Internally Displaced Persons in Africa, which would be the first legally-binding regional treaty recognizing the multiple causes of internal displacement and that natural disasters and conflict are drivers of this phenomenon. During his five-day visit to Uganda, Mr. Holmes will also tour areas of the north of the Great Lakes nation where nearly 2 million people have been driven from their homes by over two decades of fighting between the Government and the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).
Oct 22 2009 6:10PM
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| HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICTIMS ADDRESS UN EVENT AS BAN CALLS FOR BROAD-BASED ACTION
October 22, 2009 at 6:10 pm
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| HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICTIMS ADDRESS UN EVENT AS BAN CALLS FOR BROAD-BASED ACTION
New York, Oct 22 2009 6:10PM
The United Nations hosted a special event at its New York Headquarters today for the victims and survivors of human trafficking, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon issuing a broad-based call to action for States to tackle the root causes and ensure swift justice against the perpetrators."Our fight against human trafficking is guided by three Ps: prevention, protection and prosecution," he said in an opening <"http://www.un.org/apps/sg/sgstats.asp?nid=4177">address at the event at which four survivors bore living witness with accounts of their own horrific plight, including a girl who was abducted at age 14 by Ugandan rebels and kept as a sex slave for eight years. "We must also empower victims. They need support systems, information and education. They need viable ways to earn a living. They also need criminal justice systems to pursue traffickers, and subject them to serious penalties. Conviction rates in most countries are microscopic compared to the scope of the problem. But when States help victims, the victims can help States break up trafficking networks." Mr. Ban cited a litany of abhorrent practices, including debt bondage, forced labour, torture, organ removal, sexual exploitation and slavery-like conditions. "Human trafficking injures, traumatizes and kills individuals. It devastates families and threatens global security," he declared of a worldwide industry that generates billions of dollars in profit at the expense of millions of victims. "Human trafficking touches on many issues, from health and human rights to development and peace and security. Our response must be equally broad, and must tackle this challenge at its roots," he added, noting that the global economic crisis is making the problem worse as jobs and food get scarcer and rising social exclusion makes minorities and women especially vulnerable. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay, whose office organized the Giving Voice to the Victims and Survivors of Human Trafficking Special Event, stressed that persisting economic disparities, conflict and discrimination, particularly against women and migrants, continue to push those least able to protect themselves into dangerous situations from which they cannot escape. Central to the battle "is eradicating discrimination and the unjust distribution of power that underlie trafficking, that grant impunity to traffickers, and that deny justice to victims," she said. "A victim-centred approach to trafficking demands that we listen to the victims and survivors of trafficking. We must use their first-hand insights to craft better and more effective responses." She added that according to international trafficked persons should not be subjected to summary deportations, nor held in detention or prosecuted for immigration or other offences that are a direct outcome of their situation. They should be given the support to recover their dignity and rights and their mobility should not be further curtailed, nor should they be denied the right to make decisions. Victims who addressed the event included Charlotte Awino, abducted at age 14 by Lord's Resistance Army rebels in Uganda and kept as a sex slave for eight years; Buddhi Gurung from Nepal, trafficked for labour to Iraq to work on a United States military base; Kika Cerpa from Venezuela, forced into prostitution by a man she thought of as her boyfriend; and Rachel Lloyd, an activist who survived commercial sexual exploitation as a teenager and started a New York organization to aid girls victimized by sex traffickers. Today's event came on the eve of the presentation to the General Assembly of the latest report on the scourge by UN Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons Joy Ngozi Ezeilo.
Oct 22 2009 6:10PM
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| UN EXPERT SPOTLIGHTS 'ABYSMAL' HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN DPR KOREA
October 22, 2009 at 6:10 pm
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| UN EXPERT SPOTLIGHTS 'ABYSMAL' HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN DPR KOREA
New York, Oct 22 2009 6:10PM
The human rights situation in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) remains "abysmal" as a result of the repressive nature of the ruling regime, the independent United Nations expert monitoring the situation in the East Asian nation said in his latest report submitted today."The freedoms from want, from fear, from discrimination, from persecution and from exploitation are regrettably transgressed with impunity by those authorities, in an astonishing setting of abuse after abuse," said Vitit Muntarbhorn, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the DPRK. "They compromise and threaten not only human rights, but also international peace and security," Mr. Muntarbhorn said in his report to the General Assembly. The report noted that almost 9 million people in the DPRK are suffering from food shortages, with the World Food Programme (<"http://www.wfp.org/">WFP) only able to reach fewer than 2 million of the hungry population due to a shortfall in international aid, which the report said is "doubtlessly" influenced by reaction to the Government's nuclear and missile tests. "Food aid is important," Mr. Muntarbhorn told reporters in New York after he addressed the Assembly. "It should be supported bearing in mind that food aid also involves monitoring to ensure accountability. No access, no food." Mr. Muntarbhorn highlighted the fact that the DPRK's export trade last year amounted to several billion dollars, and that the country has a greater abundance of natural resources than its neighbour to the south. "The country is not poor, and yet the money is not spent on the people," he told reporters. "People should be entitled to a fair share of the budget, and the benefits from trade in terms of access to sustainable development." Despite various formal guarantees in their Constitution, the people of the DPRK are subject to "persecution, clampdowns, collective punishment, torture, arbitrary executions, public executions, etc.," said the Special Rapporteur. In addition, the report said that people live in continual fear in a system where citizens are pressured into informing on each other, the State practises extensive surveillance over the population and even officials live in trepidation as their colleagues are encouraged to "whistleblow" on one another. "Throughout the years, the authorities have bred a culture of mistrust and a policy of divide and rule that permeate families and communities," he wrote in the report. The media is also heavily censored, forming the "backbone of an enormous propaganda machine," the report said, adding that reading books from the Republic of Korea (ROK) is punishable as a crime of espionage; computer ownership and use of the Internet without official permission are forbidden; and it is prohibited to watch foreign videos. In his report, the human rights expert makes a number of recommendations to the Government, including measures to ensure effective provision of and access to food in cooperation with UN and other agencies; to address the fear factor in the country by terminating public executions and abuses against security of the person by means of law reform, clearer instructions to law enforcement agencies to respect human rights, and related capacity-building and monitoring of their work to ensure accountability; and to institute a democratic process, shifting the military budget to the social sector. The Rapporteur, who has served in the position since the mandate was established in 2004, will present his final report of his tenure to the Human Rights Council in 2010.
Oct 22 2009 6:10PM
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| NATIONS JOIN FORCES WITH UN TO STAMP OUT RIGHTS ABUSES IN CONFLICT ZONES
October 22, 2009 at 5:10 pm
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| NATIONS JOIN FORCES WITH UN TO STAMP OUT RIGHTS ABUSES IN CONFLICT ZONES
New York, Oct 22 2009 5:10PM
With the worst abuses of human rights by corporations taking place in areas of conflict, an independent United Nations expert today announced that a group of nations is joining forces with the world body to identify how to quash such violations in war zones.Areas wracked by fighting "attract illicit enterprises who treat them as lawless zones," John Ruggie, the Secretary-General's Special Representative on human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, told reporters in New York. Even well-recognized firms can become involved in some of the most serious abuses, including complicity in forced labour and genocide, he added. The first meeting of the more than one dozen nations, to be held next month, will be an informal and off-the-record session to come up with practical administrative and legal measures Mr. Ruggie could then propose to the Geneva-based Human Rights Council. The governments will "bring their experiences to the table and we will pick and choose from what makes the most sense," he said. Countries that have agreed to take part include Brazil, China, Colombia, Guatemala, Nigeria, Norway, Sierra Leone, the United Kingdom and the United States. On criticism over the actions of Chinese firms in Africa and Latin America, Mr. Ruggie likened their situation to that of North American mining companies when they first entered the Andean region. "Their operations were run by cowboys who thought they'd never left Denver or Calgary and they did a miserable job and made a mess of things," but ultimately they were forced to change their practices, he said. "My aim in this project is to shorten the learning curve significantly and to make sure that everybody does learn." The mandate of Mr. Ruggie, who was first appointed to his role in 2005, includes operationalizing a three-pronged framework which emphasizes the need for the State to protect against rights abuses by third parties; corporations' responsibilities to respect human rights; and access to remedies, be they judicial or mediation services.
Oct 22 2009 5:10PM
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| MYANMAR: UN EXPERT URGES RELEASE OF ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS BEFORE ELECTIONS
October 22, 2009 at 5:10 pm
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| MYANMAR: UN EXPERT URGES RELEASE OF ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS BEFORE ELECTIONS
New York, Oct 22 2009 5:10PM
An independent United Nations expert has called on Myanmar's Government to release all political prisoners before the national elections planned for 2010 so that the polls can be as inclusive as possible. "I told the Government that these elections should be fair and transparent, that freedom of speech, movement and association should be guaranteed in the country, and of course that all prisoners of conscience should be released before those elections," Tomás Ojea Quintana told a news conference in New York. In his most recent report on the issue, Mr. Quintana, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, said the Government missed an opportunity to prove its commitment to holding inclusive elections by extending the house arrest of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, effectively barring her from participating in next year's polls. Earlier today he told the General Assembly committee dealing with social and humanitarian issues, also known as the Third Committee, that all political prisoners should be released to be able to participate, either as candidates or voters, in the elections – which the Government announced as the fifth step in its seven-step roadmap to democracy. Last year the Special Rapporteur proposed that four core human rights elements be completed before the 2010 elections. He again urged the Government to implement the elements, which are the revision of domestic laws that limit fundamental rights, the progressive release of the estimated 2,000 prisoners of conscience still in detention, the reform and training of the military so that it conforms with human rights, and changes to the judiciary so that it is fully independent. He reported that the situation of human rights in Myanmar remains "alarming," with "a pattern of widespread and systematic violations." In addition, the prevailing impunity allowed for the continued of those violations. "I urge the Government to take prompt measures to establish accountability and responsibility with regard to those widespread and systematic human rights violations." Mr. Quintana also referred to the "starvation situation" in many parts of the country – including Kayin, North Rakhine, Chin, North Shan and East Shan states – and reports of "dire" economic and social conditions. He said he has asked the Government and the international community to try to find solutions to tackle poverty in the country. Mr. Quintana, who has visited Myanmar twice since being appointed Special Rapporteur in May 2008, announced he will make his trip by the end of November. Like all Special Rapporteurs, he reports to the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council in an independent and unpaid capacity.
