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Issue DH/7167 Thursday, 26 May 2016

In the headlines:

• Attacks on health care and medical personnel incrises occur with alarmin! "re#uenc$% & UN

• At Securit$ Council, UN o""icials cite climate chan!eamon! "actors impactin! Sahel re!ion%s sta'ilit$

• (emen) hope% emanatin! "rom UN-sponsoredtalks, as details o" peace a!reement discussed

• *ustice and accounta'ilit$ critical components% "orlastin! peace in +i'$a & CC rosecutor

• UN envo$ "or S$ria tells Securit$ Council peacetalks will resume as soon as "easi'le%

• +.Cs) /ehind the scenes & !earin! up "or a UNcon"erence on least developed countries

• UN health a!enc$ launches pro!ramme "orout'reaks and humanitarian emer!encies

• /an appoints !overnin! 'od$ o" technolo!$ 'ank%"or least developed nations

• 0ld ha'its die hard,% UN deput$ chie" tellsEnvironment Assem'l$, ur!in! action towardssustaina'ilit$

• ra#) civilians in 'esie!ed Fallu1ah at e2tremerisk,% senior UN humanitarian o""icial warns

• We have an opportunit$ in the ne2t 34 to 56 $ears

to reall$ chan!e our world% & UN envo$ "or the leastdeveloped countries

• n Repu'lic o" 7orea, /an ur!es Asian nations tosettle 'order disputes, historical issues

More stories inside

Atta!s on health are and "edial #ersonnel in rises our

with $alar"ing %re&ueny' ( )*26 May – The World Health Organization (WHO) said in a new report

today that attacks on health care in emergency situations disrupt the

delivery of essential health services endanger care providers deprive

people of urgently needed medical attention and undermine long!term

health development goals"

#ccording to the report #ttacks on Health $are% &revent&rotect &rovide over the two!year period from 'anuary *+ to,ecem-er *. there were ./+ reported attacks on health care that

resulted in /./ deaths and *.0* in1uries in */ countries withemergencies"

The most distur-ing challenge for health care providers duringemergencies is when they themselves are the victims of attacks – real

or threatened targeted or indiscriminate the report emphasized"

23et we witness with alarming fre4uency a lack of respect for the sanctity of health care for the right to health care and for

The wreckage of an ambulance repeatedly attacked in Bentiu

Hospital, South Sudan, now sits immobilized beyond repair. Photo:

H!"#. $o%elo

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UN .ail$ News 5; ioQ Heads of 6tate called for a new era in environmental governance for a newenvironment assem-ly" 3ou are that dream come true"E

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UN .ail$ News 5; 1s are facing ma7or humanitarian crises. How do you balance the need for immediate

humanitarian relief and longer?term de%elopment assistance

$ews 1entre: The 8>1s conference is happening now because we*re at the midpoint of the programme of action

dedicated to their de%elopment. hat is the most important thing you want to see happen at the e%ent

r. 2charya: :n terms of the timing it is very important" The idea of the review is really to look at the success stories – and

where there have -een successes we want to really make sure that those successes are maintained they are scaled up andthey are replicated" #nd where we see the o-stacles we would really like to see what has -een the ma1or challenge for thesecountries in terms of meeting the goals"

What we are also looking at from the conference is what the international community can do -etter" This is important -ecause we live in a very integrated and glo-alized world and the challenge of the A,$s is not only a concern for theA,$s" We live in a world where we have principles of international solidarity this is the fundamental -asis of the =nited

;ations which promotes peace and development and human rights in an inclusive manner and integrated manner all aroundthe world" What we are saying is that there is a huge opportunity in the A,$s"

:f we work together we can achieve very am-itious goals

We are talking a-out * per cent of the population we5re talking a-out huge natural resources -ut we have not -een a-le toreally fully utilize those natural resources so there is an opportunity for all of us to really lift the world up and eradicate

poverty" #nd you cannot eradicate poverty if you do not look at those countries which are at the -ottom of the developmentladder"

$ews 1entre: )ou mention that countries will be learning from each other. 2side from Samoa, which countries ha%e

Clessons learned* to share

r. 2charya: There are many countriesS Cor e9ample @angladesh ;epal and Tanzania have made a lot of progress onreducing maternal mortality and child mortality in the last several years" Aook at wanda for the change in terms of access to energy as well as the internet" :f you look at @hutan it has promoted huge


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I*T6I6+: To# )* #eae!ee#ing, logistial o%%iials disussthreats to ?-lue hel"ets?

26 May – :n e9treme circumstances like deli-erate targeting -y 1ihadists and traffickers to more complicated assignments todayKs=nited ;ations peacekeepers need courage a high degree of

professionalism and resilience the head of the so!called K-lue helmetsKtoday said"

2@eing a peacekeeper has always -een a-out devoting a period oftime of oneKs life to the no-le ideals of peace and security" @ut it hastaken a very specific dimension in recent years in view of the verydangerous situations in which weKve -een asked to step inE HervAadsous =nder!6ecretary!?eneral for &eacekeeping Operations toldthe UN News Centre ahead of the :nternational ,ay of =;&eacekeepers marked annually on / 8ay"

'ust days -efore the interivew five $hadian peacekeepers were killedand three others wounded in an attack in northern 8ali" The attack -y

:slamic e9tremists condemned -y 6ecretary!?eneral @an Gi!moon as 2heinousE was also denounced -y the 6ecurity$ouncil"

This yearKs theme is 2Honouring our HeroesE a nod to the *. military police and civilian staff who serve in *0 peacekeeping operations around the world" The deployment is the largest in =; history"

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#t least BM =; peacekeepers have -een killed in the last four months" 6ince the start of =; peacekeeping operations in*/+F nearly B. military police and civilian personnel working under the =; flag have -een killed including */ in*. alone"

Those */ individuals were honoured last week with ,ag Hammarsk1Uld 8edals" :n a special ceremony the family of$aptain 8-aye ,iagne whose -ravery in >wanda saved hundreds of people from genocide was presented with aninaugural medal for e9ceptional courage in his name"

Special inter%ention brigade forces from Tanzania, part of the '$peacekeeping mission in the >emocratic ;epublic of the 1ongo ?

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trial these key performance indicators"

The forum concluded with the >ome ,eclaration which presents a *!point manifesto for the transition to smart sustaina-lecities" The declaration promotes the use of internationally agreed key performance indicators and technical standards inservice of sustaina-le development o-1ectives in the ur-an conte9t and highlights the value of inclusive e!governancemodels and peer!learning among city leaders"

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