development

Silk manufacturing in China.
UNIDO

Prospects for global manufacturing recovery dim, says new UN report

3 December 2012
New setbacks have dimmed the prospects of a global manufacturing recovery, says a new United Nations report released today which finds that growth in this sector has remained sluggish in the third quarter of 2012, with output rising by just 2.2 per cent compared to the same quarter last year, the lowest rate since 2009.
General Assembly President Vuk Jeremic.
UN Photo/JC McIlwaine

Ensuring Africa’s development critical task for UN, says General Assembly President

17 October 2012
The United Nations system and African countries must strengthen their partnership to advance the continent’s economic growth, development and participation in the global economy, the President of the General Assembly said today.
Assistant Secretary-General Robert Orr.
UN Photo/Evan Schneider

Use of ‘Big Data’ in development highlighted at UN Headquarters meeting

10 July 2012
The era of ‘Big Data’ presents the United Nations with an historic opportunity to better support and protect populations through analysis of digital information, according to a new report launched today at UN Headquarters in New York.
Robert Vos of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, launches report at press conference.
UN Photo/D. Berkowitz

UN proposes mechanisms to raise $400 billion to close gap on development financing needs

5 July 2012
In a major report, the United Nations today proposed a series of financial mechanisms to raise $400 billion annually for development needs, as many donor countries have cut back their assistance funding due to the global economic crisis.
UNCTAD Secretary-General Supachai Panitchpakdi in Doha.
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

Trade vital to help countries achieve sustainable development, UN conference hears

26 April 2012
International trade plays a key role in expanding demand and supply of environmentally friendly goods and services and helping countries shift to a greener development path, experts said during a panel debate at a United Nations trade and development conference in Doha, Qatar, which ended today.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
UN Photo/Mark Garten

Ban urges integrating environmental, social and economic aspects of development

16 March 2012
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged governments to consider setting up a new global arrangement that integrates environmental, social and economic dimensions of sustainable development, stressing the need to mobilize public support for an approach that guarantees the well-being of humanity while preserving the planet for future generations.
Ambassador Miloš Koterec of the Slovak Republic.
UN Photo/Evan Schneider

UN Commission for Social Development kicks off with focus on poverty and youth

1 February 2012
Poverty eradication, youth unemployment and socially inclusive policies will be the main focus of the 50th session of the United Nations Commission for Social Development, which kicked off today at UN Headquarters in New York.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with representatives of the G77 and China on the sidelines of the UN Climate Change Conference in Durban.
UN Photo/Mark Garten

UN urges Group of 77 nations to champion development agenda

11 January 2012
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the President of the General Assembly Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser today urged the bloc of developing countries known as the Group of 77 and China to ensure that concrete and actionable measures are adopted at the forthcoming United Nations conference on sustainable development in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro.