GalleryDespite major gains, world’s education goals far from achieved – UNESCO
Just one third of countries have achieved all the measurable education goals set in 2000 and only half of all countries have achieved universal primary enrolment, the United Nations agency mandated with promoting learning spotlighted today, urging countries to bridge the $22 billion annual finance gap needed to achieve quality basic education for all by 2030.
GalleryIn Qatar, UN forum to discuss link between crime prevention and sustainable development
Ahead of a major summit in New York in September on the future global development agenda, the 13th United Nations Crime Congress will convene in Doha next week to discuss the links between crime prevention, security, justice and sustainable development.
GalleryUN bodies present projects showing how ‘Big Data’ can save lives, fight hunger
Anonymized data – information from which the identity of the sender has been stripped – from mobile telephone usage could provide vital support in efforts to achieve sustainable development and to respond to humanitarian crises, according to insights derived from a study by the United Nations.
GalleryFinanciers put social teeth into money decisions, at hearing on new global finance framework
Governments at the United Nations hammering out an agreement on financing a new global development push are hearing from decision makers with a broad understanding of “return on investment.”
GalleryUN forum seeks answers to questions on how to make sustainable development reality
As the Economic and Social Council began today its Development Cooperation Forum in Incheon, Republic of Korea, senior United Nations officials emphasized the need to build on the success of the Millennium Development Goals and to deliver sustainable development for all by finding strategies to mobilize significant financial resources.
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