cooperatives

Cooperatives, not guns: How to bring peace to youth in South Sudan

3 July 2025

When young South Sudanese have guns, which they do, and are raiding other people’s cattle and produce for their livelihood, which they are, how do you get them to lay down their guns? The answer is an alternative form of income, another livelihood.

UN Radio/Jocelyne Sambira

Co-ops use their “global powers” to support the SDGs

2 July 2016

General News

Co-operatives are pledging to use their “global powers” to support the internationally-agreed Sustainable Development Goals, the president of the International Co-operative Alliance said.

Co-operatives or “co-ops” are businesses run for and by their members where everyone has an equal say and share in the profits.

Members of the Cooperative Agriculture Maraicher for Boulbi, water and hoe their vegetable fields in Kieryaghin village, Burkina Faso.

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On World Day, UN hails cooperatives as drivers of sustainable future

2 July 2016

Cooperatives are an old idea but more relevant than ever as they can be the drivers of a sustainable future, senior United Nations officials said on the International Day of Cooperatives today, urging Governments to create an enabling environment for these groups to thrive and grow.

UNDP

Cooperatives can build socio-economic resilience during crises – UN officials

6 July 2013

The International Day of Cooperatives provides an opportunity to spotlight how such enterprises can help build resilience in all socio-economic spheres in times of “global uncertainty,” United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Saturday.

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UN chief praises potential of cooperatives to empower communities and combat hunger

20 November 2012

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today praised the role that cooperatives play as catalysts of inclusive development and their capacity to empower communities by creating jobs and generating incomes.

FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva.

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cooperatives

Cooperatives, not guns: How to bring peace to youth in South Sudan

Co-ops use their “global powers” to support the SDGs

On World Day, UN hails cooperatives as drivers of sustainable future

Cooperatives can build socio-economic resilience during crises – UN officials

UN chief praises potential of cooperatives to empower communities and combat hunger

Cooperatives central to fighting hunger, stresses UN agency

UN launches Year of Cooperatives with spotlight on development

Annan urges business cooperatives to pursue mergers to succeed