What We’re Reading 9/3/09
AFP—Trade ministers meet to put 2010 Doha deal in sight
Trade ministers met in New Delhi on Thursday for talks that WTO chief Pascal Lamy said could lay the groundwork for a final push to reach a new global free-trade pact next year. “The WTO ministers will have the opportunity to map out how they intend to bring the Doha round to a close in 2010,” Lamy said. The two days of informal ministerial level talks are also seen as preparation for further progress at a meeting of leaders of the Group of 20 wealthy and emerging nations in Pittsburgh later this month.
The New Times (Rwanda)—U.S. Congressmen to Woo Investors
Rwanda’s “The New Times” reports that a visiting U.S. Congressional delegation has pledged to woo the U.S. business community to invest in Rwanda. Speaking to the press yesterday shortly after meeting President Paul Kagame, Gregory Meeks, the head of the 5-member delegation which has been in the country on a 3-day visit, said that Rwanda has proven to be one of the most favorable places to do business and it would be a major destination for US investors. Meeks also said that the U.S. government is committed to USAID projects that are aimed at supporting healthcare and empowering Rwandans to be self-sustainable.
Wall Street Journal—Stimulus Cutbacks to Get Fresh Look
Finance officials from around the world will gather in London this weekend for discussions dominated by a key question: Is it time to unwind costly efforts to shore up the economy?, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Reuters—U.N.’s Ban seeks tough climate pact, warns of disaster
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Thursday for swifter work on a new climate treaty to fend off what he said could be economic disaster. “We will pay a high price if we do not act,” he told a 155-nation climate conference in Geneva of negotiations on a new United Nations deal to combat global warming that is due to be agreed in December in Copenhagen. Ban said he hoped a summit of world leaders he will host in New York on September 22 would give a new push toward Copenhagen.
NY Times– U.N. Guide for Sex Ed Generates Opposition
A set of proposed international sex education guidelines aimed at reducing H.I.V. infections among young people has provoked criticism from conservative groups that say the program would be too explicit for young children and promote access to legal abortion as a right. The guidelines, scheduled to be released next week, would be distributed to education ministries, school systems and teachers around the world to help teach young people about sex, relationships and sexually transmitted diseases.
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September 4, 2009 at 3:51 pm
The younger the better for sex education,as a youth worker, i am constantly coming across young people who are not properly educated on basic sex education.I would much rather my children know about sex then to find themselves in a situation where they have’nt got a clue what to do.The rise in STI’s and teenage pregnancy in England is really high, we should do all we can to educate these young people on sex ,pregnancy,and STI’s,the trouble nowadays is the parents shirk around the conversation of sex, don’t be embarrased, the facts are better coming from parents than what their mates think. It is a great idea and should go ahead.