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20 October 2014 | Disabilities
The 1st ever World Summit Destinations for All will take place in Montreal from 19 to 22 October 2014. The issue of accessible tourism has never been more relevant: 15% of the world’s population live with a disability, and with a greater aging…
16 October 2014 | Cooperatives, | Poverty Eradication
With over 800 million people worldwide still lacking access to healthy, nutritious food, family farmers must play an increasingly vital role in the global war on hunger, United Nations officials affirmed today, adding that the strong participation…
16 October 2014 | Cooperatives, | Poverty Eradication
With over 800 million people worldwide still lacking access to healthy, nutritious food, family farmers must play an increasingly vital role in the global war on hunger, United Nations officials affirmed today, adding that the strong participation…
16 October 2014 | Cooperatives, | Families, | Poverty Eradication
Nine out of ten of the world's 570 million farms are managed by families, making the family farm the predominant of agriculture, and consequently a potentially crucial agent of change in achieving sustainable food security and in eradicating hunger…
16 October 2014 | Cooperatives, | Families, | Poverty Eradication
Nine out of ten of the world's 570 million farms are managed by families, making the family farm the predominant of agriculture, and consequently a potentially crucial agent of change in achieving sustainable food security and in eradicating hunger…
16 October 2014 | Cooperatives, | Families, | Poverty Eradication
Nine out of ten of the world's 570 million farms are managed by families, making the family farm the predominant of agriculture, and consequently a potentially crucial agent of change in achieving sustainable food security and in eradicating hunger…
14 October 2014 | Cooperatives, | Women
On the fertile and lush fields of the Dibra region, one of the poorest in Albania, located on the north-east border of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, 47-year-old Emrie Lata and her husband collect their daily harvest. Emrie has worked on…
14 October 2014 | Cooperatives, | Women
On the fertile and lush fields of the Dibra region, one of the poorest in Albania, located on the north-east border of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, 47-year-old Emrie Lata and her husband collect their daily harvest. Emrie has worked on…
14 October 2014 | Poverty Eradication
While many African countries and communities have made great progress in peace and security, human rights, good governance and the rule of law, more remains to be done, several senior United Nations said during a high-level panel discussion…
13 October 2014 | Ageing
Did you know that nearly two thirds of the victims of the Japanese tsunami in 2011 were aged 60 or above? Or that the average decedent associated with Hurricane Sandy was 60 years old?
Persons over 60 make up one of the most vulnerable groups in…
09 October 2014 | Disabilities
People with disabilities and their advocates have recently marked a milestone with one more country signing the Convention on the Right of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
In September, Guyana was the 150th Member State to ratify the document…
09 October 2014 | Youth
The biggest problem facing young people around the world — in developing and developed countries — was unemployment and underemployment, youth representatives told the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) as it concluded its general…