Leaders of 20 of the world’s developed and developing economies have drawn up what they call a new “development consensus” calling for “inclusive, sustainable and resilient growth” to reduce poverty, but have also recognized that foreign aid “remain(s) essential to the development of most low-income-countries.”
Read More consensus, countries, developing, developing-economies, development, economies, low, poverty, result, the-development, the-world, worldABUJA (Reuters) – A group of influential northern politicians in Nigeria’s ruling party said on Monday they had agreed on a consensus candidate to challenge President Goodluck Jonathan in the party’s primaries ahead of elections next April.
Read More abuja, consensus, nigeria, president, president-goodluck, result, reuters, ruling, topnewsILORIN, Nigeria (Reuters) – Northern opponents to Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, who is from the south, will agree soon on a consensus candidate to challenge him in ruling party primaries, a main rival said on Wednesday.
Read More Africa, consensus, from-the-south, goodluck, nigeria, opponents, party, result, ruling-partyThe consensus was “could do better” as senior government representatives met in New York to commemorate UN Security Council Resolution 1325, a decade-old commitment to strengthen the role of women in peace and security.
Read More consensus, council, decade, government, peace, Resolution, role, security, security-council, womenThe Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were adopted by acclamation in September 2000 by a resolution of the UN called the ‘United Nations Millennium Declaration’. This procedural innovation, called ‘consensus’, stands in stark contrast to UN tradition, which always required that texts of this sort be carefully prepared and discussed at great length in committees. This simply reflects a change in the international balance of power. The US and its European and Japanese allies are now able to exert hegemony over a domesticated UN. In fact, Ted Gordon, well-known consultant for the CIA, drafted the MDGs.
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