Oct 22 2009 5:10PM
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| UNDERMANNED UN MISSION IN CHAD FACES FURTHER TEMPORARY CUTS
October 22, 2009 at 4:10 pm
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| UNDERMANNED UN MISSION IN CHAD FACES FURTHER TEMPORARY CUTS
New York, Oct 22 2009 4:10PM
The United Nations force seeking to provide security in the Central African Republic (CAR) and Chad, already at barely half its mandated strength, will be further constrained in the coming months due to the departure of some units, a top UN official warned today."While <"http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/missions/minurcat/">MINURCAT is developing measures to ensure the continuation of operations in all sectors, the capacities of the force will be stretched," UN Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping, Edmund Mulet <"http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2009/sc9771.doc.htm">told the Security Council, using the acronym of the mission set up two years ago to protect civilians and assist the distribution of aid for thousands of people uprooted by inter-ethnic conflict and the spill-over of fighting from Sudan's neighbouring Darfur region. "We continue to do everything possible to expedite the deployment of all pledged contingents," he said, noting that MINURCAT at present comprised only 2,750 troops, or 53 per cent of its authorized strength, due to difficulties faced by some contributing countries in acquiring and transporting equipment. This is all the more critical since replacements for departing engineering and transport units are only scheduled to arrive between December and March, he added. Mr. Mulet said that despite the challenges, the mission had continued to build confidence through high-profile operations to deter criminality and provide a security umbrella, particularly for humanitarian aid, including a UN initiative to combat sexual violence by promoting the enforcement of legislation in line with international human rights. He noted the expressed desire of the Chadian and Sudanese Governments to restore confidence but added: "Progress to normalize relations between Chad and Sudan must be matched by efforts to address the internal conflicts prevailing in both Sudan and Chad." In his latest report to the Council released earlier this week, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned that continuing tensions between Chad and Sudan have stalled regional peace efforts, prolonging the humanitarian crisis in both nations. Mr. Mulet welcomed the establishment of an independent electoral body to oversee elections in Chad, and announced that UN agencies would soon begin discussions with the Government on the electoral process. On CAR he said the situation had stabilized to a degree but remained unpredictable as the underlying causes of insecurity, notably inter-ethnic tensions, had not been resolved.
Oct 22 2009 4:10PM
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| PREPARATIONS FOR AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL RUN-OFF IN FULL SWING, UN MISSION REPORTS
October 22, 2009 at 3:10 pm
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| PREPARATIONS FOR AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL RUN-OFF IN FULL SWING, UN MISSION REPORTS
New York, Oct 22 2009 3:10PM
Ballot papers have been printed and delivered, polling stations kits have been packed and distribution began today as preparations got under way for the second round of voting in Afghanistan's presidential election, the United Nations mission there reported.President Hamid Karzai will face former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah in the 7 November run-off, which was announced earlier this week after the UN-backed Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) found evidence of fraud in the first round of voting. The preparations are being carried out by Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission (IEC), which organized the presidential and provincial council elections of 20 August. The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (<"http://unama.unmissions.org/default.aspx?/">UNAMA) said the world body will offer every support to Afghanistan's electoral institutions to ensure a credible final result that is accepted and faithfully reflects the will of the people, adding that the country's voters deserve nothing less. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told reporters on Tuesday that the UN will advise the IEC not to re-recruit those officials who might have been involved in fraudulent electoral processes, as one way to ensure that the run-off takes place in a free, fair, transparent and secure environment. "Having learned lessons from the first elections [round], that there was widespread fraud and irregularities, we will try our best, in close coordination with the Afghan leadership and Afghan institutions, and other major international partners, to make this election as fair and free of fraud [as possible]," he stated. In a related development, Mr. Ban has decided to temporarily dispatch Wolfgang Weisbrod-Weber, Director of the Asia and Middle East Division in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO), to Afghanistan to work with the UN's top envoy, Kai Eide. Mr. Weisbrod-Weber will serve as the acting Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, with responsibility for political affairs.
Oct 22 2009 3:10PM
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| PROPERTY ISSUES AND EXTERNAL RELATIONS THE FOCUS OF LATEST UN-BACKED TALKS ON CYPRUS
October 22, 2009 at 3:10 pm
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| PROPERTY ISSUES AND EXTERNAL RELATIONS THE FOCUS OF LATEST UN-BACKED TALKS ON CYPRUS
New York, Oct 22 2009 3:10PM
Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders have discussed property rights and external relations during the latest two days of United Nations-backed talks aimed at reunifying the Mediterranean island.Greek Cypriot leader Dimitris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat held a tête-à-tête for two hours today in the UN Protected Area in Nicosia, focusing largely on property rights. Yesterday they held several hours of discussion on the issue of external relations, the Secretary-General's Special Adviser Alexander Downer told journalists. Mr. Downer said the two leaders have agreed to meet again next Tuesday to talk about the competencies of a federal government and also continue their discussions on external relations. He characterized this week's talks as useful. Last year Mr. Christofias and Mr. Talat committed themselves to working towards "a bicommunal, bizonal federation with political equality, as defined by relevant Security Council resolutions." That partnership would comprise a Federal Government with a single international personality, along with a Turkish Cypriot Constituent State and a Greek Cypriot Constituent State, which would be of equal status. A UN peacekeeping force known as <"http://www.unficyp.org/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=1">UNFICYP has been in place on the island of Cyprus since 1964, following the outbreak of inter-communal violence.
Oct 22 2009 3:10PM
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| SENIOR UN OFFICIAL ON TWO-DAY VISIT TO REINFORCE PEACE-BUILDING IN SIERRA LEONE
October 22, 2009 at 3:10 pm
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| SENIOR UN OFFICIAL ON TWO-DAY VISIT TO REINFORCE PEACE-BUILDING IN SIERRA LEONE
New York, Oct 22 2009 3:10PM
A senior United Nations official is on a two-day visit to Sierra Leone for wide-ranging talks on the situation in a country that was the first to be put on the agenda of the new UN Peacebuilding Commission, set up three years ago to prevent conflict-plagued States from relapsing into bloodshed.Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support Judy Cheng-Hopkins' visit comes a little over a month after the top UN official in the West African nation warned that the journey towards a stable, peaceful and democratic country would will be bumpy, long, and even dangerous despite remarkable progress made since the end of a civil war earlier this decade. She will meet with Government and UN officials as well as other stakeholders including civil society groups in a country that provides a good case study for examining the work of the UN in peacebuilding. In September, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's Executive Representative for Sierra Leone Michael Schulenberg told the Security Council the country needs time, patience, determined national leadership and continued international support. "We must anticipate accidents, derailments and mistakes along this road… there are no easy benchmarks that will tell us that Sierra Leone is out of the woods," he said, noting that the country is one of the poorest in the world, does not have a large educated middle class, and over 70 per cent of the population remains illiterate. State institutions, moreover, remain weak and the nation's journey towards prosperity is taking place in a "difficult" regional environment, with the political and security situation in West Africa remaining "highly precarious" amid worrying signs of military coups, ethnic and inter-religious conflicts, and threats from illicit drug trafficking and international crime, he added. In October 2006, at its first ever country-specific meeting, the Peacebuilding Commission recommended Sierra Leone for support from the newly established Peacebuilding Fund, set up a week earlier to assist countries emerging from conflict to rebuild and prevent them falling back into bloodshed. Last month the Security Council extended for another year the mandate of the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone (UNIPSIL) after Mr. Ban stressed in his latest report that greater efforts are needed by all Sierra Leoneans to build on momentum from a key peace pact signed in April between the governing All People's Congress (APC) and the opposition Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) to end political violence.
Oct 22 2009 3:10PM
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| CÔTE D'IVOIRE: UN ENVOY APPEALS FOR NOVEMBER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS TO KEEP ON TRACK
October 22, 2009 at 3:10 pm
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| CÔTE D'IVOIRE: UN ENVOY APPEALS FOR NOVEMBER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS TO KEEP ON TRACK
New York, Oct 22 2009 3:10PM
The top United Nations envoy to the Côte d'Ivoire today called on the West African nation to build on momentum towards holding its much-delayed presidential elections, slated for the end of next month. In a bid to give new impetus to efforts to stage Côte d'Ivoire's elections, originally scheduled for as far back as 2005 and are now planned for 29 November, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's Special Representative Young-Jin Choi met with the President of neighbouring Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaoré, who is the Facilitator of the Ivorian Dialogue. After the meeting in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, Mr. Choi welcomed the progress made so far in resolving some of the issues surrounding the stalled polls. Mr. Choi, who heads the UN mission in Côte d'Ivoire (<"http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/missions/unoci/">UNOCI), also highlighted the challenges which remain, especially the posting of the provisional electoral list and underscored the urgent need to find a compromise on the issue. The names of more than 2.75 million people who had registered during the identification and voter registration process have subsequently disappeared. Mr. Choi was accompanied at the meeting by UNOCI's Force Commander, General Fernand Marcel Amoussou, and the Chief of the mission's Electoral Assistance Division, Ahmedou El Becaye Seck.
Oct 22 2009 3:10PM
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| BLUE HELMETS BRING DEADLY TRIBAL VIOLENCE UNDER CONTROL IN DARFUR
October 22, 2009 at 3:10 pm
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| BLUE HELMETS BRING DEADLY TRIBAL VIOLENCE UNDER CONTROL IN DARFUR
New York, Oct 22 2009 3:10PM
Peacekeepers serving with the joint United Nations-African Union mission in Sudan's war-wracked Darfur region have intervened in deadly tribal clashes, bringing the situation under control, it was announced today.The fighting between the Zaghawa and Birgid tribes near Shangil Tobaya in North Darfur state killed two people, with six people from both sides sustaining injuries. Four people who were critically wounded were taken by helicopter to El Fasher by the mission, known as <"http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/missions/unamid/">UNAMID, for treatment at a Government hospital. UNAMID attributes the fighting to disputes over access to water, and as a temporary solution, the mission has made arrangements to supply water to the communities. Since January 2008, UNAMID has been trying to quell the violence in Darfur, where an estimated 300,000 people have been killed and 2.7 million others displaced as a result of conflict pitting rebels against the Government and its allied Janjaweed militiamen since 2003. Earlier this week, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon joined other UN officials in welcoming the release of two female aid workers who were abducted in Darfur over three months ago.
