by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge The social and economic well-being of countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, as in many regions, depends heavily on regional cooperation and the protection and sharing of regional public goods. These can range from economic development projects in...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge The simultaneous global economic and environmental crises in recent years have brought into relief the urgent need to separate the unsustainable use of natural resources from economic growth based on industrial production patterns that have been largely...
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...
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 In the last 20 years, the Latin America and the Caribbean region has experienced a long cycle of economic growth and a positive transformation in its efforts to end child labour. The latest ILO global estimates on child labour, however, indicate that the...
