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Despite the fast growth of certain developing economies, a

During their visit, the Working Group found that the challenges faced by people of African descent in Portugal related mainly to their lack of recognition as a specific group in the national policy and legal framework; the lack of recognition of their positive contribution throughout history to the construction and development of the country; the lack of qualitative and quantitative disaggregated data

As UNESCO emerges from its isolationist past, the Organization needs to broaden and deepen its

Reiterating South Africa’s condemnation of the continuing blockade, the ongoing construction of the separation wall and the expansion of Israeli settlements, he also again called on Israel to cease expansion of settlements in the West Bank and its demolition of Palestinian homes there and in East Jerusalem, which were severely damaging the social and economic

The Committee for the United Nations Population Award selected the Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development in recognition of its pioneering achievements in: (a) developing the role of parliaments in the Asia and the Pacific region to achieve the goals of the International Conference on Population and Development through national parliamentary committees on population and development, which have become a worldwide model; (b) contributing to the establishment of regional parliamentary forums in Africa and Europe; (c) promoting parliamentary action on population and development issues by facilitating dialogue within and among parliaments; and (d) strengthening the knowledge and capacity of parliamentarians to advocate, initiate and adopt legislation on population and

14.4 During the 2014-2015 period, the programme is expected to continue to concentrate its efforts on the following six focus areas: (a) increasing women’s leadership and participation in all areas that affect their lives, including in political and economic areas; (b) increasing women’s access to economic empowerment and opportunities, especially for

Delegates recognized that disaster risk reduction and

that peace, democracy and empowerment of the people are inextricably linked; peace is integral to humane development; global peace is the sum total of local and regional peace; peace is impossible without the removal of all

Several delegations reported on programmes under way in their countries directed at women’s economic empowerment, such as dedicated funds for women’s empowerment and social protection schemes, including cooperatives and livelihood creation and income support

Recognizing that social safety nets allow governments to let producer prices to rise and bring about supply responses while

We underline that gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls are central to achieving better development outcomes, including all internationally agreed development goals as well as the Millennium Development Goals, and are

In this respect, Lebanon commends the efforts of the United Nations to contain the spread of small and light weapons and believes that they should be accompanied by efforts to address the root causes of crises and conflicts and to build

A recent issue of ‘Bal Swaraj’ highlighted other serious issues, as well, including the plight of a girl suffering from polio, the perils of chewing tobacco, the

But in the short to medium term, it is

At the 2005 World Summit, world leaders committed themselves to achieving “universal access to reproductive health by 2015, as set out at the International Conference on Population and Development, integrating this goal in strategies to attain the internationally agreed development goals, including those contained in the Millennium Declaration, aimed at reducing maternal mortality, improving maternal health, reducing child mortality,

The money that flows into energy-rich countries frequently feeds corruption and spending on security forces, while governments fail to diversify their economies, educate

The following priorities determine the

Many delegations noted one of the themes of Rio+20, ―green

One third of the projects were implemented by non-governmental organizations, 15 of which related to domestic violence (funded by the Fund from 2003 to 2005): opening shelter houses for women and children who are victims of violence, SOS telephones, training of experts for working with victims of violence

UNICEF will cooperate in the following areas: (a) improving and monitoring policies, standards and strategies for access