and thus its role in dealing with world affairs is deemed irreplaceable in comparison to any other regional or international organization. It has made immense positive contributions in the overall maintenance of peace and security‚ international development and also in the promotion of co-operation among states. This thus puts it in the forefront in meeting the challenges that arise in global and regional issues. The role of the United Nations‚ although mostly associated with the issues of peace and
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Millennium Development Goals The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are eight international development goals that were officially established following the Millennium Summit of the United Nations in 2000‚ following the adoption of the United Nations Millennium Declaration. All 193 United Nations member states and at least 23 international organizations have agreed to achieve these goals by the year 2015. The goals are: 1. eradicating extreme poverty and hunger‚ 2. achieving universal primary
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Reference: TheLancetTV (2014 May 14) Millennium Development Goals [Video File] retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hA81oaCNXk. This video talks about two of the 8 millennium development goals‚ The (MDGs) are eight international development goals that were established following the Millennium Summit of the United Nations in 2000 the two goals talked about in this video are as follows 1. To reduce child mortality 2. To improve maternal health Here I will be focusing on just 1 of the
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Just last month‚ a major summit was held at the United Nations headquarters to review the progress made by countries on the Millennium Development Goals MDGs‚ especially in view of the fact that 10 of the 15 years target set by the world body for attaining the target have just reeled by with the attendant skepticisms as to whether it is indeed realizable. 10 years after this noble initiative to improve the lot of mankind‚ the debate has continued on whether these impoverished countries‚ the primary
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Research and Literature Review Assignment 8th Semester Department of Family Medicine Scoring the Third Goal A commentary on Nepal’s efforts to promote gender equality and empower women Posan Samser Limbu R. N. 593 MBBS‚ 2005 BPKIHS The once mystical women have fallen from being worshipped as goddesses and possessors of the mystery of child birth1 to mere child bearers. If females are the oppressed among humans‚ perhaps they can take heart from the fact that failing to escape after mating‚ the
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and measuring development Chapter 1: Defining‚ conceptualising and measuring development Aims of the chapter • To provide definitions of the groupings used for poor nations of the world‚ such as ‘Third World’‚ ‘developing world’ and ‘Global South’. • To outline the spatial and conceptual limits of these terms and their current appropriateness. • To outline the nature and processes of development as a concept as debated by scholars and policy-makers. • To examine how development has been measured
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Shelter and water forms part of the basic needs of human but it is the most deficiency when it comes to slum settlements which are a sign of underdevelopment. This precipitates the need for modernization that leads to the upgrade of slums hence development. Over the centuries the definition of modernization has been a debatable issue. Black (cited Chuanqi 2004:2) explained ‘’modernization as the third great revolutionary transformation in human affairs and the process of rapid change since the scientific
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Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Goals and Targets (from the Millennium Declaration) Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Target 1: Halve‚ between 1990 and 2015‚ the proportion of people whose income is less than one dollar a day Target 2: Halve‚ between 1990 and 2015‚ the proportion of people who suffer from hunger 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Indicators for monitoring progress a Proportion of population below $1 (PPP) per day Poverty gap ratio [incidence x depth of poverty] Share of poorest
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Food comes first FAO and the eight Millennium Development Goals www.fao.org www.fao.org FOREWORD BY THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL Food comes first In 2009‚ the number of hungry people on our planet was about one billion. No matter how we try to put it in words that anyone can understand – one out of every six human beings is hungry‚ a child dies of hunger every six seconds – it remains almost impossible to conjure up a mental image of what hunger looks like at that scale. In May 2010
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People experience development and globalization primarily through their work. It is not just about having a job. It is about the quality of employment that provides an adequate income to keep workers and their families out of poverty. It is about basic rights at work and a voice in decisions that affect their lives and livelihoods. It is about having security in times of misfortune. All these are key ingredients of a decent job which stands for dignity of work‚ promotes a sense of self worth and
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