The MDGs: Are we on track?
XLIV (01.12.2007)
Building upon the lessons of four decades of United Nations efforts, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) outline a universal framework for development: eradicate extreme poverty and hunger (Goal 1), achieve universal primary education (Goal 2), promote gender equality and empower women (Goal 3), reduce child mortality (Goal 4), improve maternal health (Goal 5), combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases (Goal 6), ensure environmental sustainability (Goal 7) and develop a global partnership for development (Goal 8). While these Goals are distinct, they are not to be understood as separate from one another—progress in one area is only possible if the others are also tackled at the same time. Moreover, the MDGs, drawn from the Millennium Declaration adopted by all UN Member States in 2000, are not merely lofty statements of intent but a set of 18 concrete targets—and precise monitoring mechanisms to track and review progress towards the achievement of these Goals.
- The Importance of the MDGs: The United Nations Leadership in Development
- A Prehistory of the Millennium Development Goals: Four Decades of Struggle for Development in the United Nations
- Our Aspirations Must Become Achievements: From the Millennium Summit to 2015
- From the Millennium Summit to 2015: The Challenges Ahead
- Devising a Shared Global Strategy for the MDGs: Building on Successes Towards 2015
- Food Security and the Challenge of the MDGs: The Road Ahead
- Breaking the Cycle of Poverty in Achieving the MDGs: Investing in Reproductive Health and Rights
- Surviving on Pennies: We Must Help the World’s Most Deprived
- Agriculture Leads to the MDGs: Rural Development in Africa
- Promoting the MDGs: The Role of Employment and Decent Work
- Achieving the MDGs in Africa: A Race Against Time
- Can South Asia End Poverty in a Generation? More Inclusive Growth and Faster Human Development Are Key
- Ending Poverty Through Education: The Challenge of Education for All
- Towards Universal Primary Education: The Experience of Tanzania
- Gender Disparity in Primary Education: The Experience in India
- Gender Equality Is Key to Achieving the MDGs: Women and Girls Are Central to Development
- The Importance of Educating Girls and Women --The Fight Against Poverty in African Rural Communities
- Promoting Gender Equality in Muslim Contexts -- Women’s Voices Must Not Be Silenced
- Health and the MDGs: The Challenges Ahead
- Education Is Key to Reducing Child Mortality: The Link Between Maternal Health and Education
- Newborns in Sub-Saharan Africa: How to Save These Fragile Lives
- Reducing Child Mortality -- The Challenges in Africa
- Improving Maternal Health Through Education: Safe Motherhood Is a Necessity
- Keep the Promise for Mothers and Children: An Agenda to Improve Maternal and Child Health
- Making Pregnancy Safer in Least Developed Countries The Challenge of Delivering Available Services
- Reproductive Health in the African Region. What Has Been Done to Improve the Situation?
- Combatting AIDS: What More Needs to Be Done?
- Combatting HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Investing in Health Can Make the Difference
- The Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria -- Past Progress and Hope for the Future
- Poverty, Malaria and the Right to Health -- Exploring the Connections
- Water and Sanitation: The Silent Emergency
- Clean Drinking Water and Sanitation: The Experience in the Arab Region
- Supporting Towns and Cities to Achieve the MDGs -- Improving the Lives of Slum Dwellers
The Solidarity of Peoples
XLIV (01.09.2007)
Racism and racial discrimination are a clear affront to the fundamental truth that “all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights”. Yet, six decades after the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) and four decades after the entry into force of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (1969), the principles of equality and non-discrimination are still far from a universal reality.
- Looking Beyond Durban: The Significance of Racial Discrimination on the International Human Rights Agenda
- The Long Road to Durban: The United Nations Role in Fighting Racism and Racial Discrimination
- The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade And Slavery: The Psychic Inheritance
- The Struggle against Apartheid: Lessons for Today’s World
- Eliminating Racial Discrimination: The Challenges of Prevention and Enforcement of Prohibition
- The Ideology of Racism: Misusing Science to Justify Racial Discrimination
- Asylum Today: Tougher Policies, Tumbling Numbers, Intolerance in Between
- In the Wake of Xenophobia: The New Racism in Europe
- Combating Racism and Racial Discrimination in Europe
- State-led Efforts in Eliminating Racial Discrimination: The Experience in Spain
- Between Past Failure and Future Promise: Racial Discrimination and the Education System
- Looking Forward To The Future: Europe’s Societies Are Undergoing Change
- Equal Opportunity In Education: Eliminating Discrimination Against Roma
- Poverty And Human Rights: Reflections On Racism and Discrimination
- Race and Poverty in Latin America: Addressing the Development Needs of African Descendants
- Discrimination Against Indigenous Peoples: The Latin American Context
- Discrimination of Aboriginals on Native Lands in Canada
- The New Untouchables Crime: Punishment and Race in America
- Racism in Football – Football against Racism: The FARE Experience
- The Decade of Roma Inclusion: Addressing Racial Discrimination Through Development
- Racial Discrimination and Miscegenation: The Experience in Brazil
- Racial Discrimination and the Legal System: The Recent Lessons of Louisiana
- Double Standards of Justice: The Case of Gernarlow Wilson
- Confronting The Legacy Of Slavery And The Slave Trade: Brown University Investigates Its Painful Past
- A New Way of Dealing With the Past: The Young Generation in Germany Sheds Its Anxiety of Xenophobia
- Bridging The Racial Divide: Model United Nations South Africa
Green Our World!
