UN, Government data shows women and children on decline in Zimbabwe
25 November 2009 – Some 100 children under five years of age will die today in Zimbabwe, a bleak statistic that is part of new social development data released by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Government, revealing that the situation there for women and children has deteriorated in the past five years.
New UN energy report says 1.5 billion people worldwide live in darkness
23 November 2009 – With the United Nations climate change summit in Copenhagen just 13 days away, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) has highlighted the need to ensure that the energy needs of developing countries are central to any new climate agreement, after a new report found that almost a quarter of the world’s 6 billion people live without electricity.
New policy centre and trust fund in Seoul mark shift in UN-Korean relations
23 November 2009 – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Republic of Korea signed plans today for a new policy centre and trust fund, marking a shift in their 40-year partnership to reflect the country’s status as an emerging donor to development.
Number of poor in Latin America to rise by 9 million this year, says UN report
19 November 2009 – Nine million more people in Latin America will fall into poverty this year due to the global economic crisis, bringing the total number of poor in the region to 189 million, or 34 per cent of the population, according to a United Nations report released today.
UN and Iraq agree on plan to boost governance, socio-economic development
19 November 2009 – The United Nations and Iraq have agreed on the basics of a new development partnership to strengthen Iraqi governance, social services and economic growth over the next five years.
Top UN official stresses academia’s role in solving global problems
17 November 2009 – A top United Nations official today called for a new culture of “intellectual social responsibility” to take education beyond the classroom to the search for real solutions to real problems, with the academic and educational sectors creating and sharing knowledge to help realise UN objectives and goals.
UN forum examines how to maximize Internet’s potential to help poor countries develop
16 November 2009 – A United Nations-backed international gathering focusing on how to make the most of the Internet to boost social and economic well-being for the greatest number of people around the world is underway in Egypt.
UN forum on women celebrates progress in Asia-Pacific, notes challenges
16 November 2009 – Nearly 15 years after the landmark United Nations conference on women, countries in Asia and the Pacific have made tangible progress but obstacles and challenges remain, a meeting convened by the world body’s regional arm heard today.
Ban urges support for developing countries in combating diabetes
14 November 2009 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for greater support to developing countries in preventing diabetes, which kills at least one million people every year, and in increasing access to health care.
New UN projects seek to speed up progress on global anti-poverty goals
12 November 2009 – Ninety new United Nations development projects will be launched over the next three years, a top official said today, to help achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) aimed at slashing a host of social ills, including extreme hunger and poverty, infant and maternal mortality, and lack of access to education and health care – all by 2015.
