In Bangladesh mobile phones will be use to alert the population on natural disasters

In Bangladesh, at the end of August 2011, according to the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission, the number of active mobile phones subscribers has reached the 80 million.
The wide distribution of cellular phones will be used from the upcoming year to inform the population about the risk of natural disasters, like floodings. The Disaster Management Bureau (DMB) will team up with the country’s largest mobile phone provider Grameen phone, and the state-run mobile phone company Teletalk, to provide early warnings for cyclones and floods to all 14 coastal districts.

Deauville Partnership - The Group of Eight (G8) establishes a partnership to support the development of democratic institutions in the Arab countries

The Deauville Partnership has been established by the G8 countries in the Member States meeting of last May 2011. The purpose of this partnership, set in the Declaration, is to support the transition to democratic societies in those Arab countries where recent demonstrations have deposed the old regimes.
The Prime Ministers of Egypt and Tunisia, the first countries to join the partnership, participated to the meeting together with the Secretary General of the Arab League.

Last 10 September 2011, within the G8 countries finance ministers’ meeting, also Libya was invited to join the partnership. In the meanwhile a number of international and regional financial institutions have decided to join and contribute to this partnership. Among these, the African Development Bank, the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development, the Arab Monetary Fund, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the European Investment Bank, the Islamic Development Bank Group, the International Monetary Fund, the OPEC Fund for International Development and the World Bank.

Member States of the Group of Eight (G8)

Canada,  France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, United Kingdom and the United States of America

On 20 September 2011,  New York hold the G8 Foreign Affairs Ministers’ meeting where it was circulated a statement, outlining the importance to promote and strengthen the rule of law in the target countries of the partnership, namely: Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Jordan and Libya.

3 October 2011 - World Habitat Day

UN General Assembly with Resolution 40/202 of 17 December 1985 designated the first Monday of October of every year as World Habitat Day. In 2011, World Habitat Day is commemorated on 3 October.
In 2011, the theme of World Habitat Day is Cities and Climate Change and will focus on the dangerous convergence of the effects of urbanization and climate change. The results of this convergence threaten to have unprecedented negative impacts on quality of life, and economic and social stability.

United Nations Human
 Settlements Programme

However, alongside these threats is an equally compelling set of opportunities. Although urban areas, with their high concentration of population, industries and infrastructure, are likely to face the most severe impacts of climate change, urbanization will also offer many opportunities to develop cohesive mitigation and adaptation strategies to deal with climate change. The populations, enterprises and authorities of urban centres will be fundamental players in developing these strategies.

World Habitat Day 2011 UNHABITAT Executive Director's Message