Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Report
Contents
- Preliminaires (81 KB)
- Section I : Introduction (48 KB)
- Section II: Tracking Progress (4.8 MB)
- Goal 4: Reduce Child Mortality (622 KB)
- Goal 5: Improve maternal health (798 KB)
- Annexe (78 KB)
Sunday, 18 December 2011
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Report 2011
COP17/CMP7 : United Nations Climate Conference 2011
The African Pavillon at COP17
Documents
- Africa pavilion events programme (2.2 MB)
- Africa pavilion layout (0.9 MB)
- Africa pavilion location map (1.0 MB)
Multimedia :
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Secretary-General Says in Message for International Migrants Day 2012
15 December 2011
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| Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York |
Migration, Supported by Right Policies, Protections, Can be Force for Good,
Secretary-General Says in Message for International Migrants Day
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for International Migrants Day, to be observed on 18 December:
Migration affects all countries — and so do myths and misperceptions about its impact. There are many false assumptions surrounding migration.
One such myth is that migrants are a burden. In reality, migrants make vast contributions to host countries. As workers, they bring skills. As entrepreneurs, they create jobs. As investors, they bring capital. In advanced and emerging economies, they play an indispensible role in agriculture, tourism and domestic work. Migrants often care for the youngest and oldest members of society.
People view irregular migration as a crime. Many think migrants who lack proper documents are a danger to society and should be detained, or that all women who migrate to take up low-skilled jobs have been trafficked. These and other unfounded beliefs lead to the adoption of migration policies that are irrelevant at best, or even dangerous.
States have the sovereign prerogative to manage their borders. But, they also have the duty to abide by their international legal obligations. Under international human rights law, all persons, without discrimination and regardless of nationality or legal status, are entitled to enjoy fundamental human rights. No migrant should be sent back to a place where he or she will be tortured. Every migrant woman should have access to health care, including reproductive health care. Every migrant child should be able to go to school.
Human rights are not a matter of charity, nor are they a reward for obeying immigration rules. Human rights are the inalienable entitlement of every person, including the world’s 214 million international migrants, as well as their family members.
Forty-five countries have ratified the International Convention on the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families. I call on all others to join this important treaty as a concrete affirmation of their commitment to protect and promote the human rights of all migrants on their territories.
When their rights are violated, when they are marginalized and excluded, migrants will be unable to contribute either economically or socially to the societies they have left behind or those they enter. However, when supported by the right policies and human rights protections, migration can be a force for good for individuals, as well as for countries of origin, transit and destination.
Let us give meaning to International Migrants Day by taking constructive steps to leverage this global phenomenon into a force for progress.
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Education for All Global Monitoring Report.
Education for All
Developed by an independent team and published by UNESCO, the Education for All Global Monitoring Report is an authoritative reference that aims to inform, influence and sustain genuine commitment towards Education for All.Education for All Goals
Six internationally agreed education goals aim to meet the learning needs of all children, youth and adults by 2015.
- Goal 1 Expanding and improving comprehensive early childhood care and education, especially for the most vulnerable and disadvantaged children
- Goal 2 Ensuring that by 2015 all children, particularly girls, children in difficult circumstances and those belonging to ethnic minorities, have access to, and complete, free and compulsory primary education of good quality.
- Goal 3
Ensuring that the learning needs of all young people and adults are met through equitable access to appropriate learning and life-skills programmes
- Goal 4
Achieving a 50 per cent improvement in levels of adult literacy by 2015, especially for women, and equitable access to basic and continuing education for all adults.
- Goal 5
Eliminating gender disparities in primary and secondary education by 2005, and achieving gender equality in education by 2015, with a focus on ensuring girls’ full and equal access to and achievement in basic education of good quality. - Goal 6
Improving all aspects of the quality of education and ensuring excellence of all so that recognized and measurable learning outcomes are achieved by all, especially in literacy, numeracy and essential life skills.
