world today‚ the United Nations (UN) has created a program‚ which is set to achieve specific goals in relation to Foreign Aid and accomplish these by 2015. The UN Secretary General Kofi Annan established the UN Millennium Campaign in 2002 in order to support citizen participation in the achieving the Millennium Development Goals‚ adopted by 189 world leaders from rich and poor countries‚ as part of the Millennium Declaration‚ which was signed in 2000. Since 2002 we have worked with UN partners and key
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The main goal of MDG no. 4 Child Mortality is to reduce by two-thirds the under five years old mortality around the globe. In comparison to many of the other millennium development goals‚ Child Mortality is easily measured. According to statisticians of the United Nations the goal of reducing by two-thirds the U5M (Under Five mortality rate) will not be accomplished by 2015‚ but it is in my opinion that this is not a reason to call this a failure. U5M has
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Change and Development Doctors without boarders This case analysis is about the work Doctors Without Borders do for the people with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in the Sub-Saharan country of Swaziland and the story of a boy named Senzo that are in the middle of such a treatment. With a weak immune system because of the HIV virus‚ tuberculosis and similar diseases could kill him. With the help of this organization and many other similar initiatives‚ the Millennium Development Goal of decreasing
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leaders made at the United Nations Millennium Summit in 2000 when they signed onto the Millennium Declaration and agreed to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The MDGs are an eight-point road map with measurable targets and clear deadlines for improving the lives of the world’s poorest people. World leaders have agreed to achieve the MDGs by 2015. It’s up to us to make sure leaders follow through on these commitments. The "United Nations Millennium Campaign" supports and inspires people
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| Primary education in sub-Saharan Africa | | | 3/19/2012 | Policy Briefing Paper | | Primary education and enrolment levels in sub-Saharan Africa remain a major development issue in the 21st century. The region has seen levels of primary enrollment climb from 47% to 87% since 1950 (UN 2010). It is now evident that nearly everywhere in the world; there are currently more children in receipt of primary education than 15 years ago. Nevertheless‚ 15% of all children around the globe‚ and 25%
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Analyse the Causes of Poverty in the World and Evaluate Attempts to Address it on a Global Scale Poverty is the state of being extremely poor and being inferior in quality. Nearly half of the world’s population‚ nearly 3 billion people‚ live on less than two dollars a day and the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the poorest 48 nations is less than the wealth of the world’s three richest people combined. Poverty can be caused by many issues particularly social and economic reasons. There have
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Millennium Development Goals in Cambodia International Organizations 04/21/2013 Introduction The road to development is unpaved and very expensive. A developing country in the 21st century faces stark challenges as it grows. Neoliberal policy dominates the global economy‚ making capital a necessity for development. Capital may come easy to some states‚ especially those that are rich with natural resources‚ but many developing states continue to struggle from past events likes wars‚ natural
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honest‚ accountable and responsible governance. Human Development and Improve Social Services Mostly of Filipino citizen already availed a lot of social services like nutrition services‚ medical assistance‚ educational assistance and a lot more. But most of our countrymen are now recipient of the program of our government‚ the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4p’s) a national government program that invest human development in health and education for poor households‚ particularly to
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Introduction The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) provide a new consensus for development towards 2015. They aim to "address the problems of extreme poverty in its many dimensions - income poverty‚ hunger‚ disease‚ lack of adequate shelter‚ and exclusion‚ while promoting gender equality‚ education‚ and environmental sustainability". These goals relate to various dimensions of fundamental human rights‚ as set out by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the rights and development frameworks that
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WHAT IS WOMEN EMPOWERMENT? In the simplest of words it is basically the creation of an environment where women can make independent decisions on their personal development as well as shine as equals in society. Women want to be treated as equals so much so that if a woman rises to the top of her field it should be a commonplace occurrence that draws nothing more than a raised eyebrow at the gender. This can only happen if there is a channelized route for the empowerment of women. Thus it is
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