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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 | 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…
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…
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…
02 September 2014 | Youth
When Beatriz de Santos dropped out of school, she thought that this was the end of her education and dreams of a better life. As the oldest daughter in a poor family, she was expected to look after seven smaller brothers and sisters rather than…
02 September 2014 | Poverty Eradication
A United Nations conference focusing on the role of civil society in shaping the global development agenda beyond 2015 concluded in New York today with a declaration that will serve as an “Action Agenda” in the lead-up to negotiations on the future…