December 2010
The United Nations (UN) is an international organization that was officially founded on October 24, 1945 after World War II to stop war between countries and provide a platform for dialogue. Now the UN facilitates cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights and the achievement of world peace. To...
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Where is poverty? In 2008, the World Bank determined the poverty line as living on less than $1.25 a day. Internationally, one in four people are living on less than $1.25 a day (according to World Bank results in 2008); which is down from one in two in 1981. These statistics indicate that we are improving towards our goal to eliminate poverty, however progress...
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October 16th is World Food Day. This day reminds the world that one in seven people who are alive today are going hungry; that is 925 million people (World Food Program). Hunger kills more than AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined. When an individual, a family, or a society is hungry it is very difficult, if not impossible to be productive towards any...
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