In 2004, the United Nations continued to promote the advancement of the status of women and ensure their rights within the framework of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, adopted at the Fourth (1995) World ...

In 2000, the United Nations Children's Fund(UNICEF) continued efforts to improve the situation of children worldwide, especially through advocacy and alliance-building activities and programmes aimed at confronting major ...

In 2004, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) continued to work with diverse partners to ensure that children worldwide were given the best start in life—immunization against vaccine-preventable diseases; accurate ...

Global economic growth in 2004, at 4 per cent, was not only the highest for many years, but was also unusually widespread and well balanced. The broadening of the economic recovery was reflected in the fact that almost ...

The five regional commissions continued in 2004 to provide technical cooperation, including advisory services, to their member States, promote programmes and projects and provide training to enhance national capacity-building ...

In 2004, the United Nations and the international community continued to protect the environment through legally binding instruments and the activities of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The UNEP Governing ...

In 2004, the world population reached 6.4 billion, as compared with 6.3 billion in 2003. While the number of people was greater, the actual rate of increase declined, an indication that the world was beginning to witness ...

In 2004, the implementation of the Secretary-General's reform proposals to further improve the work of the Organization was largely completed. Notable achievements included the alignment of the Organization's activities ...

In 2000, the United Nations and the international community continued efforts to protect the environment through legally binding instruments and the activities of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The first ...

In 2000, with the world's population reaching6.06 billion at mid-year, UN activities in the field of population were guided by the Programme of Action adopted at the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development ...