OCHA's Amos proposes steps to help get aid to Syrian
civilians United Nations
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Undersecretary-General
Valerie Amos is seeking the UN Security Council's assistance with getting aid
into Syria. Amos is suggesting 30 measures including pauses in fighting for
humanitarian purposes, cross-border deliveries and prior notice of military
offensives, according to a confidential document. "[A] genuine political process
is urgently needed to avert a further deterioration of the humanitarian
situation in Syria and neighboring countries," Amos wrote. Reuters (8/6)
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"The new US
Permanent Representative to the United Nations officially presented her
credentials to the Ban Ki Moon [Monday]. [Tuesday] morning, she represented the
USA at the Security Council for the first time." UN Dispatch (8/6)
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Pace of change puts emphasis on innovation in humanitarian
aid Change appears
to be happening more rapidly and is affecting how humanitarian aid groups
function, especially when it comes to technology, observers say. Humanitarian
workers are expected to "take risks, collaborate, innovate, do better
over-the-horizon-analysis and anticipation," says Allegra Baiocchi of the United
Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Technology is
creating opportunities for financing and new ways to assist
populations. IRINNews.org (8/6)
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UN Foundation and Better World
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The
United Nations Foundation partners with The Millennial Trains Project to support
civic-minded young entrepreneurs The United
Nations Foundation yesterday announced a new partnership with The Millennial
Trains Project (MTP) to promote social change during a transcontinental train
trek across America. Founded in 2012, MTP leads transcontinental train journeys
that empower enterprising and civic-minded millennials, aged 18 to 34, to
advance new ideas and implement projects that serve and benefit local
communities. The inaugural train journey across America departs San Francisco on
Aug. 8, with stops in Salt Lake City, Denver, Omaha, Chicago and Pittsburgh
before arriving in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 17. Read more.
FP2020
calls for membership applications to the Market Dynamics Working
Group Family Planning
2020 (FP2020) yesterday announced an open, international call for applications
to its fourth and final working group. The goal of the Market Dynamics Working
Group is to improve the availability, affordability and variety of quality
family planning methods in target countries. Applications should be submitted online by Friday, Sept. 6, 2013, at 5 p.m. EDT. Read more.
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