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UN Wire August 29, 2013

August 29, 2013
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Ban urges use of diplomacy; UN experts continue Syria investigation
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says that "diplomacy should be given a chance" to resolve the Syrian crisis. The UN chemical-weapons team is expected to wrap up its investigation by Saturday despite a request by Syria's UN envoy to visit additional sites. Voice of America (8/29), The Guardian (London) (8/29), Reuters (8/28), Al Jazeera (8/28), The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (8/29)
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UN Dispatch
"Tanzania says it is committed to ending child labor in small-scale gold mines, following the revelation of child labor in mines by a Human Rights Watch report." UN Dispatch (8/29)
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Why a moratorium against nuclear testing continues to be crucial
Today is International Day Against Nuclear Tests, when the United Nations raises awareness of the impact of nuclear testing and the moratorium against them. The moratorium has been violated, such as by North Korean missile tests in recent years. That's why it's important to highlight "the continuing threat they pose to our health and survival and the imperative that we rid the world of them," says John Loretz of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. Inter Press Service (8/27)
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Health & Development
Microfinance helps restore dignity to the impoverished
Microfinance needs to be reconsidered as one of the tools to alleviate poverty, writes Jean-Marc Debricon, executive director of Green Shoots Foundation. Microfinance can enable "the impoverished to see themselves as 'worthy,' " and helps "restore what poverty had snatched away from them, their dignity," he argues. Thomson Reuters Foundation (8/28)
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Southern Africa group struggles to attract funding
The Southern African Development Community has ambitious plans but is having difficulty getting financing, write John Fraser and Collins Mtika. Development experts say that the group needs to work on collaboration with other regional projects and develop private-sector support. Inter Press Service (8/29)
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Peacekeeping and Security
U.S. prepares Syrian intelligence; U.K. waits on military action
The U.S. is expected to release its intelligence reports on chemical-weapons use in Syria, saying the data will support a military strike against the country. Meanwhile, the U.K. has decided to wait on any military strike amid opposition from lawmakers. The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (8/28), Reuters (8/29), Yahoo/The Associated Press (8/29), ForeignPolicy.com/Turtle Bay blog (8/28)
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Child recruitment continues in DR Congo
Recruitment of child soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo is ongoing, says UNICEF. Many of the recruits are boys that rejoined military groups after being released from them. "The economic hardships the first time I was reunited with my family were so hard that I decided to go back to fighting," one child soldier says. Inter Press Service (8/29)
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