United Nations independent experts demanded on Wednesday that the Venezuelan Government take concrete actions to tackle the devastating impact on basic human rights of the country’s economic crisis.
The “economic and political empowerment” of women in Zimbabwe is essential for the development of the southern African country according to the UN’s most senior representative there.
Zimbabwe has a good record in terms of the political representation of women but more needs to be done the UN Resident Coordinator, Bishow Parajuli, has said.
Daniel Dickinson has been speaking to Mr Parajuli and began by asking him what it’s like to be a woman in Zimbabwe.
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Young people can contribute enormously to peace and development in African countries.
That’s what was said on Monday at the UN General Assembly’s High-level event on the Demographic Dividend and Youth Employment.
Senior government officials, including ministers attended the meeting in New York.
Derrick Mbatha reports.
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Trillions of dollars may be needed to finance a new global development agenda, a senior UN official has said.
In September, the international community is due to meet in New York to decide on the so-called Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs.
They will replace the Millennium Development Goals which are due to expire at the end of this year.
