The CAP objectives can be attained only if funding is provided in an even manner all the sectors participating in the CaP. Consequences of such a funding policy would help prevent indirect humanitarian risks
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:
Education provides opportunities for the world’s poorest children by giving them the skills to gain employment and earn an income, increasing productivity in communities. If all students in low-income countries left school with basic reading skills, 171 million people could be lifted out of poverty. This would mean a 12 per cent cut in global poverty.
Carol Bellamy, Chair of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), is visiting Australia this week to discuss Australia’s partnership with GPE and the importance of increasing engagement in the Asia Pacific region.
DUSHANBE / GENEVA (18 May 2012) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture, Juan E. Méndez, said on 18 May that he was encouraged by recent legal changes in Tajikistan, like the introduction of a new criminal provision defining torture and providing penalties for it. However, he called for a “sustained effort and commitment from the highest levels of authority and a clear pledge to ‘zero tolerance’ of torture.”
Genève, le 21 mai 2012 - Le Haut Commissaire des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés, António Guterres, a exprimé sa grande tristesse face à l'assassinat d'un membre du personnel du HCR qui est décédé samedi matin à Goma, dans l'est de la République démocratique du Congo. M. Rocky Kalume Makabuza avait été blessé par balles à l'estomac lors d'une attaque - commise par des personnes non identifiées - au cours de la soirée précédente vers 20h45 heure locale à son domicile de Goma.
Geneva, 21 May 2012 - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres has expressed great sadness at the killing of a UNHCR staff member who died on Saturday morning in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Rocky Kalume Makabuza sustained gun shot wounds to his stomach in an attack at his home by unknown assailants on Friday at around 20:45 pm local time.
