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“Empowering people and ensuring inclusiveness and equality” was the theme of the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, held at the UN Headquarters in New York on July 9-18 of this year. (more…)
In 2000, the UN adopted the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to eliminate the pervasive issues of poverty, illiteracy, illness, and lack of a decent standard of living. The MDGs were supposed to be a means of tackling these intractable problems. So, to continue the process of eradicating these endemic situations, the United Nations adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a measure to achieve them by 2030. (more…)
By: Sr. Barbara Bozak
More than 1,000 indigenous individuals from around the globe gathered with government representatives, experts, and others, at the United Nations in New York, April 22 – May 3, 2019, for the 18th Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. (more…)