The Irish and Ugandan staffers, Sharon Commins and Hilda Kawuki, were kidnapped by a group of armed men on 2 July while working for the international non-governmental organization (NGO) known as GOAL in North Darfur. In a <"http://www.un.org/apps/sg/sgstats.asp?nid=4171">statement issued by his spokesperson, Mr. Ban commended "the thousands of humanitarian personnel working in Sudan for their critical efforts."
Oct 22 2009 3:10PM
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| SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS FOR REDOUBLED EFFORTS ON ISSUES PENDING SINCE 1990 GULF WAR
October 22, 2009 at 3:10 pm
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| SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS FOR REDOUBLED EFFORTS ON ISSUES PENDING SINCE 1990 GULF WAR
New York, Oct 22 2009 3:10PM
The Security Council today called on Iraq and Kuwait to redouble their efforts in the search for persons and property missing since the 1990 Gulf war, noting limited progress on this matter in recent months. Progress on this front "would further strengthen existing friendly relations between Iraq and Kuwait," the 15-member body said in a statement read out to the press by Ambassador Le Luong Minh of Viet Nam, which holds the Council presidency this month. "The members of the Security Council noted that limited progress had been made on the identification of human remains," he said. They also took note that no progress had been made on clarifying the fate of the Kuwaiti national archives, he added. Nevertheless, the Council welcomed the return by the Iraqi Government of currency and postage stamps to Kuwait. "The members of the Security Council also welcomed the Iraqi Government's Action Plan on reconnaissance activities, including sending technical teams to burial sites and their preparation for exhumations, and looked forward to its implementation in the coming months." The statement followed the Council's closed-door meeting with Ambassador Gennady Tarasov, the Secretary-General's High-Level Coordinator for the issue of missing Kuwaiti and third-country nationals and the repatriation of Kuwaiti property. Mr. Tarasov briefed Council members on the Secretary-General's latest report, in which he notes that recent months have brought about some "initial indications of movement" on the issue. "Progress remains fragile, however. The main task of discovering and identifying the victims and, finally, closing their files lies ahead," Mr. Ban wrote, adding that this objective can be achieved only through increased cooperation between the two countries.
In its statement, the Council also voiced support for the Secretary-General's proposal for a "confidence- and cooperation-building period," to further encourage the parties to achieve progress. It also agreed to finance the continuation of the activities of the High-Level Coordinator for an additional eight months.
Oct 22 2009 3:10PM
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| Today's Tech News: Google croons a tune with song sales
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| Administrator's Speeches: Administrator Lisa P. Jackson to Address EPA Beyond Translation Forum on Expanding the Idea of Environmentalism
October 22, 2009 at 2:14 pm
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October 22, 2009
Administrator Lisa P. Jackson to Address EPA Beyond Translation Forum on Expanding the Idea of Environmentalism Congressman Pedro Pierluisi and Department of Housing Assistant Secretary Mercedes Márquez to discuss environmental concerns in the Hispanic community WASHINGTON -- U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson is scheduled to host the agency’s second National Beyond Translation Forum on October 26, 2009 in Washington, DC. Administrator Jackson has identified expanding the conversation on environmentalism as one of her top priorities. This forum aims to bring the agency and Hispanic stakeholders nationwide together to discuss the best ways to address critical environmental issues and develop stronger partnerships.
This year’s theme is “EPA and the Hispanic Community: Working Together to Protect our Health and the Environment -- At Places Where We Live, Work, Learn and Play.”
REGISTER TODAY AT: http://www.epa.gov/beyondtranslation/national/index.htm
***You will also be able to attend the conference via live webcast. Please use same online registration form.***
WHAT: A forum to address critical environmental issues and concerns of the Hispanic community
WHO: EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson
Congressman Pedro Pierluisi (Puerto Rico)
HUD Assistant Secretary Mercedes Márquez Latino elected officials
Stakeholders from state and local government, community-based organizations, small businesses, faith-based organizations and academia
WHEN: Monday, October 26, 2009 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
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| ETHIOPIA FACES LARGE FOOD SHORTFALL FOR OVER 6 MILLION DROUGHT VICTIMS – UN
October 22, 2009 at 2:10 pm
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| ETHIOPIA FACES LARGE FOOD SHORTFALL FOR OVER 6 MILLION DROUGHT VICTIMS – UN
New York, Oct 22 2009 2:10PM
Ethiopia needs an additional $175 million this year to help feed 6.2 million people ravaged by prolonged drought and crop failure, about 8 per cent of the population, the United Nations humanitarian arm reported today, citing the Government and aid agencies."Given current trends in Ethiopia, the humanitarian situation in the country is likely to deteriorate further in scale and complexity in 2010," the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (<"http://ochaonline.un.org/">OCHA) said. "In the Somali Region, the area worst affected by drought, access for humanitarian workers in conflict-affected zones remains extremely difficult." The number of those in need has been increasingly steadily since January when 4.9 million required assistance, rising to 5.3 million people in May and 6.2 million currently due to the failure of successive rainy seasons in 2009, according to a humanitarian requirements document unveiled in Addis Ababa today. The document is based on multi-agency needs assessments carried out in June and July. The food security situation was already weakened by poor rains in 2008 and the impact of the high food prices globally. Total food requirements are estimated at 346,915 tons, including 280,903 tons of cereals, 29,495 tons of blended food, 28,090 tons of pulses and 8,427 tons of oil. At present, resources available to meet these requirements, including confirmed pledges, amount to 187,505 tons, leaving a net shortfall of 159,410 tons, worth approximately $121.3 million. An additional $8.9 million is required to address targeted supplementary food requirements and $45 million to address non-food requirements in the health and nutrition, water and sanitation and agriculture and livestock sectors.
Oct 22 2009 2:10PM
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| DEMOCRACY VITAL IN SPURRING DEVELOPMENT, ACHIEVEMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS – BAN
October 22, 2009 at 2:10 pm
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| DEMOCRACY VITAL IN SPURRING DEVELOPMENT, ACHIEVEMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS – BAN
New York, Oct 22 2009 2:10PM
Democratic governance both reinforces and is bolstered by development and human rights, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon underscored in a message to a high-level event drawing thousands of representatives of both governments and non-governmental organizations."Democracy is both an end in itself and a means to empowering women, giving voice to civil society and achieving the Millennium Development Goals [<"http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/">MDGs]," the eight anti-poverty targets with a 2015 deadline, Mr. Ban said in his <"http://www.un.org/apps/sg/sgstats.asp?nid=4174">message to the European Development Days, being held this year in Stockholm, Sweden. The three-day event, with expects to draw 5,000 participants, will hear from over 200 speakers, including Helen Clark, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (<"http://www.undp.org/">UNDP); Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, UN Population Fund (<"http://www.unfpa.org/">UNFPA) Executive Director; and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia. In addition to democratic governance, this year's Days, which kicked off today, will also focus on climate change and the global recession. Last month, the Secretary-General convened the largest high-level summit ever on the issue of climate change, ending with a call for a comprehensive pact expected to be reached in Copenhagen, Denmark, in December. The more than 100 heads of State and government who attended also stressed the need to boost action to help the world's most vulnerable and poorest adapt to global warming, as well as the importance of industrialized countries agreeing on ambitious emissions reduction targets. "But there is important work ahead and much at stake," he said in his message to the event, which was organized by the European Commission and the presidency of the European Union (EU). "Let us maintain the momentum in these vital days running up to Copenhagen." On the economic crisis, Mr. Ban said that with the world's poorest hurt most by most by the downturn, with "common sense" investments towards meeting the MDGs – in areas such as fighting AIDS and tuberculosis – have resulted in progress. "These gains also suggest what can be done in areas where progress still lags behind, most notably maternal health," he added.
Oct 22 2009 2:10PM
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| LEBANESE POP STAR NANCY AJRAM NAMED UNICEF GOODWILL AMBASSADOR FOR MIDDLE EAST
October 22, 2009 at 2:10 pm
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| LEBANESE POP STAR NANCY AJRAM NAMED UNICEF GOODWILL AMBASSADOR FOR MIDDLE EAST
New York, Oct 22 2009 2:10PM
Award-winning Lebanese pop star Nancy Ajram will use her fame to spotlight the needs of young people in the Middle East and North Africa as she takes on her new role as regional Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Children's Fund (<"http://www.unicef.org/media/media_51486.html">UNICEF) today.Ms. Ajram, who won a World Music Award in 2008 and whose popularity spans beyond the region, was appointed by UNICEF in recognition of her dedication to children's issues in her native Lebanon. "We are delighted to welcome Nancy Ajram to UNICEF," said Sigrid Kaag, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa. "Goodwill ambassadors help focus the world's attention on the needs of children and can act as agents of change." Ms. Ajram, will raise awareness of children's issues, particularly in relation to early childhood development, protection from harm and young people's participation. "It is an honour for me to be given this opportunity to contribute to this work for children," Ms. Ajram said. "As a young mother with a small child myself, I relate even more to children and to mothers of the region." Ms. Ajram joins Egyptian Actor Mahmoud Kabil as one of only two UNICEF regional Goodwill Ambassadors for the Middle East and North Africa.
