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Co-operatives and Employment
Sep 19, 2007 - 6:39:29 AM
The Secretary General of the United Nations has released a report to the UN General Assembly - Co-operatives in Social Development. The report provides interesting statistics on the contribution of co-operatives to employment.
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Co-ops & Government
The Co-operative Silence of the Australian Government
Sep 18, 2007 - 3:27:17 PM
The Secretary General of the United Nations has released a report to the UN General Assembly - Co-operatives in Social Development. The report also presents the results of a survey of Member States regarding their views on the role of co-operatives in employment creation - Australia did not participate in the survey.
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Indigenous Peoples and the Australian Government
Sep 16, 2007 - 2:14:51 PM
On 13 September 2007 the United Nations adopted a Declaration of Rights of Indigenous Peoples - approved by 143 Governments, 11 Governments abstained and the Australian, Canadaian, New Zealand and the USA Governments voted against the Declaration.
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World Water Day
Mar 22, 2007 - 9:28:40 PM
World Water Day is 22 March 2007.
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World Wealth
Dec 8, 2006 - 7:06:35 AM
The World Institute for Development Economics Research at the United Nations University has launched a study on world wealth.
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International Day for Poverty Eradication
Oct 17, 2006 - 7:16:00 AM
The International Day for Poverty Eradication is on 17 October 2006. Read the ILO news release.
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UN praises international co-operative movement.
Sep 25, 2005 - 11:38:00 AM
United Nations Secretary General, Kofi Annan, praises international co-operative movement at International Co-operative Alliance General Assembly in Colombia.
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United Nations Fork in the Road
Sep 16, 2005 - 1:19:00 PM
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address to the 2005 World Summit in New York.
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World Summit Draft Statement
Sep 15, 2005 - 5:09:00 AM
The draft outcome document of the Heads of State and Government at the World Summit on, inter alia, values and principles, development, debt, trade and commodities.

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World Summit First Day
Sep 15, 2005 - 5:06:00 AM
Statements from the 14 September 2005 session of the World Summit - focussing on financing for development.
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