XLIV (01.06.2007)
Climate change has finally taken hold in the public consciousness. With it, inevitably, comes a sense of urgency that decisive action is needed now, before it is too late. This special issue of the UN Chronicle offers, through a range of unique perspectives, a comprehensive snapshot of where we currently stand with regard to climate change.
- Now Is The Time: We must find a global response to this most global of problems
- From Stockholm to Kyoto: A Brief History of Climate Change
- ‘Warming Of The Climate System Is Unequivocal’: Highlights Of The Fourth IPCC Assessment Report
- The Challenge Of Building Consensus Beyond The Scientific Community
- Consolidating Political Will: We Need A New Vision Of Sustainability
- Confronting Climate Change: A Shared And Global Responsibility
- A Threat To Our Human Rights: Tuvalu’s Perspective On Climate Change
- The Greatest Threat To Global Security: Climate Change Is Not Merely An Environmental Problem
- Guiding Principles Needed: Towards A Global Strategy For Climate Change
- The UN Role In Climate Change Action: Taking The Lead Towards A Global Response
- Devastating For The World’s Poor: Climate Change Threatens The Development Gains Already Achieved
- Before The Next Disaster Strikes: The Humanitarian Impact Of Climate Change
- Climate Change Around The World: A View From The UN Regional Commissions
- Forests and Climate Change: From Complex Problem to Integrated Solution
- Climate Change In The Arctic: An Inuit Reality
- Costa Rica’s Commitment: On The Path To Becoming Carbon-Neutral
- We Cannot Lose Our Green And Our Blue: Climate Change Threatens Our Urban Environment
- The Health Effects Of Global Warming: Developing Countries Are The Most Vulnerable
- Interaction Of Climate Change And Land Degradation: The Experience In The Arab Region
- How To Avoid The Unmanageable And Manage The Unavoidable Climate Changes
- Business And Climate Change: Rising Public Awareness Creates Significant Opportunity
- Sustainable Development And Climate Change: A Business Perspective
- Industrial And Rural Energy In China: Innovative Private-Sector Initiatives Lead The Way
- The Promise Of Solar Energy: A Low-Carbon Energy Strategy For The 21st Century
- Green Architecture In India: Combining Modern Technology With Traditional Methods
- Sustainable Development within the Climate Context SouthSouthNorth and the Clean Development Mechanism
- Global Early Warning Systems needed: Creating Partnerships to Cope with Natural Disasters
- A Future To Look Forward To Youth and Children demand Global Climate Stabilization
- A Future To Look Forward To: Youth and Students Campaign for a Sustainable Future
- Cool Globes: Increase Awareness and inspire Action Against Global Warming
The Capacity to Care
XLIV (01.03.2007)
Addressing a conference of the United Nations International School in March 2007, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon remarked that, unfortunately, his “generation has been somewhat careless in looking after our one and only planet”. He could well have been speaking of more than the disregard a substantial portion of the twentieth century visited upon the earth and its environment, and been referring to the lack of care invested in the very lives and survival of the children, women and men who are heir to its bounties.
- The Role of The Secretary-General: A Personal History
- The UN General Assembly Advances the Global Agenda
- A Special Partnership with the UN: A European Perspective
- A Special Partnership With the UN: A Latin American Perspective
- A Special Partnership With the UN: An Asian Perspective
- A Special Partnership With the UN: An African Perspective
- The Chronicle Interview: ‘We are more advanced in peacekeeping than in peacebuilding efforts’
- The Secretary-General’s Agenda: Progress On Disarmament Required For Global Security
- The Secretary-General’s Agenda: Indispensable For Sustainable Development
- The Secretary-General’s Agenda: Prioritizing Commitment To Combat Global Poverty
- The Secretary-General’s Agenda: Sustainable Development In Africa Requires Good Governance
- ESSAY: Silent Reform Through The Global Compact
- Sixty-first General Assembly
- Sixty-first General Assembly: First Committee (Disarmament and International Security)
- Sixty-first General Assembly: Second Committee (Economic and Financial)
- Sixty-first General Assembly: Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural)
- Sixty-first General Assembly: Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization)
- Sixty-first General Assembly: Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary)
- Sixty-first General Assembly: Sixth Committee (Legal)
- The Ethical Challenge of International Human Rights Nongovernmental Organizations