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In all parts of the world, a disproportionate number of persons with disabilities lives in poverty, underscoring the direct link between disability and denial of economic rights. More
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Strengthen WFP's preparedness for when disaster strikes
When natural or man-made disasters strike, WFP is poised to bring assistance within hours through a network of hubs stocked with humanitarian supplies, emergency telecommunications facilities and highly-trained rapid response specialists. WFP is an expert in disaster preparedness and response;... More
Give children a chance at a better future through school meals
Among the poor, there is often not enough food at home, and parents often keep children at home to work or care for siblings. School meals are a good way to channel vital nourishment to poor children and also act as a safety net for poor families. The promise of at least one nutritious meal each... More
Help us spread the word about global hunger!
Almost one billion people do not know where they will find their next meal. And almost a third of all deaths in children under the age of five in developing countries are linked to undernutrition.
We know that hunger is the world's greatest solvable problem, but we need to spread this knowledge to...
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Endorse The CEO Water Mandate
Water poses one of the greatest sustainability challenges of the 21st Century. Water scarcity and pollution, among many other issues, threaten our ability to grow strong and stable economies, meet basic human needs, and protect healthy ecosystems (and the services they provide), while also posing... More
Join Caring for Climate
Caring for Climate is a voluntary and complementary action platform for UN Global Compact participants who seek to demonstrate leadership on the issue of climate change. It provides a framework for business leaders to advance practical solutions and help shape public policy as well as public... More
Urgent assistance needed for the emergency evacuation operations at the Libyan borders
IOM is deeply concerned at the fate of thousands of migrants fleeing severe violence in Libya and now stranded at the borders with Tunisia, Algeria, Niger, Chad, Sudan and Egypt. Concern grows over at least 6,000 migrants stranded in the Libyan city of Misrata in an extremely poor state with an... More
OCHA (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs): Humanitarian Appeal for the Horn of Africa Drought 2011
The Horn of Africa is experiencing the most severe food crisis in the world today. Over 12 million people in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia are severely affected and in urgent need of humanitarian aid, and there is no likelihood of this situation improving until 2012. This figure of... More
Promoting Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) to Strengthen the Protection of Vulnerable “soft” Targets from Terrorist Attacks
The programme Public-Private Partnerships to Protect "Soft" Targets was created as an initiative of the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force and aims to promote Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) to protect vulnerable targets from terrorist attacks and other major security... More
Centre on Public-Private Security Policies – get involved
In September 2009, UNICRI launched the programme Centre on Public-Private Security Policies as a UN facility to promote, plan and coordinate regional cooperation mechanisms worldwide to facilitate collaboration between Member States on subjects related to the protection of vulnerable targets, such... More
Deployable emergency office in containers
OCHA is coordinating the deployment of the humanitarian organizations in various emergency locations acroos the world and during natural and/or man made disasters. Most of the time the deployments are occuring in detroy and.or very remote areas where it is very challeging to find minimum... More