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MDG campaign by the UN South Africa

The ‘8 GOALS FOR AFRICA’ song is part of an awareness and advocacy campaign developed by the United Nations System in South Africa on the 8 MDGs . End poverty by 2015 is the historic promise 189 world leaders made at the UN Millennium Summit in 2000 when they signed up to the Millennium Declaration and agreed to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015. The MDGs are an eight-point roa...
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Human Rights Day: Friday, 10 December 2010; All States and interested organizations were invited by the General Assembly in 1950 to observe 10 December as Human rights Day ([more] More News

UN hails entry into force of global pact banning cluster munitions: Saturday, 31 July 2010; More News

Everglades returns to UNESCO list of global heritage sites in danger: Saturday, 31 July 2010; More News

Darfur: UN-African Union peacekeeping force extended as tensions rise: Saturday, 31 July 2010; More News

UN agencies step up efforts as Pakistani floods affect nearly a million people: Saturday, 31 July 2010; More News

UN official warns terrorism and organized crime increasingly linked in Africa: Saturday, 31 July 2010; More News

UN chief expresses deep sadness after boat capsizing in DR Congo: Saturday, 31 July 2010; More News

UN ambassador Nicole Kidman spotlights needs of women in post-quake Haiti: Saturday, 31 July 2010; More News

UN rushing aid to flood-stricken areas of north-western DR Congo: Saturday, 31 July 2010; More News

Lebanon: UN envoy welcomes visit by leaders of Saudi Arabia and Syria: Saturday, 31 July 2010; More News

UN expert welcomes declaration that clean water and sanitation is a human right: Saturday, 31 July 2010; More News

Iron ore production on the decline but trade still rising, UN report finds: Saturday, 31 July 2010; More News

Chinese children turn to art in UN environment contest: Saturday, 31 July 2010; More News

Fraud Alert: Tuesday, 6 July 2010; The United Nations has been made aware of various correspondences, being circulated via e-mail, from Internet web sites, and via regular mail or facsi... [more] More News

UN creates new structure for empowerment of women: Monday, 5 July 2010; In an historic decision on Friday, 2 July, the UN General Assembly voted unanimously to create a new entity to accelerate progress in meeting the nee... [more] More News

MDG campaign by the UN South Africa: Monday, 17 May 2010; The ‘8 GOALS FOR AFRICA’ song is ... [more] More News

International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade: Thursday, 25 March 2010; Slavery is abhorrent. It is explicitly prohibited by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the United Nations has reaffirmed this principle m... [more] More News

World Water Day: Monday, 22 March 2010; Water is the source of life and the link that binds all living beings on this planet. It is connected directly to all our United Nations goals: improv... [more] More News

Melbourne to Host Sixty-Third United Nations DPI/NGO Conference August 2010: Wednesday, 17 February 2010; This year, Melbourne is hosting the 63rd Annual UN DPI/NGO Conference, titled “Advance Global Health – Achieve the MDGs”. The conference will be held ... [more] More News

Join the UN's call to action against nuclear weapons: Monday, 31 August 2009; Give YOUR support to the nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation campaign, by signing the We Must Disarm Declaration. This campaign is a lead up to... [more] More News

HUMAN RIGHTS - 2010 Focus Every year on 21 March, people around the globe observe the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. This y... >> Read more...	International Year of Biodiversity - 2010 Focus The United Nations declared 2010 to be the International Year of Biodiversity. It is a celebration of life on earth and of the... >> Read more...
International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures The year 2010 will be celebrated as the International Year for the Rapprochement of Culture.The goal of the International Year c... >> Read more...	Disarmament, Peace & Security - 2010 Focus Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of nuclear weapons review conference. Disarmament, Peace and Security resources ... >> Read more...
Africa - 2010 Focus Africa is the only region in the world to have been singled out for priority treatment by the General Assembly. In 2010, the Unite... >> Read more...	End Violence Against Women - 2010 Focus The Secretary-General's campaign, "UNiTE to end violence against women" was launched in 2008 and continues to 2015. The campaign ... >> Read more...

Fraud Alert The United Nations has been made aware of various correspondences, being circula... >> Read more...	UN creates new structure for empowerment of women In an historic decision on Friday, 2 July, the UN General Assembly voted unanim... >> Read more...	Global UN Conference in Malaysia The date for the next Global UN Conference in Malaysia has changed. It will now ... >> Read more...
Millenium Development Goals Preparations for the Summit on the MDGs (to be held in New York on 20-22 Septemb... >> Read more...	UN Partners on Climate Change The Climate Change Gateway provides easy access to the reports of the Intergover... >> Read more...	News Quiz Take a minute to test your knowledge of the events, issues and people making the... >> Read more...