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29 December 2015 | Ageing, Cooperatives, Disabilities, Families, Poverty Eradication, Social Inclusion, Youth
On 11 December 2015, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) held a high-level meeting on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the World Summit for Social Development (WSSD). Speakers emphasized the importance of a human-centred approach…
10 December 2015 | Families, Poverty Eradication
The absence of financial, physical, social and human resources has left some 700,000 farm households extremely vulnerable in conflict-torn eastern Ukraine, the results of a United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) household survey…
10 December 2015 | Families, Poverty Eradication
The absence of financial, physical, social and human resources has left some 700,000 farm households extremely vulnerable in conflict-torn eastern Ukraine, the results of a United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) household survey…
08 December 2015 | Poverty Eradication
Situated in south-central Africa and bordering eight countries offering
, peaceful and stable Zambia is approximately three times the size of the UK. Endowed with natural resources such as copper and hydropower, it ranks among the top 10 fastest…
07 December 2015 | Poverty Eradication
The Meeting brought together ILO’s tripartite constituents – governments, employers and workers – along with the political, economic and social actors of the world of work in Africa, to address the imperative of promoting an inclusive and job-rich…
04 December 2015 | Poverty Eradication
A new initiative to build climate resilience in the world’s most vulnerable countries was launched yesterday by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and 13 members within the UN system at COP21, the Paris Climate Conference. The new initiative will…
03 December 2015 | Disabilities, Poverty Eradication, Social Inclusion
We mark this year’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities in the wake of the adoption of the ambitious 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This global blueprint for action summons us to “leave no one behind”. Building a sustainable,…
03 December 2015 | Disabilities, Poverty Eradication, Social Inclusion
We mark this year’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities in the wake of the adoption of the ambitious 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This global blueprint for action summons us to “leave no one behind”. Building a sustainable,…
03 December 2015 | Disabilities, Poverty Eradication, Social Inclusion
We mark this year’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities in the wake of the adoption of the ambitious 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This global blueprint for action summons us to “leave no one behind”. Building a sustainable,…
02 December 2015 | Poverty Eradication
The fight against poverty has been central to the work of the UN since its foundation: the preamble of the UN charter reads one of the purposes for the establishment of the Organization being: “to promote social progress and better standards of life…
20 November 2015 | Poverty Eradication
Tackling climate change is the only way to address poverty to order propecia, according to the UN's leading expert on climate issues.
In fact, Christiana Figueres, head of the UN climate secretariat, UNFCCC, sees these two global concerns as "one…
19 November 2015 | Poverty Eradication
The 13th African Regional Meeting will be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from November 30, 2015 to the December 3, 2015. The meeting will bring together ILO’s tripartite constituents – governments, employers and workers – along with the political,…