Oct 22 2009 2:10PM
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| SHARING CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES CRUCIAL IN CLIMATE CHANGE FIGHT – UN OFFICIAL
October 22, 2009 at 2:10 pm
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| SHARING CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES CRUCIAL IN CLIMATE CHANGE FIGHT – UN OFFICIAL
New York, Oct 22 2009 2:10PM
Ensuring that developing countries can access cleaner energy-producing technologies to meet their development needs without increasing pollution will be crucial in the global fight against climate change, a top United Nations official stressed today.Addressing a high-level meeting in New Delhi on climate change and technology transfer, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Sha Zukang noted that innovation in low-emissions technology still takes place largely in the developed countries. "But climate change demands urgent action and rapid, wide diffusion," he told the gathering, which comes with just over a month left to go before countries meet in Copenhagen to 'seal the deal' on a new pact to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. "The world cannot afford to wait for these technologies to follow the usual path of gradual diffusion, from rich to middle-income to poor countries," said Mr. Sha. "Global climate policy will succeed – or fail – depending on whether it brings low-emissions technologies and technologies for adaptation within the reach of poor countries, and poor communities, without further delay." Technology transfer to developing countries – without which they will be forced to rely on older and less climate-friendly technologies – has been a pivotal issue in the climate negotiations. Having contributed the least to climate change, developing countries are the most vulnerable to its impacts, noted the Under-Secretary-General. Yet, failure to address the challenge would be disastrous for the whole planet. Therefore, he called for the "full arsenal of climate-friendly technologies" to be mobilized for the fight against climate change. In addition, financial support needs to be scaled up so that developing countries, particularly the most vulnerable, can acquire and develop technologies for adaptation. "The sooner countries are able to shift onto low-emissions paths and to strengthen their resilience to climate change's impacts, the better the prognosis for humanity and the planet," he stated. "We have a responsibility to find ways to make that happen." Mr. Sha added that the New Delhi meeting can send a clear message to Copenhagen that there is a way forward on technology cooperation and technology sharing, one that will enable the international community to tackle both climate change and poverty, to promote development and save the planet.
Oct 22 2009 2:10PM
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| UN MISSION IN SUDAN MOURNS MURDER OF DEPUTY FORCE COMMANDER
October 22, 2009 at 1:10 pm
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| UN MISSION IN SUDAN MOURNS MURDER OF DEPUTY FORCE COMMANDER
New York, Oct 22 2009 1:10PM
The United Nations today strongly condemned "the barbaric killing" of the Deputy Force Commander of the UN Mission in Sudan (<"http://unmis.unmissions.org/">UNMIS), Pakistani Brigadier General Ahmed Muinuddin, who was shot to death yesterday while on leave in his homeland."He leaves behind a gap that will not be easily filled," Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's Special Representative for Sudan Ashraf Jehangir Qazi said in a <"http://www.un.org/apps/sg/sgstats.asp?nid=4176">statement, voicing the hope that that "the perpetrators responsible for this heinous act are soon brought to justice." Brig.-Gen. Muinuddin joined UNMIS as deputy commander of its nearly 9,000-strong military force, one of the UN's largest, just five months ago, and Mr. Ashraf paid tribute to him as "a professional soldier of the highest merit… [who] had won the esteem and respect of all his civilian and military colleagues." In a statement issued by his spokesperson, Mr. Ban sent his "heartfelt condolences" to Brig.-Gen. Muinuddin's bereaved family, UNMIS colleagues and the Pakistani Government. "He commends the contribution of the Government of Pakistan to peacekeeping efforts in Sudan and elsewhere, and hopes that the perpetrators of the attack will soon be brought to justice," the statement added.
Oct 22 2009 1:10PM
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| UN APPROVES ENERGY-EFFICIENT MOBILE TELEPHONE CHARGER FOR WORLDWIDE USE
October 22, 2009 at 12:10 pm
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| UN APPROVES ENERGY-EFFICIENT MOBILE TELEPHONE CHARGER FOR WORLDWIDE USE
New York, Oct 22 2009 12:10PM
The United Nations communications technology agency has given its stamp of approval to a new energy-efficient one-size-fits-all mobile telephone charger, the International Telecommunications Union (<"http://www.itu.int/en/pages/default.aspx">ITU) announced today.The standardized phone charger will fit all future handsets, regardless of make and model, enabling users worldwide to charge their mobiles anywhere from any available charger, while also reducing the energy consumed while charging, <"http://www.itu.int/newsroom/press_releases/2009/49.html">said ITU. Using the Universal Charging Solution (UCS) will lead to a dramatic reduction in the number of chargers produced, shipped and subsequently discarded as new phone models become available. The new charger is estimated to cut standby energy consumption by 50 per cent and eliminate 51,000 tons of redundant chargers, resulting in a reduction of 13.6 million tons in greenhouse gas emissions each year. "This is a significant step in reducing the environmental impact of mobile charging, which also has the benefit of making mobile phone use more straightforward," said the Director of ITU's Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, Malcolm Johnson. "Universal chargers are a commonsense solution that I look forward to seeing in other areas," said Mr. Johnson. At next month's UN climate change talks in Barcelona, ITU will underscore the importance of information and communications technology (ICT) role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, citing a recent study that predicts a 15 per cent reduction of total global emissions by 2020 with the more effective use of ICTs currently on the market. ITU stressed that the number of ICT users has tripled worldwide since the adoption of the Kyoto Protocol in December 1997, which commits countries which signed to limit emissions to 5 per cent below 1990 levels on average over the five-year period from 2008 to 2012. But ITU said that the role of ICTs in significantly cutting emissions is not recognized in the current draft text – which will be under negotiation at the talks in Barcelona from 2-6 November ahead of Copenhagen climate change summit in December – for a successor pact to the Kyoto Protocol, whose first commitment period ends in 2012.
Oct 22 2009 12:10PM
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| Daily Travel News: Luggage wars are on as fliers 'fight for the overheads'
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| UNICEF WORRIES FUNDING SHORTFALLS MAY THREATEN CRITICAL ASSISTANCE TO SOMALIA
October 22, 2009 at 10:10 am
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| UNICEF WORRIES FUNDING SHORTFALLS MAY THREATEN CRITICAL ASSISTANCE TO SOMALIA
New York, Oct 22 2009 10:10AM
A shortfall in funding may jeopardize the humanitarian assistance that is urgently needed for roughly 3.6 million people in Somalia, according to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).Health is a major concern as only 29 per cent of the population has access to safe water, and this is now being aggravated by drought, the agency noted in a news release. Nutrition also continues to be a critical concern, with one in five children acutely malnourished, and one in 20 severely malnourished and at risk of death without proper treatment. "The situation is deteriorating further such that 3.6 million people are now living in humanitarian crisis, and over 50 per cent of them are under 18 and over 20 per cent are under five," said UNICEF Somalia Country Representative Rozanne Chorlton. Ms. Chorlton said $4.5 million is needed to complete essential life-saving activities before the end of the year, while another $5.7 million is needed to start ordering supplies for next year. UNICEF has been scaling-up treatment programmes for moderately and severely acutely malnourished children across Somalia. It has already reached more than 132,000 high-risk children under with malnutrition prevention programmes. In Jowhar, where UNICEF's compound and warehouse were looted earlier this year and distribution of a new ready-to-use food product, Plumpy'doz, was disrupted, the agency is working to provide types of nutritional supplements that are less vulnerable to looting. It is also working to ensure access to basic primary health care for about 2.5 million people each year. During the first round of the Child Health Days which was completed in June, over one million children under five and over 800,000 women of child-bearing age received a package of health services including vaccinations, water purification tablets and nutritional screenings. In addition, UNICEF is assisting schools and teachers to help keep the country's educational system operational, including by helping to provide almost all primary school supplies and textbooks. UNICEF noted that working in Somalia has never been more difficult, with direct hostilities targeting UN facilities, assets and even humanitarian supplies. The agency's staff in Somalia stress, however, that the humanitarian response for children and women will continue. Oct 22 2009 10:10AM
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| TOP UN OFFICIAL DISCUSSES NATURAL DISASTERS, ECONOMIC CRISIS WITH FILIPINO LEADER
October 22, 2009 at 10:10 am
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| TOP UN OFFICIAL DISCUSSES NATURAL DISASTERS, ECONOMIC CRISIS WITH FILIPINO LEADER
New York, Oct 22 2009 10:10AM
The top United Nations official in Asia and the Pacific and the leader of the Philippines today discussed how the country is coping in the aftermath of a series of deadly storms, as well as the region's response to the ongoing financial crisis.In their <"http://www.unescap.org/unis/press/2009/oct/g67.asp">meeting, Noeleen Heyzer lauded President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo for her leadership in helping victims of the storms which battered the country last month. Tropical storm Ketsana (also known as Ondoy) and typhoon Parma, which struck within a week of each other, led to more than 500 deaths and displaced scores of thousands of others, and caused crop damage estimated at over $160 million.
The President expressed her gratitude to the UN for its financial and technical support to the Government in the relief and recovery efforts. Ms. Heyzer, the Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (<"http://www.unescap.org/">ESCAP), also briefed Ms. Arroyo on the Commission's role in coordinating the regional response to the financial crisis. She also paid tribute to the President's leadership in maintaining macroeconomic stability in the Philippines to lessen the effects of the crisis. In addition, she recognized the President's efforts in advancing the cause of women, noting the recent passage of the Magna Carta of Women – a comprehensive women's rights law that seeks to eliminate discrimination by recognizing, protecting, fulfilling and promoting the rights of Filipino women, especially those in the marginalized sectors. During her first official visit to the Philippines as head of ESCAP, Ms. Heyzer also addressed the Asia-Pacific NGO Forum on Beijing+15, which began today in Quezon City. She told the more than 500 delegates that although overall progress has been uneven 15 years after the Fourth World Conference on Women, which took place in the Chinese capital in 1995, Asia and the Pacific has led the way in shaping how governments integrate a gender perspective into economic and social development programmes. Noting some of the region's achievements, she cited an increase in women's representation in the political and decision-making processes in many countries, as well as action to combat violence against women. "These changes happened because of the unswerving commitment of millions of women and men who share a vision of more equitable societies, where daughters have the same chances as sons, where women live safe from violence, poverty and discrimination," said Ms. Heyzer.
