I. Preamble/Stage Setting 1. We, the heads of State and Government, having met at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 20-22 June 2012, resolve to work together for a prosperous, secure and sustainable future for our people and our planet. 2. We reaffirm our determination to free humanity from hunger and …
Ban Calls On G-20 Summit to Show Boldness to Solve Global Economic Crisis
New York, Oct 25 2011 7:05PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is calling on the world’s biggest economies to heed the voices of global public protest at their G-20 summit next week and show the bold leadership needed to resolve the global economic crisis and achieve sustainable development. “The gathering force of public protest is …
Happiness Should Have Greater Role In Development Policy Un Member States
HAPPINESS SHOULD HAVE GREATER ROLE IN DEVELOPMENT POLICY ? UN MEMBER STATES New York, Jul 19 2011 7:05PM The General Assembly today <“http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2011/ga11116.doc.htm“>called on United Nations Member States to undertake steps that give more importance to happiness and well-being in determining how to achieve and measure social and economic development. …
Global Marshall Plan News 7/2011
Global Marshall Plan Initiative www.globalmarshallplan.org Newsletter 7/2011 News from the Global Marshall Plan Network An Inevitable Crisis Looming Local Groups Arranged two Inspiring University Days in Southern Germany A Marshall Plan for the Arab World Financial Transactions Tax seems to be realized soon! – But, who receives the revenues? UN …
Social Revolution Taps Ict Tools
SOCIAL REVOLUTION TAPS ICT TOOLS Pro-reform activists across the Middle East and North Africa are turning to online forums to spread their message to a global audience and reinforcing ICT tools as 21st century drivers of change. ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY AIMS TO END CONFLICT MINERAL TRADE Electronics industry aims to end …
Cooperation for a Green Economy
Latest News – 11 May 2011 Featured Guest Article Cooperation for a Green Economy by Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, UN Environment Programme (UNEP) As_the_Commission on Sustainable Development convenes in New York, the thoughts of an increasing number of nations are turning towards next year’s Rio+20 Conference in …
Un Chief Urges Change In Resource Consumption Patterns
UN CHIEF URGES CHANGE IN RESOURCE CONSUMPTION PATTERNS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT New York, May 13 2011 7:05PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed the need for fundamental changes in humanity’s resource consumption patterns and values, saying the planet’s natural environment is under unprecedented pressure with far-reaching social and economic consequences. “Our …
Ban Underlines The Role Of Information Technologies In Accelerating Development
BAN UNDERLINES THE ROLE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN ACCELERATING DEVELOPMENT New York, May 16 2011 1:05PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today underlined the role of information and communications technologies (ICTs) in accelerating socio-economic development, highlighting their potential to enable the delivery of basic social services to even the remotest areas of …
French bank becomes the first to introduce Tobin Tax
French bank becomes the first to introduce Tobin Tax Banks says tax will raise €100,000 per annum for Millennium Development Goals This step is very significant. It tells us that it has now made sense to a bank to introduce a Tobin tax on its own. Of course, the amount …
Briefing Note Of The Twenty-Third Session Of The Un-Habitat Governing Council
The 23rd session of the Governing Council (GC-23) of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) took place from Monday, 11 to Friday, 15 April 2011, at the UN Office in Nairobi, Kenya. The theme of GC-23 was “sustainable urban development through expanding equitable access to land and housing, basic …