Denouncing ‘slavery in the modern age,’ UN launches plan against human trafficking 31 August 2010
The United Nations today launched a global action plan to combat human trafficking, with senior UN officials urging that governments worldwide take coordinated and consistent measures to try to defeat the scourge. The plan, launched at a high–level meeting of the General Assembly at UN Headquarters in New York, calls for integrating the fight against human trafficking into the UN’s broader programmes to boost development and strengthen security around the world.
Secretary-General Message on the International Day against Nuclear Tests 26 August 2010
In 2009, at the sixty–fourth session of the General Assembly, the Government of Kazakhstan put forward a proposal calling for the establishment of an International Day against Nuclear Tests. The idea won unanimous support, reflecting the international community's deep concern about the dangers posed by such tests. The first observance of the Day will be on 29 August 2010.
Secretary-General's Message for International Year of Youth 2010 12 August 2010
This year’s commemoration of International Youth Day also marks the launch of the International Year of Youth, under the theme “Dialogue and Mutual Understanding”. Today’s challenging social and economic environment warrant a special focus on youth. Eighty–seven per cent of people aged 15 to 24 live in developing countries. The global economic crisis has had a disproportionate impact on young people; they have lost jobs, struggled to find even low–wage employment and seen access to education curtailed. As economies slowly begin to stabilize, the needs of young people should be paramount.
The United Nations Academic Impact initiative 30 July 2010
United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) is a programme of the Outreach Division of the Department of Public Information. Membership to UNAI is open to all institutions of higher education granting degrees or their equivalent, as well as bodies with scholarship and research responsibilities.
New issue of the ILO-Moscow Newsletter released 08 July 2010 | ILO
New issue of the ILO–Moscow Newsletter released. The Newsletter is produced four times a year in English and in Russian, by the ILO Decent Work Technical Support Team and Country Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
New campaigns on maternal and child mortality buoyed by progress reported on Millennium Development Goals 24 June 2010
Development Goals (MDGs), released today, the number of deaths among children under the age of 5 has dropped from 12.6 million in 1990 to an estimated 8.8 million in 2008, corresponding to a decline in the mortality rate from 100 deaths per 1,000 live births to 72 in 2008 (a 28 per cent decline). But progress is falling short of the MDG target under Goal 4, for a two-thirds reduction in childhood mortality rates between 1990 and 2015, and millions of children continue to die each year at a tragically young age.
UNDP puts forward eight-point action agenda to reduce poverty and achieve sustainable development 17 June 2010 | UNDP New York, 17 June 2010 — The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched, today, an extensive assessment of what must be done to advance sustainable development and reduce global poverty. The report, titled What Will It Take To Achieve The Millennium Development Goals? An International Assessment, identifies a concrete action agenda to be included in the outcome of the World leaders’ MDG Summit in New York, this September.
Drogba and Zidane launch “There are no spectators, we are all Players” TV Spot 14 June 2010 | UNDP
New York/Cape Town, South Africa, 14 June 2010 — To kick-off the 2010 FIFA World Cup™, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Goodwill Ambassadors, Didier Drogba and Zinedine Zidane, launched an anti-poverty TV spot appealing for the world to live up to the challenge and join the team that will beat poverty.
Message of the Secretary-General on World No Tobacco Day 31 May 2010
This year’s observance of World No Tobacco Day focuses on "Gender and tobacco, with an emphasis on marketing to women". Although fewer than one out of ten women are smokers, that still adds up to an estimated 200 million women around the world. Moreover, that number could grow, since the tobacco industry is spending heavily on advertisements that target women and associate tobacco use with beauty and liberation.
2010 World Business and Development Awards Launched 19 May 2010 | UNDP
London, New York, 19 May 2010 —The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF) are pleased to open nominations for the 2010 World Business and Development Awards in support of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – eight internationally-agreed goals to alleviate poverty by 2015.
UNDP launches “We Can End Poverty” photo contest 14 May 2010 | UNDP
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in partnership with Olympus Corporation and the Agence France-Presse (AFP) Foundation, launched the second annual Picture This photo contest today in Johannesburg, South Africa. The contest, titled Picture This: We Can End Poverty, seeks to show the inspirational work that is being done in many countries to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), eight goals agreed on by world leaders to halve extreme poverty by 2015.
International Day of Families 13 May 2010
This year’s commemoration of the International Day of Families focuses on the impact of migration on families around the world. Rising social and economic disparities create both pressures and incentives for people to leave their homes in search of better opportunities. Many migrate out of necessity due to poverty, unemployment, political or armed conflicts or violations of human rights.
Standing at Ground Zero, by Ban Ki-moon 29 April 2010
A few weeks ago, traveling in Kazakhstan, I had the sobering experience of standing at Ground Zero. This was the notorious test site at Semipalatinsk, where the Soviet Union detonated 456 nuclear weapons between 1947 and 1989. Apart from a circle of massive concrete plinths, designed to measure the destructive power of the blasts, there was little on the vast and featureless steppe to distinguish this place.
