Ban calls talks over African MDG progress; Taiwan; desertification

UN Wire
September 17, 2007
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TODAY'S HEADLINES

TOP STORY
* Ban calls emergency talks over African MDG progress
QUOTE OF THE DAY
* Paul Ginies, dean of 2ie International Institute for Water and Environmental Engineering in Ouagadougou. Read the complete story.
BLOG ROUNDUP
* blog
UN RADIO
* radio
UNITED NATIONS
* UN meeting targets desertification
* Taiwanese march to support UN membership bid
DEVELOPMENT HEALTH AND POVERTY
* UN aims to hire more teachers, build schools in Gaza
* India's tsunami victims still lack permanent housing
* African flooding may boost disease outbreak risk
HOT TOPICS
* UN passes declaration on indigenous rights
* UN program to set up cellular networks in rural Africa
* U.S. prepares funding cut for UN rights body
* UNICEF: Child mortality rate tumbles to record low
* APEC forges climate agreement, sets no limits
DEVELOPMENT ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
* Limited water supply leads to conflicts in Burkina Faso
* Opinion: For help with global warming, look to Montreal
* Arctic ice levels retreat to record low
HUMAN RIGHTS
* Esfandiari: Interrogators polite, but jail was a struggle
* Report: Guard unit implicated in violence in CAR
PEACE AND SECURITY
* Global rallies target action in Darfur
* Countries team up with nonproliferation goals
* ElBaradei remains in center of struggle between Iran, West

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