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18 April 2017 | Poverty Eradication
The NGO Committee on Social Development is conducting a survey to gather information to give an additional voice at the UN for the grassroots in regard to sustainable development. Information from the survey will be published in a report which will…
31 March 2017 | Poverty Eradication
At a time of unprecedented challenges that demand collective action, we cannot accept the waste of human potential that poverty represents.
Poverty is a form of violence. It leads to prejudice and humiliation and it silences people. It destroys…
27 March 2017 | Ageing, Poverty Eradication
Based on the initiative of the Department for International Development (DFID) and the Office of National Statistics (ONS) of the United Kingdom an informal group of representatives from UN agencies (UNDP, UN Women, UNFPA, WHO) and the UN…
27 March 2017 | Ageing, Poverty Eradication
Based on the initiative of the Department for International Development (DFID) and the Office of National Statistics (ONS) of the United Kingdom an informal group of representatives from UN agencies (UNDP, UN Women, UNFPA, WHO) and the UN…
23 March 2017 | Poverty Eradication, Social Inclusion
The New Report "Human Development for Everyone" released by the UN Development Programme (UNDP), found that while many people have greater access to education, health and sanitation, for example, more focus needs to be paid to who has been excluded…
23 March 2017 | Poverty Eradication, Social Inclusion
The New Report "Human Development for Everyone" released by the UN Development Programme (UNDP), found that while many people have greater access to education, health and sanitation, for example, more focus needs to be paid to who has been excluded…
06 March 2017 | Poverty Eradication, Social Inclusion
Since its first session in 1947, the UN Statistical Commission has brought together senior statisticians from across the globe to make sure that all nations speak the same statistical language, using harmonized data. The goal has been clear from the…
06 March 2017 | Poverty Eradication, Social Inclusion
Since its first session in 1947, the UN Statistical Commission has brought together senior statisticians from across the globe to make sure that all nations speak the same statistical language, using harmonized data. The goal has been clear from the…
27 February 2017 | Poverty Eradication
With over 700 million people around the world living on less than $1.90 a day, the United Nations declared in 2015 that its number one Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) was to end poverty in all its forms.
In February 2017 the 55th Commission for…
30 January 2017 | Poverty Eradication
UNDESA’s Division for Social Policy and Development (DSPD) is hosting a photo exhibition at United Nations Headquarters in New York City from 1-10 February 2017 as part of its activities to promote the work of the CSocd55, which this year will focus…
14 November 2016 | Poverty Eradication
The 2016 Beijing Forum was held from 4 to 6 November 2016 in China under the general theme “The Harmony of Civilizations and Prosperity for All”. The Forum aims at promoting the study of humanities and social sciences around the world. It endeavors…
24 October 2016 | Poverty Eradication, Youth
The first MOST Forum of Ministers of Social Development for Central Africa is taking place in Yaoundé, from 24 to 26 October 2016, at the invitation of the Government of Cameroon. Co-organized with the UNESCO's Management of Social Transformations…