Key documents
Saturday, 17 December 2011
Forestry by the Numbers
Emissions from Deforestation
17%Deforestation and forest degradation account for nearly 17% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.Potential areas for forest protection
39% 39 percent of all forest land in Latin American and the Caribbean has low economic return from agriculture. These lands are not under extreme pressure from competing alternative uses so landowners are likely to respond positively to incentives for forest conservation and adoption of low-impact activities.
Climate change mitigation costs
40% The inclusion of afforestation, reforestation, avoided deforestation and forest degradation could reduce the overall cost of climate change mitigation by 40%. (Source: Guillison, R.E., Frumahoff, P.C., Canadell, J.C., Field, C. B., Nepstad, D.C., Hayhoe, K. et al (2007). Tropical forests and climate policy. Science 316:985-986.)Livestock in Latin America and the Caribbean
2030 By 2030, livestock will become the major source of greenhouse emissions in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Livestock and Emissions
4-5 million 4 to 5 million hectares of forest are cleared every year in Latin America and the Caribbean, resulting in 0.4 billion tons of carbon emissions, or as much as 47% of global carbon emissions from deforestation.Rate of Deforestation in Latin America and the Caribbean
1/3Latin American forests represent a third of the world's forests.
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Natural Partners
How People in Latin America Are Forging a New Relationship with Their Natural EnvironmentDate : Oct, 2007 | ISBN: 9781597820486The stories included in this volume were published originally in IDBAmérica and tell of new approaches the people of Latin America and the Caribbean are taking to protect the rainforest, reduce erosion, conserve marine life, create protected areas, and ensure a better future for themselves and their families. These people are learning to sit down with former adversaries and work toward common goals, often finding that opening up their own minds to change is the toughest part.
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What Went Wrong with New Orleans? Megapolitan Planning for Disaster
Date : Apr, 2007This document was commissioned by the Natural Disasters Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue for the VII Hemispheric Meeting celebrated on April 23rd and 24th, 2007.
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Forest Vocation Lands and Forest Policy: When Simpler is Better.
Date : Dec, 2006This paper addresses forest policies concerned with the adequate provision of forest related externalities. Despite the use of the forest vocation land (FVL) concept in the legislation of many Latin American countries, the discussion in the scientific literature about forest policies based on it is modest This paper seeks to contribute to this debate. For this, the paper presents facts, defines concepts, examines analytical frameworks, and investigates policy alternatives related to these externalities in private lands. The paper concludes that FVL is a useful model for the design of forest policies that seek to assure the provision of forest related externalities. Such policies are especially adequate for developing counties because they are relatively easy to understand; are less intrusive in the forest business decision making processes and, thereby, allow for greater freedom of action; are less costly to monitor, enforce, and comply with; reduce corruptive activities and illegality associated with forests; and do not require adjustments as technologies and market conditions change.
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Sustainable Forestry Business Initiatives at IDB.
Presented at the Stora Enso Visit to IDB: Potential Latin American Pulp Mill Projects. 14th September 2006, Washington, D.C., USADate : Sep, 2006This presentation discusses some of IDB's initiatives and instruments available to support the development of sustainable forest businesses in LAC.
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Forest Business Environment Attractiveness comparison of Key Latin American Countries
Presented at the AEL FinPRO Seminar "The Opportunities for the Forest Industry in Latin America - Should the smaller players follow the larger ones?" June 8th, 2006; Helsinki, FinlandDate : Jun, 2006Presentation given to private sector investor from Finland about the investment climate for sustainable forest businesses in selected Latin American countries. The Forest Investment Attractiveness Index (IAIF) and the Process to Improve the Business Climate for Forest Investment (PROMECIF) were also discussed as tools to measure and help to improve the climate.
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Forest Investment Attractiveness Index. RUR2006-07
Presented at the International Tropical Forest Investment Forum: Issues and Opportunities for Investment in natural tropical Forests, 26-27 April 2006, Cancun, MexicoDate : Apr, 2006This presentation presents the Forest Investment Attractiveness Index (IAIF) and the Process to Improve the Business Climate for Forest Investment (PROMECIF). It discusses IAIF's and PROMECIF's usefulness for investors, governments, NGO's and academics. It presents the Index's model and the results of calculation for the year 2004.
