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Un Chronicle 2011 : 7 Billion People, 1 United Nations, Hand in Hands.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- United Nations Department of Public Information, United Nations.
- Series:
- Un Chronicle Series
- Un Chronicle Series ; v.4
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sustainable development.
- Human rights.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (43 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- UN Chronicle Vol.XLVIII No.4 2011
- 7 Billion People, 1 United Nations
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomfield : United Nations Publications, 2011.
- Summary:
- This publication from the United Nations Department of Public Information outlines the priorities and challenges faced by the organization under Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Key areas of focus include sustainable development, climate change, empowering women, global security, human rights, and nuclear disarmament. The book reflects on the achievements and lessons from Ban Ki-moon's first term and sets an agenda for his second term. It discusses the UN's efforts in combating the proliferation of small arms, responding to humanitarian crises, and advancing global health and human rights, particularly for seniors. The text addresses the complexities of implementing sustainable development goals and evaluates the progress and setbacks in international cooperation on environmental and security issues. Generated by AI.
- Contents:
- Table of contents
- Sustainability agenda in retrospect and in prospect
- Climate finance: Putting the puzzle together
- The Global Dividend for Maximum Impact (GDM-I): Advancing women for global equity and innovation
- A quiet diplomat for challenging times
- Human rights and the UN: Progress and challenges
- The UN role and efforts in combating the proliferation of small Arms and light weapons: A jamaican CARICOM perspective
- If you want the peace of the dead, prepare for nuclear war
- Improving un responses to humanitarian crises
- The dilemma of democratization in fragile states
- Advancing the Global Health agenda
- Overcoming ageism and supporting the human rights of seniors Generated by AI.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- ISBN:
- 9789210555210
- 921055521X
- OCLC:
- 1409349667
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