| Post-2015 development agenda must focus on equality - UN experts |
| 21 May 2013 |
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The experts called for the post-2015 agenda to include stand-alone goals to eliminating inequalities, a goal on the provision of social protection floors, and a double accountability mechanism to hold countries responsible for their commitments at a national and international level. |
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| 2.4 billion people will lack improved sanitation in 2015 |
| Geneva/ New York, 13 May 2013 |
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The report, entitled Progress on Sanitation and Drinking-Water 2013 Update, warns that, at the current rate of progress, the 2015 Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target of halving the proportion of the 1990 population without sanitation will be missed by eight per cent - or half a billion people. |
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| FAO recognizes Nicaragua's efforts in the fight against hunger |
| Rome, 23 April 2013 |
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Between 1990 and 2010, Nicaragua reduced the prevalence of undernourishment in the country from 55.1% to 20.1%, thus successfully meeting Millennium Development Goal 1, which is to halve the proportion of people suffering from hunger. |
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| Historic Goals to End Extreme Poverty Endorsed by World Bank Governors |
| Washington, April 20, 2013 |
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A new analysis of extreme poverty released by the World Bank earlier this week showed that there are still 1.2 billion people living in extreme poverty (21 percent of the developing world population in 2010) and despite recent impressive progress, Sub-Saharan Africa still accounts for more than one-third of the world's extreme poor. |
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| World Tuberculosis Day "Stop TB in My Lifetime".
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| 24 March 2013 |
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Progress towards global targets for reductions in TB cases and deaths in recent years has been impressive, but the global burden remains huge and significant challenges persist: in 2011, there were an estimated 8.7 million new cases of TB and 1.4 million people died from TB |
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| International Day of Forests |
| 21 March, 2013 |
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Forests and tree cover combat land degradation and desertification by stabilizing soils, reducing water and wind erosion and maintaining nutrient cycling in soils. |
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| New UN survey 'My World' lets citizens vote on future development priorities |
| 12 March 2013 |
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Thousands of people from 189 countries have already voted during an initial roll-out period, and preliminary results show education is the issue that people think is most important for improving their lives. An honest and responsive government, health, water, sanitation and job and food security have also been considered major priorities. |
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| General Assembly creates group to work on sustainable development goals |
| 22 January 2013 |
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The SDGs seek to guide countries in achieving targeted outcomes within a specific time period, such as on universal access to sustainable energy and clean water for all, and will build on the anti-poverty targets known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) after their 2015 deadline. |
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| FEATURE: The UN General Assembly's Second Committee - economic and financial issues |
| New York, 28 December 2012 |
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Sustainability and the post-2015 development agenda have become some of the main subjects permeating its work, as countries set out to prioritize the implementation of policies that not only promote economic prosperity and reduce poverty, but also protect the environment and foster inclusiveness and social equity in the long-term. |
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| New report signals slowdown in the fight against malaria |
| Monrovia, Liberia/Geneva, 17 December 2012 |
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The World malaria report 2012 indicates that international funding for malaria appears to have reached a plateau well below the level required to reach the health-related Millennium Development Goals and other internationally-agreed global malaria targets. |
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| Global Burden of Disease 2010 study |
| 13 December 2012 |
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WHO welcomes the data gathering and methodological innovations of the Global Burden of Disease 2010 (GBD) which has relied on the contributions of many researchers and scientists, including some from WHO. |
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