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Forest Financing in Latin America: The Role of the Inter-American Development Bank
Date : Apr, 2002The study is related to several strategies developed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), including those on rural poverty reduction, rural finance, agriculture, water resources, coastal resources and energy. The study benefited from the analyses
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Forest Clusters: A Competitive Model for Latin America
Date : Mar, 2002Studies from different parts of the world indicate the key factors that contribute to success in the forest business. These include sound macroeconomic and long-term forest policies, secure land tenure, support from related education and technology progra
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Facing the Challenge of Natural Disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean: An IDB Action Plan
Date : Jan, 2000The region's social and economic development will be unnecessarily hampered if preventive measures to mitigate the impact of natural disasters do not become a way of life. The time has come for development assistance to take a proactive role in assisting countries to strengthen their capacity to withstand natural disasters.
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Latin American Forest Policy Roundtable
Date : Oct, 1999The IDB and its contribution to sustainable forestry in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Rethinking Forest Resource Use Contracts in Latin America
Date : Jun, 1999Forestry as an important activity in rural development.
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Deforestation and Property Rights in Latin America
Date : May, 1999xcessive deforestation has been taking place in tropical areas of Latin America for the past several decades.
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Rights of Indigenous Groups over Natural Resources in Tropical Forests
Date : May, 1999The following paper is part of an IDB book recently published titled Forest Resource Policy in Latin America. For additional information on the book contact the IDB bookstore. This study analyzes present-day and historical demographic, socioeconomic, and
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Trade and Environmental Issues in Forest Production
Date : Apr, 1999Environmental policies have an impact on trade and environment.
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The Future of the Latin American Natural Forests
Date : Apr, 1999The following paper is part of an IDB book recently published titled Forest Resource Policy in Latin America. For additional information on the book contact the IDB bookstore. Deforestation and forest degradation trends of previous decades in Latin Americ
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Sustainable Forest Management in Latin America: Relevant Actors and Policies
Date : Apr, 1999This working paper is being published with the sole objective of contributing to the debate on a topic of importance to the region, and to elicit comments and suggestions from interested parties. This paper has not gone through the Department's peer revie
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Forest Resource Policy in Latin America
Date : Mar, 1999About a quarter of the world's forests and over half of its tropical forests are located in Latin America. Forests cover half of the region's land and the per capita forested area is the highest in the world. In addition, Latin America boasts many forest
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Alternatives for Habitat Protection and Rural Income Generation
Date : Mar, 1997A viable economic alternative in Latin American Environmentally fragile hinter lands,
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Policy Instruments and Financing Mechanisms for the Sustainable Use of Forests in Latin America
Date : Dec, 1996The Environment Division, in collaboration with several technical units of the Bank and other international organizations, is preparing a guideline document on forest development in Latin America and the Caribbean in the context of sustainable management
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Government Policies Affecting Forests in Latin America: An Agenda for Discussion
Date : Jan, 1995Strategies to more effectively apply land-use zoning, tenure reform, forest concession contracts, forest management plans, pricing policies, and taxes and subsidies.
Friday, 16 December 2011
The diversity of situations of older persons in society and across the world.
New report on the status of the rights of older persons
Thursday, 15 December 2011 |
| The Status of the rights of older persons |
The report focuses on the social and economic wellbeing of older persons and documents the demographics of older age; their economic status and participation in the labour force; the health of older persons; and the societal perceptions and social integration of older persons. On each of these topics, the report attempts to account for the diversity of situations of older persons in society and across the world. It also attempts to capture the changing reality and perceptions of old age as well old persons’ own views.
The report is based on recent research and empirical data from various sources available to the United Nations Secretariat, and includes a range of up-to-date figures and tables to highlight various trends in ageing.
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