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Displaying 3 of about 3 resultsJoint media release by the UN Development Programme, UNICEF, the UN Peacebuilding Support Office and the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)
MONROVIA, LIBERIA, 28 November 2012 - The global burden of disasters and armed violence which affect over 200 million people and result in over 500,000 deaths each year will be the focus of a forum on c…
YOGYAKARTA, 23 October 2012 - The President of Indonesia, Dr. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, said today that the UN High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda which met last month for the first time, shares the view that "natural disasters and other crises could push millions of people back into poverty."
Speaking at the opening…
Despite many of the successes of the MDGs, none have been met, particularly in conflict-affected and fragile countries, nor have they managed to fully address the values and principles outlined in the Millennium Declaration, particularly in relation to human rights, justice and equality. It is now increasingly recognized that fragility, armed conflict a…