UN Wire: Sierra Leone's historic election; a children's parliament

UN Wire
August 13, 2007
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TODAY'S HEADLINES

TOP STORY
* Observers praise historic election in Sierra Leone
QUOTE OF THE DAY
* Arthur Omar Kayumba, 16, a member of DRC's Children's Parliament. Read the full story.
BLOG ROUNDUP
* blog
UN RADIO
* radio
UNITED NATIONS
* UN-backed "Children's Parliament" boosts justice in DRC
* Security Council loosens DRC weapons embargo
DEVELOPMENT HEALTH AND POVERTY
* Young Americans volunteer to further MDGs
* WHO optimistic over latest polio statistics
HOT TOPICS
* "Green doubters" cast pall over climate change battle
* UN weather agency sees record conditions
* Employee accused of exploiting UN for visa scheme
* Tradition of female circumcision still strong in Sierra Leone
* South Asia grapples with monsoon flooding aftermath
DEVELOPMENT ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
* Asian dam raises environmental bar
* Climate change takes back seat at World Bank
* World Water Week gets under way
HUMAN RIGHTS
* Egypt mulls harsher penalties for female circumcision
* Somalia: UN envoy condemns killing of journalists
* Prison artwork provides harsh view of Myanmar
* Group: Armies' counterterrorism must weigh rights
PEACE AND SECURITY
* Non-African troops not needed for Darfur, says AU
* Kosovo solution remains elusive
* Taliban frees two South Korean women
* Iraq eyes emergency meeting

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