Oct 22 2009 10:10AM
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Area residents young and old are flocking to various vendors offering Halloween items ... | | Retirees face rate hike Posted: 21 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT Retirees from the cities of Bryan and College Station will soon be paying more for their health care premium -- up to twice as much for some -- due to new regulations for post-employment benefits.The Governmental Accounting Standards Board, an indepe ... | | MPO drafts plan for area Posted: 21 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT The Bryan-College Station Metropolitan Planning Organization had no trouble identifying needs for potential projects to ease traffic congestion, decrease pollution and encourage alternative transportation options in Brazos County when its members sat ... | | Special needs athletes to play this weekend Posted: 21 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT Months of preparation will be put to the test Thursday as the Special Olympics Fall Classic begins with softball competition. Event coordinators said they can only do so much, though, and volunteers are vital to ensure the event runs smoothly.The Fal ... | | Pedestrian struck on George Bush Drive Posted: 21 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT A 21-year-old Texas A&M University student was taken to an area hospital late Monday after being struck by a vehicle while walking on George Bush Drive in College Station, police said.Police said they responded to the wreck at 9:12 p.m. in the 50 ... | | Bryan bus driver suspended after morning wreck Posted: 21 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT A Bryan bus driver was suspended Wednesday while district officials investigate an early morning wreck that happened while the bus was on its way to school.No students were injured in the accident.Bryan police Officer Jason James said the bus was hea ... | | Workers require more than pay Posted: 21 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT Many companies are fighting to reverse a growing "survivor syndrome" that has affected many employees as a result of a soft economy and layoffs across the country.Even if the employee isn't personally touched by the recession, the awareness that it's ... | | Youths take heifer show honors Posted: 21 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportThe 12th Annual Brazos County Youth Commercial Heifer Show and Sale was held Saturday at the Brazos Valley Livestock Commission. The heifers in the show have been raised on pasture land with limited supplementation by 4-H and FFA ... | | Bryan man arrested in 6-month old case Posted: 21 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT Six months after Bryan police arrested a man on a home burglary charge, a second man has been arrested.Officers said they linked Dereon Tayronne Kelly, 19, of Bryan to the April burglary of a McAshan Street home using scent dogs.Authorities caught an ... | | Equipment theft leads to 3 arrests Posted: 21 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT Bryan police arrested three men this week in connection with the theft of $1,660 worth of equipment from a local business. Jesus Angel Diaz, 19; Roger Commander II, 21; and Juan Manuel Ortiz, 22, all of Bryan, were arrested Monday on felony theft of ... | | Police: Drugs found during home search Posted: 21 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT A 22-year-old College Station man is facing felony drug charges after authorities reported finding marijuana during a search of his home.Travis Jacob Peters was charged with possession of marijuana and possession of a controlled substance in a drug-f ... | | 21-year-old man accused of burglary Posted: 21 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT A 21-year-old Bryan man was arrested after neighbors reported seeing him break into a Brazos County home, authorities said.Kenneth JB Cuellar Jr. was arrested Monday on charges of burglary of a habitation and unlawfully carrying a weapon.A Brazos Cou ... | | Prairie View A&M investigating student's death Posted: 22 Oct 2009 01:05 AM PDT PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas -- Officials at Prairie View A&M University say they are investigating the death of a 20-year-old student who went for an early morning run off campus.University spokeswoman Sheleah Hughes said Donnie Wade, a junior from Dalla ... | | Officials say woman used bottle in attack Posted: 21 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT A 41-year-old Bryan woman was in the Brazos County Jail on Wednesday, accused of assaulting a woman with a beer bottle.The incident happened in early June, when a woman trying to leave a party to avoid a fight was confronted by Geneveve Serna, police ... | | Some parts of U.S. signaling recovery Posted: 21 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- The Midwest is starting to see a comeback in manufacturing and technology. Home sales are rising in parts of the Northeast. But such states as Florida, Nevada and California, still suffering from the housing bust, remain depressed.The e ... | | Authorities say two teens stole 3 guns Posted: 21 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT Two Bryan men remained behind bars Wednesday evening on charges of stealing three guns during a home burglary, authorities said. A Crime Stoppers tip led officers to a vehicle that was believed to be involved in several burglaries, according to a pol ... | | Terror suspect jailed in Mass. Posted: 21 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT BOSTON -- A Massachusetts man and two friends tried and failed to get into terrorist training camps and then plotted to kill two prominent U.S. politicians and randomly shoot people at American shopping malls, authorities said Wednesday.Tarek Mehanna ... | | Former clerk took $1M lotto ticket, officials say Posted: 21 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT AUSTIN -- A 25-year-old convenience store clerk pocketed a customer's $1 million winning lottery ticket, claimed the prize and skipped town, possibly going back to his native Nepal, authorities said.Pankaj Joshi took 67-year-old Willis Willis' winnin ... | | Bryan, CS permits, developments and applications Posted: 21 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT College Station permits, October 2009Address: Contractor: Square foot: Value:2501 Texas Ave. South: Sign Pro: 44: $1,200318 Kyle Ave.: Homeowner: 0: $01700 George Bush Drive: American Central Construction: 0: $50,0002900 Meadowbrook Court: Homeowner: ... | | Dems go after antitrust exemption for insurers Posted: 21 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Democrats launched a drive at both ends of the Capitol on Wednesday to strip the insurance industry of its decades-old exemption from federal antitrust laws, part of an increasingly bare-knuckled struggle over landmark health care legis ... | | Airlines still lack business travelers Posted: 21 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT DALLAS -- Airlines value premium travelers above other customers, letting them board first, eat a meal and order a cocktail without whipping out a credit card.Many of them are business travelers who fly frequently and often pay higher last-minute far ... | | Kids Living with Leukemia Posted: 21 Oct 2009 07:06 PM PDT LAS VEGAS (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- It's a struggle 10,000 new children are faced with every year: cancer. Leukemia is the most common cancer in kids. About one in 1,000 children will be diagnosed with leukemia by age 19. Today, more children than ever ... | | Heart Failure Treatment Underused Posted: 21 Oct 2009 07:12 PM PDT (Ivanhoe Newswire) A new study suggests patients are underusing the treatment of aldosterone antagonist therapy, which is part of a guideline-recommended treatment for heart failure patients. Clinical trials have already proven the effectiveness of ... | | Stroke Drug Works Within 4.5-Hour Window Posted: 21 Oct 2009 07:12 PM PDT (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A recent study supports the idea that the stroke drug alteplase can improve outcomes if administered within 4.5 hours of a stroke. 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| UN EXPERT RAISES CONCERN OVER POLICIES MARGINALIZING TRADITIONAL SEED VARIETIES
October 21, 2009 at 7:11 pm
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| UN EXPERT RAISES CONCERN OVER POLICIES MARGINALIZING TRADITIONAL SEED VARIETIES
New York, Oct 21 2009 7:10PM
Government policies in many developing countries which promote the planting of a narrow base of agricultural crops may hurt farmers in the long run, a United Nations human rights expert warned today.As a result of the global food crisis, developing countries "have massively reinvested in agriculture and have sought to provide farmers with the means of production they need to produce food," Olivier de Schutter, the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, <"http://www.un.org/News/briefings/docs//2009/091021_de_Schutter.doc.htm">told reporters in New York. However, there is increasing pressure for farmers to use more uniform, genetically improved commercial seed varieties that have been adjusted to produce higher yields in certain instances and become more resilient to specific diseases. These seed varieties have been catalogued, certified and given patents. More traditional seed systems, on the other hand, emerged from farmers saving, replanting and exchanging seeds on informal and local markets, a system which still dominates many developing countries and on which farmers largely depend. "As a result of a number of pressures, these commercial varieties are now threatening to disrupt the balance between these two seed systems," said Mr. de Schutter. An increasingly wide range of government-supported seed certification schemes which approve commercial varieties only allow traditional seeds to be sold through very limited channels. In addition, governments provide support packages, including seeds, fertilizers, pesticides and sometimes access to credit, that induce farmers to adopt the modified commercial seed varieties. "We have today barely 150 crops cultivated in the world and most efforts in fact are going into improving 12 varieties, particularly four major types of crops – wheat, maize, rice and potato – for human consumption and, in addition, within each crop genetic diversity is disappearing," said Mr. de Schutter. He noted that in Sri Lanka in 1959, for example, some 2,000 varieties of rice were cultivated, whereas today, there are fewer than 100, and some 75 per cent of agro-biodiversity has been lost as a result of the pressure towards to the adoption of uniform improved seed varieties. "This genetic erosion is a source of vulnerability because it means that we will be unable to respond to attacks of nature," stressed Mr. de Schutter. "We will be unable to develop new varieties if new pests and diseases attack." Recommending that States re-examine their seed regulations to make them more hospitable to traditional farmers' varieties, he also pushed for the development of local seed exchanges, community seed banks and seed fairs, noting that some countries, such as India, the Philippines and Mali, are already moving in this direction. Professor de Schutter, who teaches at the University of Louvain in Belgium and Columbia University in the United States, serves in an independent and unpaid capacity as Special Rapporteur and reports to the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council.
Oct 21 2009 7:10PM
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| GUINEA: UN PLAN FOR PROBE INTO BLOODY CRACKDOWN GETS GREEN LIGHT
October 21, 2009 at 5:10 pm
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| GUINEA: UN PLAN FOR PROBE INTO BLOODY CRACKDOWN GETS GREEN LIGHT
New York, Oct 21 2009 5:10PM
A proposed international probe into last month's deadly crackdown on unarmed demonstrators in Guinea has received the green light from local and regional stakeholders, with the army captain who seized power in a coup d'état pledging full cooperation, a senior United Nations official reported today."All fully support the establishment by the Secretary-General [Ban Ki-moon] of an international and independent commission of inquiry," Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Haile Menkerios told reporters after briefing the Security Council on his return from the region, where he held wide-ranging talks on the crackdown in which at least 150 people were killed and many others raped. He said Mr. Ban, who announced last week that he would set up the commission to investigate the crackdown by security forces on 28 September in Conakry, the capital, "with a view to determining the accountability of those involved," intended to deploy the it as soon as possible, adding that it should be able to complete its work within a month once it is in the field. While in the region, Mr. Menkerios conferred with Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, head of the National Council for Democracy and Development (NCDD), which seized power in December after the death of then president Lansana Conté; African Union (AU) Chairman Jean Ping; Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission President Mohamed ibn Chambas; ECOWAS mediator President Blaise Compaoré of Burkina Faso; and Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua. "Both President Dadis Camara and his Government… welcomed the establishment of the commission of enquiry and promised that they were going to cooperate with it fully, including facilitating its work," he said. "They expressed this in writing in a letter that they shall do so." Mr. Compaoré believes "the very fact that it is deployed and the work that this commission will do will positively contribute to peace and longer-term reconciliation inside the country," he added, stressing the "tremendous expectation" by the victims, the opposition and the public in Guinea. Asked about guarantees for the commission's safety, Mr. Menkerios said the "importance of security, not just for the commission, but most importantly for the population, for the victims, for witness that may come and present their testimonies" is highly appreciated by ECOWAS, the AU and the parties themselves. Mr. Compaoré will make the question of minimum security guarantees for the population the first agenda item in the mediation effort, he added, noting that human rights organizations say they have information that they will share it with the commission. He also noted that the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights is going to deploy as many humanitarian rights observers as possible. If that doesn't work, "then the question of the deployment of military observers, security observers might be the next step," he said. "If this doesn't work, of course, the last might be the question of a form of intervention [which] then may be required. This remains to be decided in due process." Mr. Ban has said he remains deeply concerned by the tense situation in Guinea and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has called the crackdown a "blood bath."
