by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge Today, nearly 73 per cent of the worlds population lacks access to adequate social protection coverage. In African, Arab and Asian countries, the establishment of social protection floors has increasingly been recognized as an efficient approach to...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge The Arab States region has one of the highest unemployment rates in the world, having reached 11.8 per cent between 2008 and 2013 compared with the global average of 6.1 per cent. (UNDP, Human Development Report 2015: Work for Human Development.) The working...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge More than half of the world’s population now lives in urban areas. By 2050, this figure will rise to 6.5 billion people – two thirds of humanity. The rapid growth of cities in the developing world, coupled with increasing rural-to-urban...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge Road accidents are the leading cause of death in children ages 5 to 14 and the second leading cause in people ages 15 to 44 in Latin America. Buenos Aires (Argentina), Belo Horizonte (Brazil) and Montevideo (Uruguay) are among the cities with the highest...