The global economic crisis in recent UN news
Posted 10:46 PM by Internal Voices in Labels: 6th editionIRAQ: In few nations around the globe are the consequences of the financial crisis as potentially sobering as they are in Iraq. Both oil revenues and American financial support have plummeted just as the country has the chance to take advantage of its increasing stability to improve basic services and upgrade its ruined infrastructure. ■
UNESCO: A new UNESCO analysis highlights the potential impact of the economic downturn on internationally agreed human development targets. The document estimates that reduced growth in 2009 will represent 20 per cent of the per capita income of Africa’s poor -- a figure that dwarfs the losses sustained in the developed world. The findings also highlight wider human-development impacts, including the prospect of an increase in infant mortality. ■
SIERRA LEONE: The UN Special Court for Sierra Leone, which leads the trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor, is in dire need of money. From May next, the court risks facing a financial deficit. Prosecutor Stéphane Rapp expects the verdict in the beginning of next year and estimates the court still needs $69 million for the period 2009-2010. ■
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