Wednesday, 29 December 2021 (YJC)_ The US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan said that a huge amount of money had been spent in Afghanistan over the past 20 years, but that the result was that one in three Afghans was on the brink of starvation.
Saturday, 20 November 2021 (YJC)_ A spokesman for the UN secretary-general said Somalia was at the forefront of climate change, with more than 70 percent of Somalis living below the poverty line.
Saturday, 13 March 2021 _Social Rights Commissioner Nicolas Schmit has presented plans in the European Parliament to lift 15 million people, living in the 27-nation EU, out of poverty by 2030. Lawmakers, though, seem less than convinced.
Saturday, 24 October 2020 _The European Union has a population of just under 450 million people across the bloc's 27 member states. Millions of young people face a very uncertain future due to the economic crash brought about by COVID-19. The growing social crisis in the EU has just been debated in the European Parliament.
Thursday, 10 September 2020_Top UN officials warn that the COVID-19 pandemic has aggravated discrimination and other human rights violations that can fuel conflict, and its indirect consequences are dwarfing the impact of the virus itself in the world’s most fragile countries.
Tuesday, 01 September 2020 _The United Nations food agency has warned that around 2.2 million Syrians risk hunger and poverty in the war-ravaged Arab country.
Wednesday, 08 July_Nearly 50 million Africans could be driven into extreme poverty in the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, the African Development Bank (AfDB) said Tuesday.
TEHRAN, Jul 10 - Hunger is growing and the world is not on track to end extreme poverty by 2030 and meet other U.N. goals, mainly because progress is being undermined by the impact of climate change and increasing inequality, a U.N. report said Tuesday.
TEHRAN, October 17 - Despite progress in reducing extreme poverty , nearly half the world's population lives on less than $5.50 a day, with a rising share of the poor in wealthier economies, the World Bank said Wednesday.
TEHRAN, September 18 - Rapid population growth in some of Africa's poorest countries could put at risk future progress towards reducing global poverty and improving health, according to a report by the philanthropic foundation of Bill Gates.
TEHRAN, September 06 - Some 3.7 million children in the UK are living in households that are too poor to afford a healthy diet, a new report has revealed.
TEHRAN, June 22 - A human rights expert is criticizing the U.S. for failing to tackle poverty , days after Washington quit the United Nations body that appointed him.
TEHRAN, February 11 - The United Nations children’s agency said one in every four children in is in poverty in Iraq, which seeks urgent international assistance to help it reconstruct after a four-year-long war against the Takfiri terror group of Daesh.
TEHRAN, January 2 - Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), states her position on what should be the aspirations for the future of our rapidly changing world.
TEHRAN, September 26 - More than 50 million Americans -- a sixth of the US population -- live in districts that are mired in a “deep ongoing recession”, with rising unemployment and a shrinking business base, according to a new study that underscores the uneven nature of the US economic recovery.
TEHRAN, April 28, YJC -Iran’s presidential candidates, Mostafa Aqa-Mirsalim and Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf have respectively pledged to effectually tackle corruption and poverty .
Global economic downturn made certain European countries including Greece to adopt austerity measures. Many people in this country are suffering poverty .
Tehran, YJC. -- On the occasion of UN Day, the United Nations in Iran is launching the Summary Report of the work completed during 2012-2013 under the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) for the Islamic Republic of Iran on Wednesday.