At the Millennium Summit in New York in September 2000, the largest gathering of world leaders in history, heads of states and governments adopted the UN Millennium Declaration. This committed their nations to a new global partnership to reduce extreme poverty and also set out a series of targets, all with a deadline of 2015, that have become known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI) report on living conditions of people of concern. On behalf of UNHCR, the (NIDI) investigated the MDG-related living conditions of
- refugees in Armenia
- refugees in Pakistan
- asylum-seekers in Ecuador
- internally displaced persons in Sri Lanka
Comparative summary report: The living conditions of refugees in Armenia and Pakistan, asylum seekers in Ecuador and internally displaced persons in Sri Lanka
HSRC report on refugees and urban asylum seekers in South Africa
The Human Sciences Research Council, in Pretoria (South Africa), undertook a desk study for the UNHCR on refugees and asylum-seekers in South Africa. This study compares the well being of such persons with comparable groups in South Africa based on the UNHCR Standards and Indicators Report and the UN Millennium Development Indicators.
Resource: UNHCR offical Wev Page...
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