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IYC 2012

*UN Secretary-General's Message for 2011 IDC--2011-07-06 13:39:02 *"Youth, the future of co-operative enterprise"-ICA--2011-06-09 08:57:47 *The logo of 2012 - International Year of Cooperatives--2011-05-11 14:16:58 *"Youth, the future of cooperative enterprise"--2011-05-03 09:38:09 *Resolution adopted by the General Assembly--2011-04-15 09:07:16 *Goals of the International Year of Cooperatives--2011-04-15 09:04:08 *“Co-operative Enterprise Empowers Women”--2010-06-18 10:32:26 *ILO hails UN proclamation of 2012 as International Year of Cooperatives--2010-01-05 11:07:39 *United Nations Declares 2012 International Year of Cooperatives--2010-01-05 11:05:39 *UN proclaims 2012 International Year of Co-operatives--2009-12-28 09:27:56 *Ministry of Agriculture: Three Criteria for Model Farmers’ Specialized Cooperatives--2009-11-03 13:38:54 *Consumer Price of Vegetable Goes Down by 20% Through the Direct Purchase of Supermarkets in Xi An--2009-11-03 13:30:38 *Land Deposit-loaning Cooperative in Village--2009-11-03 13:27:08 *Hai Nan: Only Organized Farmers Have Their Own Voice to Market--2009-11-03 13:24:42 *Dairy Cooperative of Fu Meng County Becomes the “Mother Home” of Dairy Farmers--2009-11-03 13:22:12 *Vice-prime Minister Hui Liangyu: Devote Great Efforts to Farmers’ Specialized Cooperatives--2009-10-10 14:30:30 *Foreign Banks Explore the Rural Finance in China--2009-10-10 14:29:43 *Strengthen the Cooperatives’ Function in Protection of Quality and Security of Raw Milk--2009-10-10 14:28:40 *Person of the Year of CHINA CO-OPERATIVE ECONOMY 2008--2009-10-10 14:26:57 *From Cooperative to Co-op Federation--2009-10-10 14:26:10
*Foreign Financed TV Banks Do Hide-and-seek Trick with Domestic Farmers--2009-10-10 14:25:17 *Chinese Sichuan pepper and Carrefour--2009-10-10 14:23:57 *Shaan Xi Province Issued A Document to Support the Development of Specialized Farmers Cooperatives--2009-10-10 14:22:41 *Driving global recovery through co-operatives--2009-04-02 10:23:34 *Promoting agriculture in times of hardship--2009-02-18 13:12:42 *China endeavors to set up modern rural financial system--2009-02-18 13:12:03 *CPC pledges to improve social welfare of rural residents--2009-02-18 13:10:55 *President Hu addressed three top concerns in field tour--2009-02-18 12:26:38 *Chinese dairies seek to restore consumers' faith after scandal--2009-02-18 12:24:27 *Farmers urged to join co-ops--2009-02-18 12:23:38 *Fiji co-operative (FCUL) became a new member of ICA--2008-10-04 08:26:56 *Chinese President Hu Jintao visits a cooperative in Henan Province--2008-09-26 17:49:23 *Confronting Climate Change through Co-operative Enterprise--2008-08-26 14:50:56
The Co-operatives in 2012 2012 as the International Year of Cooperatives (IYC)       The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2012 as the International Year of Cooperatives (IYC), highlighting the contribution of cooperatives to socio-economic development, in particular recognizing their impact on poverty reduction, employment generation and social integration. Main Goals of the Year: * Increase public awareness about cooperatives and their contributions to socio-economic development and the achievement of MDGs  * Promote the formation and growth of cooperatives * Encourage Governments to establish policies, laws and regulation conducive to the formation, growth and stability of cooperatives