6 Reasons The Next Generation Needs Us To Solve Hunger
Here are six facts and stats that illustrate this point:
1. Science has proven that a child’s first 1,000 days
– in the womb and up to 2 years old – are critical to their physical
and mental development. Children who are critically undernourished
suffer irreversible damage.
2. Nourished women have healthier babies
whose immune systems are stronger for life. Conversely,
undernourished mothers pass malnutrition on to the next generation by
giving birth to smaller, weaker babies.
3. Proper nutrition during the first two years of life can result in an increase in lifetime earnings by as much as 46 percent. (J. Hoddinott, The Lancet).
4. The combination of low birth weight, stunting and
iodine deficiency can result in a reduction of up to 30 points in IQ
and the body’s inability to resist disease for life. (World Bank).
5. Studies show it is more difficult for children to
learn without adequate food and nutrition. There are 66 million primary
school-age children who attend classes hungry across the developing world.
6. A third of all deaths in children under the age of five in developing countries are linked to hunger. (UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality).
Saturday, 12 May 2012
Friday, 11 May 2012
2012 Global Poverty Update
FEATURE
World Bank Sees Progress Against Extreme Poverty
Says many people remain poor and vulnerable in all regions despite gains.Report (PDF) | Release
1 billion : Estimated number of people living on less than $1.25 a day in 2005
The public can access all statistics underlying the new international estimates via the online tool, PovcalNet, which allows users to calculate poverty rates using global, regional and national numbers. Many data, especially those from middle-income countries and regions, are more recent than 2008.
“PovcalNet is the Bank’s interactive, open-data tool for poverty and inequality measurement,” says Shaohua Chen, senior statistician in the Bank’s Research Group who manages PovcalNet. “With our newly-revamped site, users can easily duplicate our results, or conduct their own research using any line or country grouping
to their liking.”
Tuesday, 8 May 2012
Secretary-General's Message for the Day of Vesak 2012
DAY OF VESAK - 5 may 2012
We commemorate this year’s Day of Vesak as the international
community enters the final preparations for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro — a once-in-a-generation opportunity to set the world on a more equitable and sustainable path of development.
Buddhism has much to offer that process. The Buddha’s assertion that, “The way to change the world is to change the nature of man” offers a critical insight into how to improve conditions for our planet and its inhabitants.
The spirit to care not just for ourselves but for others based on an awareness of our interlinked fates lies at the heart of Buddhism — and indeed all of the world’s great religions.
These teachings challenge families, communities and nations to act in concert for the advancement of our common well-being. That is the best way to secure individual and collective progress in an interdependent world.
We must also change longstanding assumptions and open our minds to new ideas and possible solutions if we are to address major global threats, from the proliferation of deadly weapons to intolerance and inequality.
I invite Buddhists and people of all traditions to use the occasion of the Day of Vesak to reflect on how we can change our actions to pave the way for a more sustainable future.
We commemorate this year’s Day of Vesak as the international
community enters the final preparations for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro — a once-in-a-generation opportunity to set the world on a more equitable and sustainable path of development.
Buddhism has much to offer that process. The Buddha’s assertion that, “The way to change the world is to change the nature of man” offers a critical insight into how to improve conditions for our planet and its inhabitants.
The spirit to care not just for ourselves but for others based on an awareness of our interlinked fates lies at the heart of Buddhism — and indeed all of the world’s great religions.
These teachings challenge families, communities and nations to act in concert for the advancement of our common well-being. That is the best way to secure individual and collective progress in an interdependent world.
We must also change longstanding assumptions and open our minds to new ideas and possible solutions if we are to address major global threats, from the proliferation of deadly weapons to intolerance and inequality.
I invite Buddhists and people of all traditions to use the occasion of the Day of Vesak to reflect on how we can change our actions to pave the way for a more sustainable future.
Saturday, 5 May 2012
Angelina Jolie in Ecuador
23 avril 2012 - Angelina Jolie meets Colombian refugees in Ecuador during her first field visit as Special Envoy of the High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres.
Thursday, 3 May 2012
World Press Freedom Day Event “New Voices: Media Freedom Helping to Transform Societies”
World Press Freedom Day Logo English Version
DPI-NGO briefing: World Press Freedom Day Event “New Voices: Media Freedom Helping to Transform Societies”
“Protecting journalists: Lessons learned and prospects 5 years after resolution 1738”
Round-table Discussion on “Protecting journalists: Lessons learned and prospects 5 years after resolution 1738”
Special event co-organized by the Permanent Missions of France and Greece, in cooperation with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day.
Security Council Resolution 1738 (2006)
Programme: http://www.un.org/wcm/webdav/site/dpingorelations/shared/PROG.pdf
World Press Freedom Day website: http://www.un.org/en/events/pressfreedomday/
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