The 193 member states of the United Nations reached agreement on a new Sustainable Development Agenda for the next 15 years. This agenda calls for eradicating poverty and hunger, achieving gender equality, improving living standards and taking urgent action to combat climate change.
United Nations (UN) released the report titled ‘World Population Prospects: The 2015 Revision’ at the UN Headquarters in New York. According to the report, India will surpass China to become the most populous nation in the world by 2022. In the forecast issued by UN in 2013 India was expected to surpass China’s population by 2028.
India & World, Social Issues /
The United Nations on 6 July 2024 released the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Report 2015. It is an annual assessment of global and regional progress towards the eight MDGs produced by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA).
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on 15 June 2024 elected Denmark’s Mogens Lykketoft as its President for its upcoming 70th session in September 2015.
Economy /
World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP)The United Nations (UN) released Mid-2015 World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) update. In the release, it has highlighted that world economy continues to grow at a modest pace.
According to a United Nations report - “India and the MDGs – Towards a Sustainable Future for All”, India is set to cut poverty by half by the end of 2015, as compared to 2000 figures, but still it needs to do more to improve education and empower women.
History, International Politics /
The UN top court ruled that Serbia and Croatia did not commit genocide against each other’s people during the wars that sparked by the breakup of former Yugoslavia. The ruling is expected to help put to rest long prevailing hostility between the Balkan neighbours.
