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UN Charter
International Economic and Social Cooperation: Joint cooperation with the UN to achieve social progress, solve economic problems and respect human rights (UN, 1945). -
Marshall Plan
First development plan from the US towards Western Europe to rebuild them after WWII and contain communism (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2019). -
UN Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance
Foster economic development of underdeveloped countries that need technical and specialized advice (Owen, 1959). -
Bandung Conference
Summit of 29 Asian and African countries to promote economic and cultural cooperation and protect human rights. It gave rise to the creation of the Non-Aligned Movement against Cold War. -
Pearson Report
Analysis of the previous 20 years of development cooperation. Basically it urged countries to increase to 1% of their GNP and to foster FDI and debt relief (UN, 1970). -
Human Development Index
Creation of the HDI as a means of measuring development and progress. It considers life expectancy, education, health and GNI per capita, among others (UNDP, 2018). -
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12 Major Conferences
Governments start changing their approach to aid, leading to a global consensus for a new development agenda targeting environmental sustainability, urbanization, etc. -
End of the Cold War
After its collapse, there was a drop in aid from the former Soviet Republics. However, the increase of local conflicts after the end of the Cold War increased humanitarian aid. -
Millennium Summit
149 Governments commit their nations to the Millennium Objectives to reduce extreme poverty and establish development targets (MDG) that needed to be achieved in the next 15 years (UN, 2000). -
UN Conference on Sustainable Development
Rio+20 Conference. Governments, companies and NGOs agreed on starting the process to create a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). -
Sustainable Development Goals
Governments created 17 Sustainable Development Goals that need to be achieved by 2030. They are the successors of the MDG and are more focused on the environment and include new areas such as innovation or inequality (UN, 2015). -
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Future achievements...
UN countries will try hard to implement the SDG worldwide before 2030. However, we still do not know if that will be possible.