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New York: Twenty five countries, including some of the world’s biggest economies, have halved their poverty indices, but lack of post-COVID-19 pandemic data obscures the situation facing almost a billion people globally, a new United Nations-University of Oxford study has found.

The world population is growing by approximately 74 million people a year, but the 20th century saw the biggest increase in the world?s population in human history. It is time to put the pedal down on the explosion of population growth as soon as possible.

China did not eradicate absolute poverty by cash transfer schemes or rural medical programmes alone, writes Vijay Prashad.   By Vijay Prashad Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research At the 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development held in Rio de Janeiro, member states

In 2021, there were 230 million people still in poverty & nearly 19% population vulnerable to poverty, according to the latest update to the UN’s Multidimensional Poverty Index

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The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Marc-André Franche of Canada as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Sri Lanka, with the host Government’s approval. He took up his post on 8 July. Franche has served the United Nations for over 24 years. Prior to his appoi

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The Justice Affairs Diplomacy Ministerial Forum 2023 in Tokyo concluded with a shared vision among G7, ASEAN, UNDP and UNODC leaders for a more just, inclusive, and sustainable world.

Alexander Lobov, a military engineer and mine action expert with the UN Development Programme ( UNDP ), has worked in hotspots from Afghanistan to Somalia, but never imagined using this experience in his native country, Ukraine, now one of the world’s ...