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18 September 2014 | Poverty Eradication, | Youth
Education will be central to the success of the international targets that will replace the Millennium Development Goals when they expire in 2015. That’s the key point of a new booklet that will be released when the 69th Session of the United…
17 September 2014 | Poverty Eradication
The United Nations General Assembly opened its 69th annual session today with the body's new President declaring that it would be a historic opportunity to formulate a post-2015 development agenda that is transformative, brings tangible results in…
16 September 2014 | Poverty Eradication
Closing the current session in the newly-renovated General Assembly Hall, President John Ashe today expressed gratitude to Member States for their cooperation in focusing on perhaps the biggest generational challenge of the United Nations: crafting…
15 September 2014 | Poverty Eradication
The deliberations on the post-2015 development agenda have emphasized the need for strong monitoring and accountability. In addition to accountability at the global and national levels, there are calls for a strong focus on the regional dimension…
10 September 2014 | Poverty Eradication
The World Bank Group’s Executive Directors discussed a new Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) for Argentina covering fiscal years 2015-2018. Executive Directors broadly endorsed the strategy’s overall goals designed to sustain social gains and…
09 September 2014 | Ageing
The new report of the Secretary-General on the "Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing” is submitted in response to General Assembly resolution 68/134.
It focuses on two issues that have been singled out as critical to the well-being and…
08 September 2014 | Ageing
The catastrophe predicted to result from the rapid ageing of Asian populations is far from inevitable, said experts at a regional conference being held this week in Thailand.
Making changes to economic and health policies can help countries head off…
04 September 2014 | Ageing
On 13 October 2014, the International Day for Disaster Reduction will be celebrated which this year is titled “Resilience is for life” and will focus on the contributions of older persons to disaster risk reduction and resilience.
As part of the…
04 September 2014 | Women, | Youth
Women and youth must be seen as partners in development and involved, not just included, in decision-making, according to discussions at the United Nations conference on small island developing states which wraps up Thursday in Samoa.
“Girls are…
04 September 2014 | Women, | Youth
Women and youth must be seen as partners in development and involved, not just included, in decision-making, according to discussions at the United Nations conference on small island developing states which wraps up Thursday in Samoa.
“Girls are…
04 September 2014 | Youth
Young Senegalese leaders, ages 18 to 29, will soon benefit from training, mentoring, and networking opportunities through “Projet JETS – Jeunesse, Entreprise, et Transformation Sociale au Sénégal” (Youth, Enterprise, and Social Transformation in…
03 September 2014 | Poverty Eradication
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Caribbean face a number of development challenges. Although they are ranked at medium and high levels in the UN Human Development index, inequalities are growing and many residents face low standards of…