Statement on the 24th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster 23 April 2010
Today we mark the 24th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster and honour the sacrifices made by those who died, and those who survived. We remember the hundreds of emergency workers who responded to the accident; the more than 330,000 people who were uprooted from their homes; the thousands of children who later contracted thyroid cancer.
Message of the Secretary-General on the World Health Day 07 April 2010 “Urban Health Matters”, - UN Secretary-General
For the first time in history, more people live in cities and towns than in rural areas. In a parallel trend, the burden of world poverty is also shifting from sparsely populated rural areas to densely populated cities. By mid–century, urban dwellers will count for seven out of every ten people. Most of this explosive growth is occurring in developing countries. Rapid, unplanned urbanization is expanding slums and informal settlements and municipal authorities are struggling to cope.
Message of the Secretary-General on the World Water Day 21 March 2010
Water is the source of life and the link that binds all living beings on this planet. It is connected directly to all our United Nations goals: improved maternal and child health and life expectancy, women’s empowerment, food security, sustainable development and climate change adaptation and mitigation. Recognition of these links led to the declaration of 2005–2015 as the International Decade for Action “Water for Life”.
Antonio Banderas appointed as UNDP Goodwill Ambassador 18 March 2010 | UNDP Geneva/ New York-17 March 2010—The United Nations Development Programme today announced the appointment of Spanish actor Antonio Banderas as a Goodwill Ambassador for the fight against poverty. In his new role as an advocate for the poor, Antonio Banderas will set his sights on the Millennium Development Goals, a set of eight globally agreed targets that seek to halve world poverty by 2015 by combating hunger, disease, illiteracy, environment degradation and discrimination against women.
Millennium Development Goals must be met, UN Secretary-General says ahead of September Summit 16 March 2010
UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK, 16 March – With only five years left until the 2015 deadline to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, UN Secretary–General Ban Ki–moon is calling for the adoption of a global action agenda for accelerating progress towards the Goals, when world leaders meet at a UN Summit in New York in September.
More women choosing to work, but gender equality remains a long way off 08 March 2010 | ILO
Despite signs of progress in gender equality over the past 15 years, there is still a significant gap between women and men in terms of job opportunities and quality of employment, according to a new report by the International Labour Office (ILO). The report, entitled Women in labour markets: Measuring progress and identifying challenges, says that more than a decade after the 4th World Conference on Women in Beijing adopted an ambitious global platform for action on gender equality and women’s empowerment, gender biases remain deeply embedded in society and the labour market.
Message of the Secretary-General on the International Day in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust 27 January 2010
The theme of this year’s commemoration at UN offices around the world is the legacy of survival. Countless men, women and children suffered the horrors of the ghettos and Nazi death camps, yet somehow survived. All of them carry a crucial message for all of us. A message about the triumph of the human spirit. A living testament that tyranny, though it may rise, will surely not prevail. Survivors also play a vital role in keeping the lessons of the Holocaust alive for future generations.
ILO Global Employment Trends 2010 27 January 2010 | ILO
GENEVA(ILO News) – The number of jobless worldwide reached nearly 212 million in 2009 following an unprecedented increase of 34 million compared to 2007, on the eve of the global crisis, the International Labour Office (ILO) said in its annual Global Employment Trends report. Based on IMF economic forecasts, the ILO estimates that global unemployment is likely to remain high through 2010. In the Developed Economies and European Union unemployment is projected to increase by an additional 3 million people in 2010, while it will stabilize at present levels, or decline only slightly, in other regions.
Ban Ki-moon: Haiti is not Alone 19 January 2010
The disaster in Haiti shows once again something that we, as human beings, have always known: that even amid the worst devastation, there is always hope. I saw that for myself this week in Port au Prince. The UN suffered its single greatest loss in history. Our headquarters in the Haitian capital was a mass of crushed concrete and tangled steel. How could anyone survive, I thought? Yet moments after I departed, with a heavy heart, rescue teams pulled out a survivor – alive, after five days, buried, without food or water. I think of it as a small miracle, a sign of hope.Disasters such as that in Haiti remind us of the fragility of life, but they also reaffirm our strength. We have seen horrific images on television: collapsed buildings, bodies in the streets, people in dire need of food, water and shelter.
In Haiti, Secretary-General vows support for quake victims 17 January 2010
The UN “will continue to stand behind the Haitian people,” Mr. Ban said in Port–au–Prince, the city hardest hit by the 12 January tremors, which are believed to have impacted one third of Haiti's 9 million people. Addressing reporters in the capital, the Secretary–General outlined three top priorities.Touching down in the capital of Haiti, which was devastated by this week's catastrophic earthquake, today, Secretary–General Ban Ki–moon today pledged the United Nations' support for the victims of the disaster.
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