Oct 21 2009 5:10PM
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| IRAQIS TOP LENGTHENING LISTS OF ASYLUM-SEEKERS IN INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS – UN
October 21, 2009 at 5:10 pm
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| IRAQIS TOP LENGTHENING LISTS OF ASYLUM-SEEKERS IN INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS – UN
New York, Oct 21 2009 5:10PM
Iraqis head the list of the growing number of people seeking asylum in industrialized countries again this year, just ahead of people searching for safety from war-torn Afghanistan and Somalia, according to a report published by the United Nations refugee agency today.Some 185,000 asylum-seekers filed applications in the opening six months of 2009 across 38 European countries, the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and the Republic of Korea (ROK), representing a 10 per cent increase on the same period last year. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (<"http://www.unhcr.org/4adf12516.html">UNHCR) report showed that 13,200 claims came from Iraqis, making it the top country of origin for the fourth successive year, 12,000 came from Afghans and 11,000 from Somalis as security conditions continued to deteriorate in large parts of those countries. The other main countries of origin were China, Serbia (including Kosovo), Russia, Nigeria, Mexico, Zimbabwe, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, with Europe receiving 75 per cent of all asylum applications and the US the country that received the highest number, 23,700, or 13 per cent of all applications. "These statistics show that ongoing violence and instability in some parts of the world force increasing numbers of people to flee and seek protection in safe countries," said High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres. "There is an acute need for countries to keep their asylum doors wide open to those who are in genuine need of international protection," Mr. Guterres added. France ranks as the second recipient nation with 10 per cent of all claims (19,400), followed by Canada (18,700), the United Kingdom (17,700) and Germany, ranked fifth (12,000). The UNHCR report noted that the majority of claims by Iraqis were submitted in Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden, as well as in neighbouring Turkey, while Afghan claims were mostly filed in the UK or Norway, and Somalis mainly applied for asylum in Italy, the Netherlands and Sweden. The report's authors said that second half of the year may witness a further increase in the number of claims, based on seasonal patterns over the past 10 years.
Oct 21 2009 5:10PM
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| TOP UN HUMANITARIAN OFFICIAL VISITS LONG-DISPLACED UGANDANS
October 21, 2009 at 5:10 pm
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| TOP UN HUMANITARIAN OFFICIAL VISITS LONG-DISPLACED UGANDANS
New York, Oct 21 2009 5:10PM
The top United Nations humanitarian official today witnessed first-hand the challenges faced by internally displaced persons (IDPs) in northern Uganda, some of whom are still in camps more than three years after an end to vicious fighting with the rebel Lord's Resistance Army."Humanitarian, recovery and development actors must redouble their commitment to working with the Government and people of Uganda to help the most vulnerable members of the displaced population return to their homes, and to ensure that those who have already returned have the basic services they need," Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes said in Pader district in the Acholi region. "Since my first trip here in May 2007, there has been a dramatic improvement in the situation," he added, noting that 85 per cent of the camp population across the Acholi region has now returned to their original homes. "However, some areas still lack the basics of clean water, and access to health and educational facilities, to make returns fully sustainable." Mr. Holmes, who will attend an African Union (AU) Special Summit on Refugees, Returnees and IDPs during his four-day visit to Uganda, stressed that development efforts needed to be stepped up as emergency relief needs lessen. "Meanwhile most of the 15 per cent remaining in camps are particularly vulnerable – widows, the elderly and disabled, child-headed households and those suffering from HIV/AIDS," he said. "We must do more to help them too regain an independent life outside the camp." Meeting with displaced and host communities in the Geregere and Omot IDP camps, as well as representatives of regional and local government and UN and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working in the area, Mr. Holmes heard from a number of extremely vulnerable individuals about the difficulties impeding their return. Among the chief reasons were age and disability, which prevented them from building shelters or farming, as well as illness and disease. Lack of access to anti-retroviral medications in some health centres means that those living with HIV/AIDS cannot access treatment outside the camps. Others face difficult disputes over land rights and ownership and are unable to use the land for production until the cases are settled. The LRA, which terrorized northern Uganda for two decades, has been accused of committing atrocities including mutilations and the recruitment of child soldiers. On Friday, Mr. Holmes is expected to visit the Karamoja region in the northeast, one of the most under-developed and marginalized regions of the country, exemplifying the complex interaction between the effects of climate change, and more traditional humanitarian and development issues.
Oct 21 2009 5:10PM
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| NORWAY TEAMS UP WITH UN DEVELOPMENT AGENCY TO REDUCE ARMED VIOLENCE
October 21, 2009 at 5:10 pm
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| NORWAY TEAMS UP WITH UN DEVELOPMENT AGENCY TO REDUCE ARMED VIOLENCE
New York, Oct 21 2009 5:10PM
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has teamed up with Norway in a new drive to try to reduce armed violence, which kills more than 2,000 people every day, most of them civilians. "Together we will work to build a framework for practical action – between governments, international organizations, and civil society – aimed at achieving measurable reductions in the global burden of armed violence by 2015," said <"http://content.undp.org/go/newsroom/2009/october/undp-norway-pledge-to-reduce-armed-violence.en">UNDP chief Helen Clark, who is in Oslo as part of a four-day visit that also includes stops in Finland and Sweden. Miss Clark, who discussed the issue with Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, said the challenge is to analyze how armed violence evolves in a given country and support the local authorities in addressing the root causes of the problem. According to UNDP, armed violence is the fourth leading cause of death worldwide among people aged 15 to 44. The threat of violence also impacts society by preventing children from going to school, keeping marketplaces from functioning, and placing a burden on already scarce resources in the health sector. It is no less than "a global crisis," stated the agency, which is affecting the lives and security of hundreds of thousands of people, threatening international peace and security and development. Mr. Støre highlighted the need to strengthen the justice sector in many countries, and called for controlling illegal weapons and addressing impunity as first steps. There are estimated to be between 600 million and 875 million small arms and light weapons circulating around the world, 400 million of which are held illegally.
Oct 21 2009 5:10PM
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| RECORD-BREAKING 173 MILLION PEOPLE TAKE STAND WITH UN AGAINST POVERTY
October 21, 2009 at 4:10 pm
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| RECORD-BREAKING 173 MILLION PEOPLE TAKE STAND WITH UN AGAINST POVERTY
New York, Oct 21 2009 4:10PM
Smashing a Guinness World Record, more than 173 million people around the world joined forces with the United Nations to call on global leaders to stamp out poverty and take action to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (<"http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/">MDGs) by their deadline of 2015.Over 3,000 events were held in more than 120 countries in the fourth year of the "Stand Up, Take Action, End Poverty Now!" campaign over the weekend. Nearly 60 million more people took part in the festivities this year compared to 2008. "We know that if we take a stand – if we act – we can end poverty in our lifetimes," said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who was joined by 1,500 schoolchildren at the UN International School (<"http://www.unis.org/">UNIS) in New York on Friday in calling for an end to hunger, which currently afflicts 1 billion people worldwide. At least 100 million people in Asia took part in the campaign, while Africa saw the participation of almost 40 million, the Arab region over 30 million, Europe more than 2 million, Latin America and North America some 200,000 each; and Oceania more than 170,000. "We have seen citizens determined to show their governments that they will hold them accountable for keeping their promises to end hunger, improve maternal health and abolish trade-distorting agricultural subsidies," said Salil Shetty, Director of the UN Millennium Campaign. "They will not accept excuses for breaking promises to the world's poorest and most vulnerable, who have already been hardest hit by the global food, economic and climate crises they had no role in causing." Despite the deadly typhoons which recently slammed into the Philippines, over 35 million people took a stand in that country, while the Irish rock band U2 brought 50,000 concertgoers to their feet during a show in the United States.
