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Seven billionth world citizen soon to be born
In just a few weeks, a baby who will be the 7 billionth inhabitant of planet Earth will be born. In view of this milestone, DESA News interviewed Hania Zlotnik, who heads UN DESA’s Population Division, the unit in charge of preparing the official UN population projections that provide the basis for estimating the day when the world population will cross the 7 billion mark. FULL ARTICLE
Building a better world with cooperatives
Over one billion people are members of cooperatives, a serious enterprise model that puts people at the heart of all business. Owned and controlled by the members they serve, they are great tools for empowering people. On 31 October, the International Year of Cooperatives 2012 will be launched at the UN in New York, setting off initiatives and events across the globe. FULL ARTICLE
Closing the Gap
“We cannot afford to leave the poor even further behind,” stated Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as the MDG Gap Task Force report was released on 16 September. Although support has increased significantly since 2000, the report shows that donors need to further intensify their development assistance if we are to attain the MDGs by 2015.
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Global dialogue on development
- People-empowerment for peace, job creation and energy efficiency
- Promoting forests’ role in green economies
- Maximizing impacts of aid
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Trends and analysis
- High-level event spotlights Geospatial Information Management
- Challenging corruption to improve public services and attain MDGs
- Calls for nominations to reward public service excellence
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Capacity development
- Statistics focused on gender
- Improving capacity to produce economic statistics
- Measuring trade patterns and global value chains in East Asia
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Comings and goings
Comings
Mr. Nikhil Seth has been appointed as Director for the Division for Sustainable Development (DSD) and Head of the Office of the Conference Secretary-General (CSG) Mr. Sha Zukang for the Rio+20 Secretariat effective 1 September.
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Calendar
- 66th Session of the General Assembly
- Rio+20:
- Delhi Dialogue on “Green Economy and Inclusive Growth”, New Delhi, India, 3-4 October
- Regional Preparatory Meeting in the Arab Region, Cairo, Egypt, 16-17 October
- Regional Preparatory Meeting for Asia Pacific Region, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 19-20 October
- Regional Preparatory Meeting for Africa Region, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 20-25 October
- International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, New York, 17 October
