by sjs | Nov 16, 2007 | Justice and Peace
The Third Committee of the U.N. General Assembly yesterday adopted a draft resolution calling for a moratorium on the use of the death penalty. Read the resolution and the voting sheet indicating how various countries voted on the resolution.
by sjs | Nov 9, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The International Food Policy Research Institute has released a report showing mixed progress in attaining the Millennium Development Goals of halving poverty and hunger by 2015: despite improvements in some areas, poverty among the ultra poor in some regions...
by sjs | Nov 7, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The U.S. Bishops today expressed strong support for restructuring the Child Tax Credit so that it more effectively reaches the poorest working families. In a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives, the Bishops state that tax policy must be judged by “how it...
by sjs | Nov 7, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
Compassion International announced today a $5 million investment over the next five years in Opportunity International, a microcredit lender serving over a million poor entrepreneurs in developing countries, to fund microfinance operations aimed at the working poor in...
by sjs | Nov 5, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
In several recent speeches, Archbishop Celestino Migliore, permanent observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, talked about the need increase efforts to meet the Millennium Development Goals, which aim to reduce poverty by half by 2015. Read the story.
