http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joel-lamstein/re-discovering-us-leaders_b_416102.html   

http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/87/11/08-062562.pdf.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-fg-climate-conflict27-2009nov27,0,303698.story

 http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091021/OPINION03/910210321&emailAFriend=1
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From the WorldWatch Institute

http://www.worldwatch.org/node/6213?emc=el&m=279787&l=4&v=a8085f1b07

Horrific denial of women's humanity in Afghanistan.

Jane Roberts and Lois Abraham established 34 Million Friends of UNFPA in 2002 when the Bush Administration first announced they would withhold the $34 million that Congress allocated to UNFPA. Today the total amount of blocked funds stands at over $200 million.

UNITED NATIONS, New York, 6 April 2009 - Investments of $64.7 billion are needed in 2010 for population programmes that are essential to reduce poverty, promote development and curtail maternal death, according to a revision approved by United Nations Members at the closing session of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) late on Friday. One third of this sum, about $21.6 billion, is expected as international assistance, while the remaining two thirds would be domestic investments by developing nations.

The 42nd session of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) concluded last week with the adoption of a resolution on "The contribution of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development to the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals".