UNO - Current Affairs for December, 2016
UNO Current Affairs for December, 2016
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▼ UNCTAD Annual Report: Only 4 countries move from LDC list in 45 years! [12-15-16]
 The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) stated in its annual report that the planet’s poorest countries are falling further behind in comparison to the rest of the world and would require more aid and favourable trade deals.
The report further held that only four countries have graduated from the United Nation’s list of least developed countries (LDC), which was developed almost 45 years ago.
The 4 nations are Botswana, Maldives, Cape Verde and Samoa.
Economic development in remaining 48 countries is extremely slow.
Close to half the total poor globally reside in these poor nations.
Poor nations are defined as those where people live on less than USD 1.90 per day.
Poverty is the main factor hampering the growth of these countries.
Only three countries so far look to be on the path of lifting themselves up from the LDC list, two of which are Angola and Equatorial Guinea that have witnessed a rise in their Gross national income due to oil wealth.
The third country is Vanuatu, an island nation lying on the south of Pacific Ocean.
Current list of LDC includes 24 African countries, 9 Asian countries, 4 from the Pacific region and Haiti.
UNCTAD
- Abbreviation: UNCTAD
- Formation: 1964
- Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland
- Website: unctad.org
- Full Form: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
- Principal organ of the UNGA.
- Deals with trade, investment and development issues.
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▼ Priyanka Chopra is UNICEF’s newest goodwill ambassador [12-14-16]
 Actor Priyanka Chopra has been appointed as United Nations Children’s Fund’s latest Global Goodwill Ambassador.
Decision was announced by well known soccer player David Beckham and British actress Millie Bobby Brown on 12th Dec.
The honour was conferred on the eve of the 70th anniversary of the UN body in NY.
Other UNICEF goodwill ambassadors include Orlando Bloom, Jackie Chan, Ishmael Beah, Kodjo and Femi Kuti.
The actor thanked UNICEF for the experience she had gained and pledged to be a driver of change.
Priyanka is also UNICEF’s National Ambassador since 2010 with the responsibility of working on child rights and adolescence.
She has also been associated with other causes such as women’s rights, health, environment, education, gender equality and gender parity.
She made her debut on American TV show Quantico recently.
She has also made her Hollywood debut in Baywatch starring Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron.
UNICEF
- Founded: 11th Dec, 1946.
- Headquarters: New York City
- President: Sven Jürgenson
- Executive Director: Anthony Lake
- Parent organisation: United Nations Economic and Social Council
- Affiliations: United Nations
- Founder: Ludwik Rajchman
- First Chairman: Ludwik Rajchman
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