The United Nations Research Institute for Social Development UNRSID has released a flagship document on combating Poverty and Inequality. The report is a major research initiative which aims to contribute to debates on new policy approaches to poverty-reduction within the context of a post......
According to the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) report Blame and banishment: the underground HIV epidemic affecting children in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (full text, 4.99 MB), children and young adults are at the highest risk of contracting HIV; and they suffer the most from "the stigma and discr......
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has released its annual 2009-2010 report - UNDP in Action 2009/2010: Delivering on Commitments. The report can be downloaded from the UNDP web site.......
The report of the Commission on Sustainable Development on its 18th session has been issued (E/2010/29-E/CN.17/2010/15). The meeting was held in New York on 15 May 2009 and from the 3-14 May 2010.......
The Decisions adopted by the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) at its 2010 organizational and resumed organizational session (New York, 19 January, 9 and 12 February, 28 April and 21 May 2010) have been published as E/2010/INF/2.......
The report of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) on its 13th session has been issued (E/2010/31-E/C.16/2010/5). The session was held from 17 to 21 May 2010. The Commission undertook a five-year review to the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society at the ......
Report of the Economic and Social Council for 2009 was issued A/64/3/Rev.1.......
According to the 2010 World Economic and Social Survey, released by the United Nations today, a major rebalancing of the global economy is needed to make it sustainable. The main message in the report is that we have seen in the past couple of years, multiple global crises emerging- the food cri......
The ECOSOC 2010 Substantive session will be held on 28 June-23 July in New York.
The High-level Segment will be focused on a broad range of issues relevant to the implementation of the UN development agenda. More information is available from the ECOSOC website.......
The ECOSOC 2010 Substantive session will be held on 28 June-23 July in New York. Documents for the High level segment and other segments are available from the Session’s Website.......
The Millennium Development Goals Report 2010 has been released. The report notes that even though the economic crisis took a heavy toll on jobs and incomes around the world, the world is still on track to achieve the MDG target of cutting the rate of extreme poverty in half by 2015. It also cites bi......
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) annual report for 2009 has been issued (full report, pdf). The report provides an updated analysis of global development during the past year.
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ECA announces the launch of a new report titled, Enhancing intra-African trade.The report was launched during the annual meetings of the African Development Bank,(AfDB) as a side event organized under the umbrella of the Coalition for Dialogue on Africa (CodA). The launch took the form of a high lev......
The report, titled Enhancing intra-African tradewas launched during the annual meetings of the African Development Bank, (AfDB) as a side event organized under the umbrella of the Coalition for Dialogue on Africa (CodA). The launch took the form of a high level policy discussion led by the Chair of......
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has issued The annual report on the situation of workers of the occupied Arab territories . Available in full text pdf, English, Arabic,Spanish and French, the findings of the report are based on missions sent earlier this year to the occupied Arab territ......
The 2010 Asia and the Pacific Economic and Social Survey, entitled Sustaining Recovery and Dynamism for Inclusive Development assesses the critical issues, policy challenges and risks that the region faces in the months ahead as it leads the world economy in recovery from a dire recession. It also o......
The report of the Committee of Experts on Public Administration on its ninth session has been issued (E/2010/44-E/C.16/2010/5). The report is issued as Supplement No. 24 of the Official records of the Economic and Social Council.......
Word Food Programme (WFP) published its 2010 annual report Fighting hunger worldwide (full text, pdf, 1.73 MB). According to the report, "the number of hungry people worldwide grew to more than 1 billion." More than 100 million people received food and nutrition assistance from WFP.
For WFP, the ......
Word Food Programme (WFP) published its 2010 annual report Fighting hunger worldwide (full text, pdf, 1.73 MB). According to the report, "the number of hungry people worldwide grew to more than 1 billion." More than 100 million people received food and nutrition assistance from WFP.
For WFP, the ......
8 June is celebrated as World Oceans Day. It was designated by General Assembly resolution 63/111 (paragraph 171). The theme of this year's celebration is Our oceans: opportunities and challenges 2010 (The programme).
Related: UN Atlas of the Oceans - an Internet portal providing informat......
Word Food Programme (WFP) published its 2010 annual report Fighting hunger worldwide (full text, pdf, 1.73 MB). According to the report, "the number of hungry people worldwide grew to more than 1 billion." More than 100 million people received food and nutrition assistance from WFP.
For WFP, the ......
UN Development Programme (UNDP) published Kyrgyzstan's national human development report Kyrgyzstan: successful youth - successful country
(full text, pdf, 3.4 KB). The report is also available in Russian and Kyrgyz.......
The report on the Overview of the economic and social conditions in Africa 2010 has been issued (E/2010/17). The report summary notes that:
The global recession negatively affected economic activity in Africa in 2009, but the impact has been milder than initially forecast. Growth in the continen......
On 30 May 2010 UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) launches 2010-11 world disaster reduction campaign
Making cities resilient: my city is getting ready (Campaign strategy). The campaign call on leaders and local governments to commit to a checklist of Ten Essentials that will ......
UN Development Programme (UNDP) published 2010 Chile national human development report (summary of the report in Spanish, pdf, 199 KB). The report assesses the current situation in gender equality in Chile. ......
World Economic Situation and Prospects 2010: update as of mid-2010 has been published (full text, pdf, 406 KB).
The world economy continued to improve in the first half of 2010, leading to a slight upward revision in the United Nations outlook for global growth. The pace of the recovery is too w......
The report on Latin America and the Caribbean: economic situation and outlook, 2009-2010 is now available (E/2010/19). The report notes that:
After six years of uninterrupted growth, the gross domestic product (GDP) of the Latin American and Caribbean region fell by 1.9 per cent and per capita ......
The report of the twelfth session of the Committee for Development Policy has been released (E/2010/33). During the session the Committee adressed the following issues:
impact of global crises on gender equality and the empowerment of
women;
international support measures specifically availabl......
UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) launched a new annual publication Technology and innovation report 2010: enhancing food security in Africa through science, technology and innovation (full text, pdf, 1.2 MB).
This report focuses on the challenges of improving agricultural perfor......
The World Economic and Social Survey (E/2010/50) has been released. The report highlights systemic weaknesses of the global economy and stresses the need to international institutions.
The global economic crisis, coming on top of the food, fuel and climate change crises, has exposed the systemic w......