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UN peacekeeping missions: who provides the most troops | News | guardian.co.uk

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/interactive/2013/apr/30/un-peacekeeping-missions-mapped

UN peacekeeping missions: who provides the most troops

Is the UN the world’s policeman? It tries to keep the peace in some of the world’s most violent countries in the world - and has just approved a new peacekeeping force in Mali. So, who pays the bill - and where are the personnel based? Click on the map below to explore the data - search for countries and hit ’share view’ to share your zoom on twitter and Facebook

#cartographie-participative #nations-unies #opérations_de_maintien_de_la_paix

No hijacking by Somali pirates in nearly a year

http://www.stripes.com/no-hijacking-by-somali-pirates-in-nearly-a-year-1.219327

UNITED NATIONS — The fight against Somali pirates has been so effective that they haven’t been able to mount a successful hijacking in nearly a year, the chair of the global group trying to combat the pirates said Thursday.

U.S. diplomat Donna Leigh Hopkins credits the combined efforts of international naval forces and stepped-up security on ships including the use of armed guards. But there are also other factors including the jailing of some 1,140 Somali pirate in 21 countries “which started deglamorizing piracy,” she said.

#piraterie #somalie #nations-unies #unosat

Iran, Syria and North Korea Stall Arms Treaty - NYTimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/29/world/iran-and-north-korea-block-arms-trade-treaty.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=ed

UNITED NATIONS — The global effort to regulate the sale of conventional weapons suffered a significant but not fatal setback on Thursday after Iran, Syria and North Korea opposed the draft Arms Trade Treaty, blocking the consensus needed for passage after years of arduous negotiations.

#armement #accord #onu #nations-unies

#Haiti: How #cholera turned shit into gold
http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2013/03/haiti-how-cholera-turned-shit-into-gold.html

From the point of view of the UN and the NGOs, Nepali cholera has been a blessing in disguise: At the cost of 650,000 cases and 8,000 dead Haitians, cholera has turned shit into gold—at least for the UN and the NGOs.

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#nations-unies #santé #ong

Daily chart: African-American-Chinese | The Economist

http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2013/03/daily-chart-9?fsrc=scn/fb/wl/dc/AfricanAmericanChinese

African-American-Chinese
Mar 14th 2013, 16:26 by Economist.com

http://media.economist.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/full-width/images/2013/03/blogs/graphic-detail/20130316_gdc264_2.png

The UNDP’s favoured measure of progress throws up some intriguing comparisons

GROSS domestic product, Robert F. Kennedy said, “measures everything…except that which makes life worthwhile.” In an attempt to redress the fixation with economic output alone, in 1990 the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched the Human Development Index (HDI). This index combines life expectancy at birth, the average and expected number of years in education and economic output. Only two countries, Zimbabwe and Lesotho, have seen their index scores fall since 1990, but elsewhere big strides have been made, particularly in China, Iran and India. As a result of these changes, the UNDP expects the world’s middle-class population—defined as households with incomes over $20,000 a year—to grow from 1.85 billion in 2009 to 3.25 billion in 2020. It predicts that by 2030, 80% of middle-class households will live in emerging and developing countries, accounting for 70% of global spending.

#développment #indicateur #indice #hdi #statistique #data #pnud #nations-unies

Haiti: fight against cholera continues, but claims against UN ‘not receivable’
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=44197

In November 2011, a claim for compensation was brought against the UN on behalf of victims of the cholera outbreak in Haiti.

“Today, the United Nations advised the claimants’ representatives that the claims are not receivable pursuant to Section 29 of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations,”

#choléra #haïti #santé #nations-unies #circulez-y-a-rien-à-voir

#ANTHONYSHADID #JOURNALISTE DE TERRAIN

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Succombe à une #crise d’ #asthme en couvrant la révolte en #Syrie

Anthony Shadid du #NYT (New-York Times) est décédé ce 16 février en Syrie, alors qu’il était sur le chemin du retour après une investigation en Syrie, menée clandestinement pour ne pas tomber entre les des sbires du régime du #Baâth. Considéré comme l’un des meilleurs et courageux journalistes au #monde, selon la réaction de l’ambassadrice américaine aux #Nations-unies #SusanRice qui s’est exprimée sur Twitter...