Oct 21 2009 4:10PM
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| SEAL THE DEAL: CLIMATE CHANGE COULD STEM GLOBAL TOURISM, UN CAUTIONS
October 21, 2009 at 4:10 pm
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| SEAL THE DEAL: CLIMATE CHANGE COULD STEM GLOBAL TOURISM, UN CAUTIONS
New York, Oct 21 2009 4:10PM
Rising sea levels could inundate coastal holiday spots while melting snow caps could spell an end to ski resorts, the United Nations World Tourism Organization (<"http://www.unwto.org/">UNWTO) has warned, as climate change threatens tourism, a lucrative industry for the world's poorest nations.Tourism is what "fuels the economy and drives people" in poor countries, Geoffrey Lipman, Assistant Secretary-General of the UNWTO, told the UN News Centre. Nearly one third of the $735 billion generated by tourism in 2006 went to developing nations, with the industry serving as one of the major export sectors for poor countries. From 2000-2007, international tourism, the main source of foreign exchange in nearly all of the States classed as least developed countries (LDCs), recorded 110 per cent growth in these nations. Although many people look at tourism as a "sort of flippant activity," they often do not realize that the industry constitutes 5 per cent of economies, having a catalytic effect on a further 5 per cent, Mr. Lipman noted. As a result, "anything which affects the industry has a big spin-off effect on the economy," he said, pointing to the 2001 outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom where the "biggest hit came from the reduction in tourism revenues." Developing countries, Mr. Lipman underscored, are often "unspoiled and undeveloped," pointing the way towards a new form of 'green' tourism. The industry accounts for 5 per cent of global annual greenhouse gas emissions, most of which can be pinned on air, car, rail and other forms of transportation. Air transport, in particular, has been targeted for its emissions, but, like other sectors, it has the potential to become more sustainable through implementation of more efficient engines and experimenting with biofuels, among others, Mr. Lipman said. "You can't walk to the Maldives," he said. "We want more planes flying, not less." The solution, Mr. Lipman stressed, does not lie in curtailing long-haul flights which could hurt the economies of developing nations which rely heavily on tourism for income. The UNWTO official recommends that people travel responsibly. "You can choose what you do and how you do it," he said, calling on travellers to opt to stay in resorts that are identifiably trying to reduce their carbon footprints and to offset their flights by buying carbon credits. For their part, governments must not consider taxes on travelling as a "cash cow" and must also not "cynically impose heavy taxes just so they can detract people from flying," he said. Climate-induced environmental changes – including water availability, biodiversity, and coastal erosion – will have an impact on tourism, according to a <"http://www.unwto.org/sdt/news/en/pdf/climate2008.pdf">report produced last year by UNWTO, along with the UN World Meteorological Organization (<"http://www.wmo.int/">WMO) and the UN Environment Programme (<"http://www.unep.org/">UNEP). For example, changes in agricultural production could hurt wine tourism, while increases in temperature are forecasted to hurt ski resorts in the European Alps, Eastern and Western North America, Australia and Japan. As a result, adaptation to climate change is vital tourism, according to Mr. Lipman. Poorer nations must be provided with the necessary technology and financing "to create jobs, not just helping foreign tourists have a good time." Nations are expected to 'seal the deal' on a new climate change agreement – intended to go into effect after the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol ends in 2012 – this December in Copenhagen, Denmark. Along with emissions reductions targets by industrialized nations, helping developing countries adapt to global warming's effects is also a large component of the pact set to be reached in the Danish capital. Tourism has reached a crossroads, but Mr. Lipman voiced optimism that the industry will rise to the climate challenge. In the face of the oil crisis and hijackings of previous decades, tourism "found ways to respond and overcome it. There is no reason why it can't adopt now."
Oct 21 2009 4:10PM
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| HEAD OF UN FOOD PROGRAMME PLEDGES FULL SUPPORT TO STORM SURVIVORS IN THE PHILIPPINES
October 21, 2009 at 4:10 pm
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| HEAD OF UN FOOD PROGRAMME PLEDGES FULL SUPPORT TO STORM SURVIVORS IN THE PHILIPPINES
New York, Oct 21 2009 4:10PM
The head of the United Nations World Food Programme (<"http://www.wfp.org/stories/world-steps-help-hungry-philippines">WFP) today pledged the agency's full support to the Government and people of the Philippines as they seek to deal with the effects of the violent storms that devastated parts of the country last month."WFP is here to support the Government's efforts to help the people of the Philippines overcome this calamity. I have no doubt that together, we can," Executive Director Josette Sheeran said as she began her three-day visit to the country. The Philippines was battered by two successive storms in September – tropical storm Ketsana (also known as Ondoy) and typhoon Parma – which led to more than 500 deaths and displaced scores of thousands of others, and caused crop damage estimated at over $160 million. Ms. Sheeran, together with President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and WFP's National Ambassador Against Hunger KC Concepcion, toured some of the hardest hit communities and helped distribute vital food rations. "I travelled by boat in an area 65 kilometres north of Manila where I saw whole neighbourhoods literally inundated with waist-high stagnant water, and met people who have lost all of their belongings – furniture, clothes, food – and are now receiving vital help from the Philippines Government and humanitarian agencies like WFP," she said. As part of the UN's humanitarian response, WFP is providing food relief and logistics support with helicopters, trucks, boats and telecommunications equipment to reach and connect to isolated areas. The agency is initially providing critical food to more than 1 million of the 8 million people affected by the floods. It is also coordinating with national authorities to ensure a seamless transition from emergency relief to recovery. Ms. Sheeran voiced her confidence that the country and its people will overcome this calamity. "The floods have damaged, homes, businesses and crops, but they have not dampened the great spirit and resilience of the Filipino people."
Oct 21 2009 4:10PM
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| CENTRAL AMERICA MOST CRIME-RIDDEN REGION IN WORLD, UN REPORT FINDS
October 21, 2009 at 3:10 pm
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| CENTRAL AMERICA MOST CRIME-RIDDEN REGION IN WORLD, UN REPORT FINDS
New York, Oct 21 2009 3:10PM
Central America has become the region with the highest levels of non-political crime worldwide, with an average murder rate of 33 per 100,000 inhabitants last year, three times greater than the global average, a new United Nations report warns, noting that crime threatens the region's development. Some 79,000 people have been murdered in the region over the past six years, but despite these heightened levels of violence, solving the problem of insecurity is possible within the framework of democracy, according to the UN Development Programme (UNDP) Report on Human Development in Central America 2009-2010. "Apart from its economic costs, which are concrete and indisputable, one of the main reasons why this is a crucial issue is that violence and crime are affecting the day-to-day decisions of the population, making insecurity a clear hindrance to human development," <"http://content.undp.org/go/newsroom/2009/october/amrica-central-el-respeto-al-estado-de-derecho-es-el-remedio-ms-eficaz-contra-la-violencia-.en">UNDP Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean Rebeca Grynspan said. "One of the most difficult costs to quantify is that of lost freedoms," she added. "No aspect of human security is as basic as keeping the population from being victimized by fear and physical violence." Security involves intelligent diagnosis, a real political will and an integrated system for adopting and executing short- and long-term actions, the report says. "Security is everyone's right, and the State has the duty to provide it," said Hernando Gómez Buendía, the general coordinator of the report. "Without security, there is no investment. Without investment, there is no employment, and without employment, there is no human development. Security is an essential part of the development strategy of nations and cities." Security requires a very hands-on management of the problem, and an intelligent citizen security strategy for human development would not be complete without the participation of local governments, according to the report. This assumes direct knowledge of the problem, proximity, decentralization and flexibility on the part of national and local authorities. Both the strong-arm and the soft touch approaches have failed and must evolve toward a "smart" strategy of citizen security for human development with a new comprehensive strategy that includes preventive and coercive actions, congruence with the justice system and respect for the values of civility, it adds. Real political will, clear leadership, and continuity from one government to the next are crucial.
Oct 21 2009 3:10PM
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| UN ANTI-CRIME CHIEF CALLS FOR SCALED-UP RESISTANCE AGAINST AFGHAN DRUGS TRAFFICKING
October 21, 2009 at 3:10 pm
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| UN ANTI-CRIME CHIEF CALLS FOR SCALED-UP RESISTANCE AGAINST AFGHAN DRUGS TRAFFICKING
New York, Oct 21 2009 3:10PM
The United Nations drug and crime tsar today called for intensified efforts to combat the devastating global impact of Afghanistan's multi-billion dollar opium trade, fuelling addiction, the spread of HIV, a rise in criminal activity, as well as insurgencies and terrorism. Afghanistan produces almost all the world's opium – the raw material for heroin – which has a $65 billion global market catering to 15 million addicts, causing up to 100,000 deaths per year, spreading HIV at an unprecedented rate, and funding the Taliban and Al-Qaida, according a new UN Offices on Drugs and Crime (<"http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/frontpage/2009/October/new-report-on-devastating-impact-of-afghan-opium.html">UNODC) report. "I urge the friends of Afghanistan to recognize that, to a large extent, these uncomfortable truths may be the result of their benign neglect," said UNODC Executive Director Antonio Maria Costa. Afghanistan traffics some 900 tons of opium, 92 per cent of the total world's production, and 350 tons of heroin every year across its porous borders, over Balkan and Eurasian drug routes and into Europe, Russia, India and China, said the report. Spotlighting corruption and lawlessness in Afghanistan, as well as its uncontrolled borders, as the root of the problem, the report noted that just 2 per cent of opiates produced are seized by authorities in the country, compared to 36 per cent of cocaine produced in Colombia. In addition, the "Addiction, Crime and Insurgency: The transnational threat of Afghan opium" report noted that in the south and east of the country, smuggling prospers because of centuries-old Pashtun and Baluchi cross-border tribal links, the chaos caused by insurgency, disregard for international obligations in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), and the violation of trade transit agreements with neighbours. "The Afghanistan-Pakistan border region has turned into the world's largest free trade zone in anything and everything that is illicit – drugs of course, but also weapons, bomb-making equipment, chemical precursors, drug money, even people and migrants," said Mr. Costa. The report highlights that 20 per cent of Afghan opiate shipments are intercepted worldwide, compared to twice as much for cocaine from Andean countries, and while Iran seizes 20 per cent of the illicit drug crossing its borders, Russia confiscated just 5 per cent and European Union (EU) countries, such as Bulgaria, Greece and Romania, captured less than 2 per cent of their opiate trade. Calling for more resources to tackle the problem at its source, Mr. Costa stressed that seizing "Afghan opium where it is produced is infinitely more efficient and cheaper than trying to do so where it is consumed." The cost of law enforcement grows in proportion to the value of the drug on the street, with a gram of heroin worth $3 in Kabul costing $100 in London, Milan or Moscow. "The Taliban's direct involvement in the opium trade allows them to fund a war machine that is becoming technologically more complex and increasingly widespread," said Mr. Costa. "Newly born narco-cartels in and around Afghanistan are blurring the difference between greed and ideology." Mr. Costa said that many of the drug barons, with links to insurgency, are known to Afghan and foreign intelligence services. "Why have their names not been submitted to the UN Security Council… in order to ban their travel and seize their assets?" He warned that the "perfect storm" of drugs and terrorism that has swamped the Afghanistan-Pakistan border for years, may be heading to Central Asia, threatening to engulf the region in large-scale terrorism and endangering its massive energy resources. "Opium hasn't caused such grief since the plague of addiction in China a century ago," said Mr. Costa, with the report noting that the number of people dying every year from drug overdoses in NATO countries – around 10,000 – is five times higher than the total number of NATO troops killed in Afghanistan in the past eight years. And over 30,000 Russians are dying annually from Afghan drugs, which is more than the total number of Red Army soldiers who died in their 10-year Afghan war.
