Report on the World Social Situation, 1967. United Nations Economic and Social Council, Commission for Social Development

1968 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 295-296
Author(s):  
Rachel Marks
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Social Development ◽  
Social Situation ◽  
Social Council ◽  
The World

Sex Differences in Educational Attainment: A Cross-National Perspective

1979 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 477-503 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy Finn ◽  
Loretta Dulberg ◽  
Janet Reis
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Educational System ◽  
Educational Achievement ◽  
International Association ◽  
Social Council ◽  
The World ◽  
National Perspective ◽  
Cross National

Throughout the world, schools perpetuate the sexual inequalities of their cultural and economic environments. Jeremy Finn, Loretta Dulberg, and Janet Reis review crossnational studies of educational attainment, such as those sponsored by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement and the United Nations Economic and Social Council, and conclude that, regardless of the type of educational system or extent of opportunity, women are universally disadvantaged educationally.

scholarly journals The Key Role of Sport for Development and Peace in the World

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 108-115
Author(s):  
Niels De Fraguier
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Social Development ◽  
Soft Power ◽  
International Institutions ◽  
Solid Base ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Sport For Development ◽  
The World ◽  
New Form ◽  
The United Nations

“Sport has the power to change the world”. This quote from Nelson Mandela following by the story of South Africa and his rugby team is certainly one of the best examples than sport is a powerful soft power tool to promote peace and help to solve difficult diplomatic situations and create cohesion in local communities. It will be needed to increase and improve the using of sport as a tool to resolve conflicts and crisis. The choice of a relationship between Sport and Social Development as subject permit to think and understand the role and the goals of the International organizations in the project creation gait. This presentation aims at thinking about the future of the international institutions after the closure of the United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace and gives some recommendations linked to this paper findings. This new situation is, according to the United Nations (UN), the logical next step but it is including some risks about the aim of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in the area of social development. It will be demonstrated that the work of UN was really effective to create a solid base for sport projects and a huge credibility for international institutions and government. A new form will be developed for projects which include a new form of actions which will include IOC for its influence but also the social actors of United Nations to keep in mind the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s).

Financing

2018 ◽  
pp. 249-280
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Laurenti
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Social Development ◽  
Political System ◽  
Peace Operations ◽  
Financing System ◽  
Existential Crisis ◽  
Political Struggles ◽  
The World ◽  
Assessment Scales ◽  
Eighth Decade

With finances a fundamental metric of power, especially in as weak a political system as the United Nations, political struggles over UN finances pose chronic challenges to the organization’s effectiveness and legitimacy. The system of assessments to pay for core UN functions and for peace operations, increasingly tilted toward the latter, triggers recurrent struggles over assessment scales and the occasional existential crisis. Yet thanks to donor-driven voluntary contributions focused on economic and social development activities—themselves not without controversy—the hybrid UN financing system was channelling close to $50 billion annually to shared global purposes by the world organization’s eighth decade.

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