Millennium Development Goals

Interview: UN Youth Envoy sees priority in boosting youth employment, social role

AsianetApril 9, 2013 09:49

A senior UN official tasked with advocating for the 1.2 billion youth population is focusing his first-term efforts on curbing unemployment rates and increasing participation among young people worldwide. In a recent interview with Xinhua, Ahmad Al Hindawi, the first Youth Envoy appointed by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, voiced a determination to address the "alarming challenges," facing this population by focusing on increasing participation and decreasing unemployment. Right now, "there are more than 74 million unemployed and others that do not even have training or any o

Caribbean countries urged to keep the Millennium promise

AsianetApril 6, 2013 11:02

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is urging Caribbean and other developing countries to keep alive the promise of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). In a message marking 1,000 days before the target date to achieve what he described as “ a vital moment in history’s largest and most successful; anti-poverty push”, Ban said while a journey of a 1000 miles begins with a single step “ starting this week, we can march a thousand days forward into a new future”. Many Caribbean countries have pledged to be part of the MDGS by 2015 agreeing to the eight goals set out i

Water supplies in war-hit Syria cut by a third: UN

Agence France-PresseFebruary 8, 2013 11:01

Syrians living in areas affected by the nearly two-year conflict have seen their water supplies cut by one third, putting children at especially high risk of disease, the United Nations said on Friday. The results of the first UN Fund for Children nationwide assessment of water and sanitation since hostilities began revealed that populations in contested areas have only 25 litres (5.5 gallons) of water a day, compared with 75 litres two years ago. Of the estimated four million people in need, 50 percent are children, UNICEF said.

Water supplies in war-hit Syria cut by a third: UN

Agence France-PresseFebruary 8, 2013 10:20

Syrians living in areas affected by the nearly two-year conflict have seen their water supplies cut by one third, putting children at especially high risk of disease, the United Nations said on Friday. The results of the first UN Fund for Children nationwide assessment of water and sanitation since hostilities began revealed that populations in contested areas have only 25 litres of water a day, compared with 75 litres two years ago. Of the estimated four million people in need, 50 per cent are children, UNICEF said.