Oct 21 2009 3:10PM
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| UN-BACKED VACCINATION SCHEME IN TAJIKISTAN ACHIEVES ALMOST UNIVERSAL SUCCESS
October 21, 2009 at 2:10 pm
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| UN-BACKED VACCINATION SCHEME IN TAJIKISTAN ACHIEVES ALMOST UNIVERSAL SUCCESS
New York, Oct 21 2009 2:10PM
Nearly every Tajik child between the ages of one and 14 received vaccinations against measles and rubella during a two-week, United Nations-backed campaign this month to fight the spread of the diseases in the mountainous Central Asian country.The immunization campaign, run by Tajikistan's health ministry and supported by the UN Children's Fund (<"http://www.unicef.org/">UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (<"http://www.who.int/en/">WHO), reached more than 2.2 more children, or 97 per cent of those children between the ages of one and 14. The vaccinations took place in clinics, schools and pre-school institutions across the landlocked country, while mobile units were used to reach children in the most remote districts. At least 6,000 health workers were needed to carry out the campaign. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (<"http://ochaonline.un.org/">OCHA) reported that those children who missed out on vaccinations will have another opportunity to be immunized between now and the end of this month. Vaccinating against rubella will also become a part of routine immunization treatment in Tajikistan as of next month, OCHA added. Meanwhile, the UN aid wing reported that the latest national data indicates that 44 people have been killed, nearly 40,000 hectares of cultivated land affected and $22 million of damage caused by natural disasters in Tajikistan so far this year. The greatest destruction was wrought by spring floods and mudflows, but earthquakes, avalanches and disease epidemics also made an impact. In August the UN and humanitarian partners launched an appeal for $7.7 million to assist Tajiks still suffering as a result of the natural disasters, particularly the spring floods and mudflows. Earlier this month only $1.2 million had been received from the international community.
Oct 21 2009 2:10PM
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| GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS CONTINUE TO RISE, UN REPORTS
October 21, 2009 at 1:10 pm
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| GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS CONTINUE TO RISE, UN REPORTS
New York, Oct 21 2009 1:10PM
Harmful greenhouse gas emissions produced by industrialized countries rose for the seventh consecutive year in 2007, the United Nations reported today.Data submitted to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (<"http://unfccc.int/">UNFCCC), an international treaty encouraging nations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, showed that emissions from the 40 industrialized countries with reporting obligations under the Convention rose by 1 per cent from 2006 to 2007. Although emissions from these nations remain 4 per cent below 1990 levels, the release of harmful gases into the atmosphere has crept up by 3 per cent from 2000 to 2007. In addition, the group of 37 industrialized countries with targets under the Kyoto Protocol, an auxiliary agreement to the UNFCCC, minimally increased emissions from 2006 to 2007 by 0.1 per cent. Although emission levels for these countries currently stand at around 16 per cent below the 1990 baseline, much of the reduction comes from the economic decline of Eastern and Central European economies in transition in the 1990s, and since 2000 emissions have grown among this group by 3 per cent. The Kyoto Protocol has stronger and legally binding measures committing States to cutting emissions by an average of 5 per cent against 1990 levels over the five-year period from 2008 to 2012. "The continuing growth of emissions from industrialized countries remains worrying, despite the expectation of a momentary dip brought about by the global recession," said Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC. "So the numbers for 2007 underscore, once again, the urgent need to seal a comprehensive, fair and effective climate change deal in Copenhagen in December," said Mr. de Boer, referring to the conference in the Danish capital where it is hoped countries will reach agreement on a successor pact to the Kyoto Protocol, whose first commitment period expires in 2012.
Oct 21 2009 1:10PM
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| UN ENVOY DISCUSSES RECENT INCIDENTS IN SOUTHERN LEBANON WITH ARAB LEAGUE OFFICIAL
October 21, 2009 at 1:10 pm
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| UN ENVOY DISCUSSES RECENT INCIDENTS IN SOUTHERN LEBANON WITH ARAB LEAGUE OFFICIAL
New York, Oct 21 2009 1:10PM
The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon met today with the head of the Arab League to discuss several recent incidents, including the September rocket attack on Israel and the discovery of some listening devices in south Lebanon. Michael Williams told reporters in Cairo afterwards that he and Amr Moussa are "disturbed" by these challenges to resolution 1701 – the 2006 Security Council text that helped to end that year's war between Israel and Hizbollah. Mr. Williams said that they agreed that it is very important to help move the parties forward towards a permanent ceasefire, in accordance with resolution 1701, which calls for respect for the so-called Blue Line that separates Israeli and Lebanese sides, the disarming of militias and an end to arms smuggling, among other measures. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had condemned the incident on 11 September, in which at least two rockets were fired into northern Israel from southern Lebanon. He urged all parties to exercise maximum restraint, noting that such incidents pose a serious challenge to the implementation of resolution 1701. In recent weeks, several explosions have occurred in southern Lebanon. They are being investigated by the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (<"http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/missions/unifil/">UNIFIL) in conjunction with the Lebanese Armed Forces.
Oct 21 2009 1:10PM
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| LAOS: UN AND PARTNERS LAUNCH $10 MILLION APPEAL FOR FLOOD VICTIMS
October 21, 2009 at 1:10 pm
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| LAOS: UN AND PARTNERS LAUNCH $10 MILLION APPEAL FOR FLOOD VICTIMS
New York, Oct 21 2009 1:10PM
The United Nations and its humanitarian partners today launched a flash appeal for $10 million to provide six months of aid to nearly 180,000 typhoon victims in some of the poorest regions of Laos.According to the Laotian Government, 482 villages across five southern provinces were affected by floods and landslides due to last month's passage of typhoon Ketsana, which damaged infrastructure and limited or totally cut off access to the majority of victims living in mountainous and remote areas, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (<"http://ochaonline.un.org/">OCHA) said. The storm struck at a time when household food stocks were at their lowest levels and farmers were preparing for the upcoming harvest, exacerbating food insecurity by destroying stocks and damaging crops. Government agencies, with support from humanitarian organizations, launched extensive search and rescue operations and released emergency relief stocks. The Government released more than $1.3 million for emergency relief, but the extent of the damage requires additional resources to alleviate the suffering of those affected, OCHA said. Initial assessments by humanitarian agencies have identified the most immediate needs in the affected provinces as food, drinking water, health, sanitation, shelter and road clearance for access. The flash appeal will be revised once results from detailed assessments become available. The typhoon and a second one that followed also wreaked havoc in the Philippines, where the international humanitarian community earlier this month launched a $74 million appeal for immediate aid for more than 1 million victims. Some $19 million, or 27 per cent, has so far been pledged or contributed.
Oct 21 2009 1:10PM
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| INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FAILING UPROOTED SOMALIS, SAYS UN RIGHTS EXPERT
October 21, 2009 at 1:10 pm
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| INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FAILING UPROOTED SOMALIS, SAYS UN RIGHTS EXPERT
New York, Oct 21 2009 1:10PM
Expressing his shock at the level of violence faced by civilians in Somalia, an independent United Nations human rights expert today rebuked the international community for failing the 1.5 million people uprooted from their homes in the Horn of Africa nation."Serious violations of international humanitarian and human rights law, in particular indiscriminate attacks and shelling of areas populated or frequented by civilians, are being perpetrated by all parties to the conflict with total impunity," <"http://www.unhchr.ch/huricane/huricane.nsf/view01/E16D50453D3903E3C1257656004AE0ED?opendocument">said Walter Kälin, the Secretary-General's Special Representative on the human rights of internally displaced persons (IDPs), who wrapped up a week-long visit to Somalia today. These acts could be tantamount to war crimes, he said, adding that people are also fleeing their homes due to death threats, the risk of targeted killings and forced recruitment by militias. During visits with IDPs, Mr. Kälin was told that violations, also including rapes, are especially rampant in areas controlled by those acting under the umbrella of anti-Government groups. He called on all parties to the long-running conflict – including State actors, rebel groups and militias – to abide by their obligations under international law, while urging international troops to ensure that their operations do not affect civilians. In spite of the risk of aid diversion, donors must not reduce their levels of humanitarian assistance, the expert stressed. "This would not only mean punishing the most vulnerable among already destitute communities, but also playing into the hands of radical elements who could easily exploit the situation." He also underscored the right of all Somalis to seek safety away from their own communities or seek asylum in another countries. "They must not be sent back to areas they have fled and where their lives and safety would be at risk," Mr. Kälin said. During his visit to Somalia from 14 to 21 October, he held talks with representatives from the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) as well as authorities from Somaliland and Puntland, as well as with UN agencies, humanitarian organizations, and civil society representatives. Mr. Kälin also visited the Dadaab site in Kenya, designed for 90,000 people but now host to some 285,000 refugees, mostly from Somalia.
Oct 21 2009 1:10PM
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| New Push Planned Against Illegal Immigration
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| | Sen. Russell Pearce says he plans a triple-barreled attack on the issue early in the 2010 session |
| Police: Dad Ran Down 'Too Westernized' Daughter
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| Crowd Rallies Against Illegal Immigration
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| Woman: James Ray Responsible For Sweat Lodge Deaths
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| | Two of James Arthur Ray's former followers say his "rituals" were reckless, even before the sweat lodge ceremony that left three people dead. |
| 2 Women Mowed Down In Parking Lot
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| State Sees Dramatic Increase In Flu Cases
October 21, 2009 at 11:18 am
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| | The vast majority of flu cases in Arizona are probably H1N1, authorities say. |
| Arson Dog Sadie Sniffs Out Accelerants
October 21, 2009 at 11:15 am
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| | Sadie can tell the difference between something made with petroleum and something that's been soaked in an accelerant, her Phoenix Fire Department handler says. |
| Judge Prevented Woman From Leaving State
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| Love defends ASU ticket price hike
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