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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | UN honours IBSA for fight against hunger

UN honours IBSA for fight against hunger

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published Published on Sep 21, 2010   modified Modified on Sep 21, 2010


The India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA) alliance have been honoured with the 2010 UN Millennium Development Goals (MDG) award for their efforts in the fight against poverty.

The award recognized India, Brazil and South Africa Facility for Poverty and Hunger Alleviation (IBSA Fund) for their hard work in using innovative approaches to share, replicate and scale up successful development experiences for combating poverty and hunger in other parts of the world.

The award was received by high-level representatives of the three countries and the Special Unit for South-South Cooperation in the United Nations Development Programme ahead of the MDG Summit that began at the United Nations on Monday.

The MDGs, crafted at a UN meeting 10 years ago, are regarded as the world's most focused time-bound and quantified targets for addressing poverty, hunger, disease and lack of adequate shelter and sanitation worldwide.

Each IBSA country contributes US$1 million annually to this fund which is managed by the UNDP Special Unit for South-South Cooperation. Projects are executed by various UN Agencies and partners on the ground across the globe with a strong emphasis on national ownership.

These projects focus on the sharing of best practices and proven experiences and include initiatives as diverse as improving agricultural techniques in remote villages, reducing urban violence in slums, or delivering safe drinking water.

Current IBSA initiatives include projects in Haiti, Guinea Bissau, Cape Verde, Burundi, Palestine, Cambodia and Lao PDR.

IBSA is a trilateral, developmental initiative between the three countries aimed at promoting South-South cooperation and exchange. The group, which was established in 2003 to boost South-South ties, has a total population of about 1.4 billion and the Gross Domestic Product of over 3.2 trillion US dollars. - BuaNews


Bua News, 21 September, 2010, http://www.buanews.gov.za/news/10/10092113351001


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