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Eradicating poverty, the greatest global challenge
During the Copenhagen World Summit for Social Development in 1995, leaders from across the globe recognized poverty eradication as an ethical, political and economic imperative. Since then, the world has come together to eliminate poverty. As a major step towards this objective, the Millennium Declaration set the target of halving the proportion of people living on less than $1.25 a day between 1990 and 2015. FULL ARTICLE
Measuring global trade – getting the right numbers?
In today’s global economy, no nation is self-sufficient. They rely on one another to complete a wide range of international transactions including selling, buying or exchanging of goods and services. Global trading has become a key pillar of today’s economy and its fluctuations can impact national and international policies and processes. FULL ARTICLE
Zambian envoy elected to ECOSOC for 2011
H.E. Lazarous Kapambwe, Permanent Representative of Zambia to the UN, was elected on 18 January to serve as the next President of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). “I represent the region that is lagging behind the most in terms of development in all socio-economic sectors and I pledge to do my best to ensure that Africa’s challenges as well as all other regions are tackled in the best way possible by the Council,” Mr. Kapambwe told ECOSOC. FULL ARTICLE
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Global dialogue on development
- Celebrating forest for the people
- Finding the path to eradicate poverty
- Setting new statistical standards for implementation
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Trends and analysis
- Formulating policy messages on education
- Activities on international migration and development
- Significant increase in Public Service Awards nominations
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Capacity development
- Supporting developing countries to prepare for Rio+20
- Accountability and prevention of corruption
- Regional knowledge networks project
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Calendar
- High-level Segment of UNFF9 and launch of the International Year of Forests, New York, 2-4 February
- 49th session of the Commission for Social Development, New York, 9-18 February
- 42nd session of the Statistical Commission, New York, 22-25 February
