Posts tagged ‘UN’
Rio+20 – A Time To Move Forward
Some reflections ahead of the June 2012 UN conference on Sustainable Development
Ireland’s 2013 EU Presidency
In January 2013, Ireland will take over the rotating Presidency of the European Union. An event that the Government and NGOs in Ireland feel presents a great opportunity to influence the way “Europe” thinks about global Development (and its own Development)
Trade, Growth and Development
Many aid donors have re-discovered “the market” as a means towards economic development. And as so often before, the aid debate risks getting rid of both the baby and the bath water…
Can the world feed 7 billion people?
An overview of some of the key arguments made in relation to the growing world population.
Getting ready for the Irish EU Presidency in 2013
Ireland takes over the six month Presidency of the Council of the European Union in January 2013. What does that mean for Development?
Singing the praise of the humble potato
Today is National Potato Day in Ireland – a country that knows the link between hunger, poverty and the potato all too well.
Despite the hunger crisis, 2 out of 3 developing countries are on track to halve poverty.
New reports from the World Bank and the UN show that, despite the bad news from the Horn of Africa, substantial progress is being made in the vast majority of developing countries.
Ireland “determined to keep its shoulder to the wheel” on HIV & AIDS
The recent UN summit on HIV & AIDS shows Ireland continues to focus on the fight against HIV & AIDS. And we have some figures on how much of Ireland’s overseas aid programme is spent on HIV & AIDS work.
Tracking Ireland’s funding commitment on HIV & AIDS and communicable diseases
Trying to assess how much Irish Aid spends on HIV & AIDS, as a result of the Taoiseach’s pledge to spend €100 million a year on communicable diseases, shows that Ireland still has a long way to go towards “aid transparency”
Ireland needs a rights-based foreign policy
The formation of a new Government is a unique opportunity for Ireland to develop a new foreign policy, more explicitly based on the fulfilment of human rights.
