Dili/Jakarta/Brussels | 8 May 2013

Although swelling oil and gas revenues have bought Timor-Leste peace, political empowerment, security reforms and fiscal caution are needed to ensure stability can outlast the boom.

Despite tough challenges in fragile countries, World Bank analysis reveals glimmers of hope

WASHINGTON, May 1, 2013—Despite enduring political and economic challenges, 20 fragile and conflict-affected states have recently met one or more targets under the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and an additional six countries are on track to meet individual targets ahead of the 2015 deadline, according to a new analysis by the World Bank Group released today.

This report covers the period 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2012

Overview

SEAR/PR 1556

22 April 2013, New Delhi: WHO has urged countries to reach out to the children who are still not protected from vaccine preventable diseases. World Immunization Week will be observed globally from 24 to 30 April 2013.

Assemblée générale Soixante-septième session Point 33 de l’ordre du jour Prévention des conflits armés

I. Introduction

Sixty-seventh session
Agenda item 107
Report of the Secretary-General on the Peacebuilding Fund

Summary

The present report, which covers the activities of the Peacebuilding Fund for the period from January to December 2012, is submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 63/282, which requested the Secretary-General to submit an annual report on the operation and activities of the Fund.

General Assembly
Sixty-seventh session
Agenda item 33
Prevention of armed conflict

Security Council
Sixty-eighth year

I. Introduction

26 February 2013 – Mediating, strengthening governance and creating jobs were some of the United Nations objectives highlighted today by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to ensure that people living in conflict areas or in countries emerging from conflict are not forgotten from future development agendas.

“The 1.5 billion people who live in fragile and conflict-affected areas have been largely left behind in our work towards the MDGs,” the Secretary-General said referring to the Millennium Development Goals, the eight anti-poverty targets world leaders agreed to reach by 2015.

Rome, 21 February 2013 – The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the government of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste have joined up with the Australian-financed Seeds of Life program combining maize storage facilities with higher-yielding maize seeds to help farming families reduce their “hungry season.” This can last up to five months, a period when food from the previous year’s crops has run out and the next harvest is yet to be reaped.