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Announcement: 25th Anniversary of the Declaration on the Right to Development ”We, heads of State and Government, … are committed to making the right to development a reality for everyone and to freeing the entire human race from want.” UN Millennium Declaration … Development is a human right. Everyone is “entitled to participate in, contribute […]
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UN Declaration on the Right to Development Development is a human right! The groundbreaking document, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 4 December 1986, first proclaimed this inalienable right, declaring that everyone is ”entitled to participate in, contribute to, and enjoy economic, social, cultural and political development, in which all human rights and fundamental […]
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Rural Mauritanians set to benefit from nearly $18 million in UN loans and grants 3 November 2011 The United Nations agency helping the rural poor announced today it is awarding almost $18 million in loans and grants to Mauritania to boost the incomes and living conditions of thousands of people in the arid country. IFAD […]
FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) The FAO Food Price Index is a measure of the monthly change in international prices of a basket of food commodities. It consists of the average of five commodity group price indices (representing 55 quotations), weighted with the average export shares of each of the groups for 2002-2004. In February, […]
FAO Food Price Index down in October Improved supply, global economic uncertainty cited 3 November 2011, Rome – The FAO Food price index dropped to an 11-month low in October, declining 4 percent, or nine points, to 216 points from September. Nonetheless prices still remain generally higher than last year and very volatile, FAO said. Rice […]
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Global food prices drop to 11-month low in October, UN agency reports 3 November 2011 Food prices dropped to an 11-month low in October, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today, while adding that they are still higher than last year and very volatile. FAO’s Food Price Index averaged 216 points last […]
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At UNICEF centre, British and Danish royals highlight plight of children in Horn of Africa 2 November 2011 The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Denmark’s Crown Prince and Crown Princess today visited the global supply centre in Copenhagen for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), where they highlighted the plight of hundreds of thousands […]
2011 Human Development Index: Norway at top, DR Congo last 02 November 2011 Copenhagen—Norway, Australia and the Netherlands lead the world in the 2011 Human Development Index (HDI), while the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Niger and Burundi are at the bottom of the Human Development Report’s annual rankings of national achievement in health, education […]
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2011 Human Development Report: Environmental trends threaten global progress for the poor PHOTO: ©UNDP/ARANTXA CEDILLO) 02 November 2011 Health, income advancement in developing countries jeopardized by inaction on climate change, habitat destruction, Report shows Wealth and gender disparities linked to environmental hazards Copenhagen—Development progress in the world’s poorest countries could be halted or even […]
UN human development rankings place Norway at the top and DR Congo last 02 November 2011 Norway, Australia and the Netherlands lead this year’s newly released Human Development Index (HDI) rankings, the annual United Nations measure of progress in human well-being, while the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Niger and Burundi are at the […]
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