The UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs has just launched the study, Rethinking Poverty: Report on the World Social Situation 2010. The report seeks to contribute to rethinking poverty and its eradication. It stresses the urgent need for a strategic shift away from the market fundamentalist thinking, policies and practices of recent decades towards [...]
The UN Development Programme (UNDP) has prepared the report, “Beyond the Midpoint: Achieving the Millennium Development Goals,” to review the extent of progress made towards the MDGs as well as assess what it will take to accelerate progress towards the goals around the World. Thirty country-level assessments and extensive consultations with stakeholders were undertaken to [...]
Several UN organizations have developed new websites with links to information on Haiti. If you want to keep track of what’s going on in Haiti following the earthquake disaster, we recommend the following sites:
ReliefWeb: Updated information resources including maps and situation reports on the disaster, maintained by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of [...]
The UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen is being held from December 7 to 18 2009. You can follow the conference through webcasts, news, documents and the official conference website or the host country Denmark’s website.
The UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) has just launched the Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2009: Year-end Update. The update indicates that the region is leading the global economic recovery, with the growth rate in 2010 forecast to reach 6.3%, the highest in the world. [...]
The UN Economic Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) has just published the Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Report 2009: Trade-Led Recovery and Beyond. The study provides an in-depth analysis of recent trends and developments in trade and investment in the region just prior to and during the current crisis and seeks to explore issues [...]
Yesterday, the UN General Assembly conducted the climate change summit in New York adopting the slogan “Power Green Growth, Protect the Planet.” Nearly 100 world leaders participated in a historic summit to mobilize political will and strengthen momentum for a fair, effective and ambitious climate deal this December in Copenhagen. All the speeches are available [...]
