UN chief says nations fail to meet some key anti-poverty targetsJuly 1, 2013 - 12:25 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The UN Secretary-General says that nations are falling short in meeting some of the key anti-poverty targets set for 2015, according to The Associated Press. Ban Ki-moon is calling on nations to step up help in making primary education universal, ensure more women survive childbirth and have more children live past the age of 5. Ban says in a new report Monday, Julyl 1, at the start of a UN Economic and Social Council month-long session that nations already met some UN targets agreed in 2000 such as halving the proportion of people who live in extreme poverty and who lack access to safe drinking water. However, the council’s president, Colombia’s ambassador at the UN, Nestor Osorio Londono, said 1 billion people still live in “extreme poverty.” Top stories As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. Partner news Most popular in the section | Aliyev travels to Turkey at Erdogan's invitation On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. CSTO budget “to be adjusted due to Yerevan’s non-payment of contributions” The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Russia sends note of protest to Armenia over envoy’s trip to Ukraine’s Bucha Russia has sent a note of protest to Armenia over the visit of Vladimir Karapetyan and Tigran Ter-Margaryan to Bucha. Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. |