UN CONVENES MEETING ON ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT New York, May 13 2013 6:00PM Senior United Nations officials, policymakers, civil society representatives and other stakeholders gathered today at UN Headquarters in New York for a special Economic and Social Council forum on mobilizing science, technology and …
Ensuring Access to Water for Agriculture Vital for Sustainable Future – UN
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UN Officials Urge Measures to Boost the World’s Flagging Economy
“This conventional “inside the economics box” view , with few new ideas, shows how much further the economics profession needs to go to improve its understanding of today’s true global situation. Hazel Henderson, Editor-in-chief” UN OFFICIALS URGE MEASURES TO BOOST THE WORLD’S FLAGGING ECONOMY New York, Feb 7 2012 6:05PM …
Ban Underlines The Role Of Information Technologies In Accelerating Development
BAN UNDERLINES THE ROLE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN ACCELERATING DEVELOPMENT New York, May 16 2011 1:05PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today underlined the role of information and communications technologies (ICTs) in accelerating socio-economic development, highlighting their potential to enable the delivery of basic social services to even the remotest areas of …