UN Wire: UNICEF: Child mortality rate tumbles to record low; UN indigenous rights measure

UN Wire
September 13, 2007
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TODAY'S HEADLINES

TOP STORY
* UNICEF: Child mortality rate tumbles to record low
QUOTE OF THE DAY
* Andrew Mitchell, founder and director of the Global Canopy Programme. Read the full story.
BLOG ROUNDUP
* blog
UN RADIO
* radio
UNITED NATIONS
* UN indigenous rights measure expected to pass
* Ban concerned by Indonesian earthquake, dispatches teams
* Chen: Taiwan to ignore U.S. cautions over UN bid
DEVELOPMENT HEALTH AND POVERTY
* Report: World Bank anti-graft unit improvements suggested
* WHO encourages vigilance against drug-resistant TB
* Group: Migration contributes to spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa
* Traditions thrive as southern Sudan peace brings slow change
* Liberia must reinstate disaster agency, officials say
DEVELOPMENT ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
* Group: Threatened species list expands to crisis level
* Report: World's poor suffer for lack of clean energy
* Forest nations look for carbon credits to conserve
HUMAN RIGHTS
* Some illegal workers find brutality in Malaysia
* IPS: Sponsorship system leaves African migrant maids vulnerable
* Poll results: Should Syria change its visa rules for Iraqis?
PEACE AND SECURITY
* U.S. will seek stronger UN sanctions against Iran
* Ethiopian rebels urge world to act on Ogaden
* Opinion: Putin pushes power shift to his liking
* Venezuela legislature approves controversial Chavez reforms

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