ECOSOC kicks-off 2010 session with gender equality and international development

28 June 2010 - Gender equality and the empowerment of women, the mainstreaming of gender perspectives in all Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and the challenges of international development cooperation will be the focus of the High-level Segment of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), to be held at UN Headquarters from 28 June to 2 July. More than 700 participants representing governments, multilateral organizations, aid agencies, civil society, private sector and academia will discuss long-term commitments to improve and bring visibility to gender equality and the empowerment of women. They will promote international development cooperation and its coherence, accountability and effectiveness in support of the realization of the MDGs. High-profile figures present at the High-level Segment will be Michelle Bachelet, former President of Chile; Andrew Mitchell, Secretary of State for International Development, United Kingdom; Geena Davis, Academy Award Winner; Andris Piebalgs, European Commissioner for Development, and more than 40 ministers. (Eng) Moldova NGO Statement on Government National Voluntary Report to ECOSOC (Eng) (Rom)

WORLD DAY AGAINST CHILD LABOUR 2010
ILO SAYS GO FOR THE GOAL OF ELIMINATING THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOUR BY 2016

09 June 2010 - GENEVA (ILO News) As the football World Cup in South Africa kicks off, the International Labour Organization (ILO) is to mark the World Day Against Child Labour with an urgent appeal to go for the goal end child labour, calling particular attention to the target of eliminating the worst forms of child labour by 2016. While billions are caught up in the excitement of the football World Cup, some 215 million children are labouring for survival. Education and play are luxuries for them. Progress towards ending child labour is slowing down and we are not on course to end its worst forms by 2016. We have to get the momentum going again. Let us draw inspiration from the World Cup and rise to the challenge with the energy, the right strategy and the commitment it takes to get to the goal , said ILO Director-General Juan Somavia.(Eng) , (Rom)

Migration, Migrants, Children Left Behind and Social Policy: Contribution of the United Nations in Moldova to Public Discussion

Human Ribbon was Organized on International AIDS Candlelight Memorial Day in Chisinau

17 May 2010 - Traditionally, International AIDS Candlelight Memorial Day is marked, every year, in month of May on the third Sunday. This year slogan is Many Lights for Human Rights. In this context, state institutions, UN Agencies and nongovernmental organizations have marked the International AIDS Candlelight Memorial Day in Chisinau, in front of the Cathedral Nasterea Domnului. (Rom), (Eng)

End of year documentary - Year in Review 2009 (Eng)

Op-Ed by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and former US Vice-President Al Gore (Eng) (Rus)

"The Environmental Food crises: Environment's role in averting future food crises -a UNEP rapid response assessment"
The 2008 food crisis - which plunged millions back into hunger - may foreshadow an even bigger crisis in the years to come.
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"Global Employment Trends" (GET) 2009
This annual report examines what we know already about the impact of the crisis on jobs and what we could expect from several possible scenarios of the way it might evolve in the year ahead. More...