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