Human fertility in global perspective

1971 ◽  
Vol 3 (S3) ◽  
pp. 41-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. M. Potts
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Technological Progress ◽  
Technical Assistance ◽  
Development Programme ◽  
Global Perspective ◽  
Planned Parenthood ◽  
Human Fertility ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Nations Development

Sir David Owen, who should have given this lecture, died very suddenly and unexpectedly at the end of June.U Thant said in a tribute: ‘David Owen was literally the first member of the United Nations Secretariat. He joined the United Nations directly from the San Francisco Conference in 1945…. As the first and only Executive Chairman of the Technical Assistance Board he was key organizer of what has now become the United Nations Development Programme…. When he left the United Nations a year ago to assume his new post as Secretary General of the International Planned Parenthood Federation he was continuing the work to which he had devoted his life, the application of human ingenuity and technological progress to problems of peoples of the world. It is a tragedy, and a loss to all mankind, that his life and his new career have been so abruptly cut short.’

Infrastructures for Peace as a Path to Resilient Societies: An Institutional Perspective

2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 14-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jordan Ryan
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Development Programme ◽  
United Nations Development Programme ◽  
Institutional Perspective ◽  
Conflict Situations ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Nations Development ◽  
Reflective Essay

To prevent conflict and move away from fragility towards resilient societies, states increasingly adopt systematic efforts and institutionalised mechanisms to build the necessary capacities to manage conflict and promote peace. One such approach, ‘infrastructures for peace’, offers an inclusive and respectful response. This reflective essay describes the central features of infrastructures for peace and examines how they strengthen resilience within societies. It provides examples of such structures that are being supported by the United Nations Development Programme and its national partners, and examines how they have contributed to national governance and transformed conflict situations.

scholarly journals The Maguindanao Massacre

2013 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 55-68
Author(s):  
France Jeanne L Sarmiento
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Human Security ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Development Programme ◽  
United Nations Development Programme ◽  
Human Development Report ◽  
Future Developments ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Nations Development

No previous outbreak of election-related violence in the Philippines could compare to the events that took place in the province of Maguindanao on 23 November 2009, resulting in the death of fiftyseven (57) people. This paper assesses the tragic events dubbed as the “Maguindanao Massacre” by the Philippine press in terms of its repercussions on human security in Maguindanao province, using the seven categories of human security as defined under the 1994 Human Development Report of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Future developments to this on-going saga need to be closely monitored and analyzed as part of the citizenry's responsibility to be vigilant, to ensure that any further threats to human security in the Philippines could be promptly addressed.

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