Promoting Security through Diplomacy and Development

A post (video) from the US Department of State on the importance of the 3 Ds. Secretary Clinton testifies before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Promoting Security through Diplomacy and Development: The Fiscal Year 2011 International Affairs Budget (Feb. 25). You also can read the full statement.
http://www.state.gov/video/?videoid=68869987001

Another speech, a day before, on the priorities of the US government: D, D , D!
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2010/02/137256.htm

GREEN PROPHET BLOG

We met yesterday with a representative of the blog "green prophet". I would like to share with you the following link:

http://www.greenprophet.com/

"Green Prophet" is dealing with issues such as development and environment, in Israel and the Middle East, and brings to a wide public discussions and articles on environement and related issues.

They are doing a great job!

UN agency launches Web tool to help aid workers get food to Haitians in need

From the UN news Center.
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today launched an interactive Web-based tool containing information on usable roads, crop calendars and damaged areas in Haiti to help aid workers in the Caribbean country better distribute food and combat shortages in the wake of last month's earthquake.

http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33769&Cr=Haiti&Cr1=

Could stopping aid to Africa help the continent?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlW-ucSzdGI

A recent interview of Dambisa Moyo (feb.5, 2010) on the issue of foreign aid and its effectiveness. Not everybody likes her but this is pretty interesting.

What Innovative Ways Can We Combat Modern-Day Slavery?

Interersting post in the US Department of State's blog about human trafficking. Look also at the comments, sometimes very interesting...

Joel Leyden's blog

I would like to share with you the blog of Joel Leyden, an Web.2.0 specialist and journalist. This last months he has posted numerous photos on Haiti, the Israeli field hospital and the Israeli activity with the local population.
http://joelleydeninternetseomarketingjournal.blogspot.com/

school set up among Haiti's ruins

Though the Israeli search-and-rescue team has left Haiti, the Israeli spirit continues to waft through the devastated country. An Israeli delegation to the island country set up a provisional school among the earthquake wreckage.
An article by Oshrat Nagar-Levitt, Ynet 4/2/10.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3842471,00.html

Climate Terror: Global Warming, Failed States, and the Rise of Terrorism

A very interesting article I just found in the Huffington Post dated January 18, 2010 from Colin J. Fleming, about how climate change and its consequenceson development may represent a challenge to international security.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/colin-j-fleming/climate-terror-global-war_b_427608.html

MASHAV 2.0 - Israel Center for International Cooperation goes digital

Look at this blog post about MASHAV... nice. Thank you!
http://diplomatstalk.blogspot.com/2010/01/mashav-20-israel-center-for.html

Human Rights Council opens Special Session on Support to Recovery process in Haiti: A Human Rights approach

The Office of the High Commissioner for Human rights of the UN published a report following the Special Session on “The Support of the Human Rights Council to the Recovery Process in Haiti after the Earthquake of January 12, 2010.

http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=9780&LangID=E

Haitian boy to undergo heart surgery in Israel

An article from Ynet, January 27, 2010
Six-year old Wadley to arrive in Israel on flight with returning delegation for life-saving surgery.
Six-year old Wadley Elysee, a resident of a small Haitian village, will join the returning Israeli delegation on an El Al flight home Thursday. It will be the boy's first time on an airplane, and he says he is very excited.
Wadley is suffering from four different heart defects, which keep oxygen from circulating properly through his body. If he does not undergo a complicated surgical procedure he will in all probability not reach the age of 10.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3840758,00.html

Update on Rescue and Relief Efforts in Haiti

An update on the U.S rescue efforts in Haiti. From Dipnote, the official blog of the US Department of State.

http://blogs.state.gov/index.php/site/entry/relief_efforts_in_haiti

Israel and Germany Sign Memorandum of Understanding

Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon and German Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Dirk Niebel, signed an MOU in Berlin on January 18, 2010, regarding development cooperation with emphasis on water and agriculture.

Following the cooperation agreement signed between the two parties in March 2008, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs through MASHAV, Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) will join forces to contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals by enhancing cooperation in the Middle East, Africa and Central Asia with particular emphasis on water management, agricultural development and public health.

Israeli aid to Haiti, field hospital set up

The Israeli delegation landed in the capital of Port-Au-Prince on Friday evening (15 January) and established its operation center in a soccer field near the airport. On Tuesday night (Jan. 19), an additional team joined the IDF forces operating in Haiti since last week’s earthquake, consisting of GOC of the Home Front Command, Maj. Gen. Yair Golan, CEO of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Eitan Hai-Am, and the Chief Medical officer, Brig. Gen. Nahman Esh. After landing, the team arrived at the IDF field hospital and was updated on the current situation regarding the treatment of victims.

http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Israel+beyond+politics/Israeli_aid_arrives_Haiti_17-Jan-2010.htm

Israeli search and rescue delegation departs to Haiti

Following the tragic earthquake in Haiti, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today (Wednesday), 13 January 2010, ordered Defense Ministry, Foreign Ministry and Public Security Ministry officials to quickly consider how to render humanitarian assistance to the Caribbean nation. To this end, an advance IDF Home Front Command, IDF Medical Corps and Foreign Ministry delegation has already departed for Haiti.

http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Government/Communiques/2010/Israeli_rescue_delegation_Haiti_13-Jan-2010.htm