March 2012 The Millennium Consumption Goals and Rio+20 The Millennium Consumption Goals (MCGs) idea was proposed by Professor Munasinghe of Sri Lanka in January 2011 at the United Nations in New York. According to Professor Munasinghe, “MCGs could help make our development path more sustainable, by focusing on the 1.4 billion people in the richest Read more »
The Environmental and Economic Crises This edition of The United Nations and You is not an action alert, but is designed, instead, to lead to a better understanding of what is emerging on the world scene in light of the environmental and economic crises. For many years the prosperity of a country has been based Read more »
December 2011 As in years past the Sisters of Charity Federation NGO Office is offering an alternative gift giving program for Christmas. The goal behind the program is to offer our members an alternative to traditional gifts in the name of their families and friends that will benefit the most vulnerable in our global community. Read more »
The December 2011 NGO Newsletter is now available. Click here to view/download.
November 2011 The United Nations and You: The Social Protection Floor Background One of the main issues that continues to arise at the United Nations is the need for a Social Protection Floor (SPF). The SPF corresponds to a set of basic social rights, services and facilities that all global citizens should enjoy. It can be Read more »
As in years past the Sisters of Charity Federation NGO Office is offering an alternative gift giving program for Christmas. The goal behind the program is to offer our members an alternative to traditional gifts in the name of their families and friends that will benefit the most vulnerable in our global community. This year Read more »
Background One of the main issues that continues to arise at the United Nations is the need for a Social Protection Floor (SPF). The SPF corresponds to a set of basic social rights, services and facilities that all global citizens should enjoy. It can be seen as a core obligation of ensuring the realization of Read more »
October 2011 The United Nations and You “While humankind has made enormous progress in improving material welfare over the past two centuries, this progress has come at the lasting cost of degradation of our natural environment…continuation along previously trodden economic growth pathways will further exacerbate the pressures exerted on the world’s resources and natural environment, Read more »
Every fall at the United Nations, the NGO Community and other UN entities gather to pray and renew efforts to alleviate world poverty. If you wish to join in this effort, please click below to download the prayer service. Download International Day for the Eradication of Poverty Prayer Service »
October 2011 The United Nations and You “While humankind has made enormous progress in improving material welfare over the past two centuries, this progress has come at the lasting cost of degradation of our natural environment…continuation along previously trodden economic growth pathways will further exacerbate the pressures exerted on the world’s resources and natural environment, Read more »
