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26 June 2014 | Poverty Eradication
The Human Rights Council this morning adopted nine texts in which it extended the mandates of the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, the Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity, the Special Rapporteur on…
16 June 2014 | Poverty Eradication
United Nations officials today marked the World Day Against Child Labour by highlighting the crucial role of social protection in keeping boys and girls out of a heinous practice that robs them of their childhood and threatens their prospects for a…
11 June 2014 | Ageing, Poverty Eradication
The 2nd International Forum on the Rights of Older Persons, which ended today in Mexico City, determined that it is both desirable and viable to put a focus on rights in the public policies that affect this social group in Latin America and the…
11 June 2014 | Ageing, Poverty Eradication
The 2nd International Forum on the Rights of Older Persons, which ended today in Mexico City, determined that it is both desirable and viable to put a focus on rights in the public policies that affect this social group in Latin America and the…
09 June 2014 | Poverty Eradication
According to the new edition of the World Bank's Little Green Data Book, released on World Environment Day 2014, a new indicator called change in wealth per capita for more than 200 countries is introduced. Given the analysis conducted by the World…
09 June 2014 | Poverty Eradication
Launching the United Nations Decade of Sustainable Energy for All, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today hailed modern energy services as the source of profound and life-changing opportunities – for the poorest communities and the richest investors…
06 June 2014 | Poverty Eradication
Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP) was introduced in 2005 to provide support to approximately eight million chronically food insecure people. Ever since, the programme has been promoted as a model of social protection, and has…
05 June 2014 | Poverty Eradication
Barbados, a small Caribbean island at the cutting edge of the fight against climate change, will be hosting this year's World Environment Day, leading United Nations-wide efforts to draw attention to the plight of the world's small islands…
05 June 2014 | Poverty Eradication
The lack of electricity around the world is "a massive problem" which puts people's lives at risk, according to a report launched at the UN in New York.
The Poor People’s Energy Outlook Report says 4.3 million people die each year as a result of…
04 June 2014 | Poverty Eradication
In the aftermath of the global economic crisis, more than 70 per cent of the world population is without proper social protections, the United Nations labour agency today reported, urging governments to scale up investment in child and family…
28 May 2014 | Disabilities, Poverty Eradication, Women, Youth
Speaking at the high level event of the General Assembly in New York on “Achieving poverty eradication through full employment and decent work for all in the Post-2015 development Agenda”, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon made a strong case for…
28 May 2014 | Disabilities, Poverty Eradication, Women, Youth
Speaking at the high level event of the General Assembly in New York on “Achieving poverty eradication through full employment and decent work for all in the Post-2015 development Agenda”, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon made a strong case for…