In this essay, I would like to discuss Article 25 of the Declaration of Human rights and the Millennium development goal of eradicating extreme poverty and hunger. The declaration of Human Rights was issued on 10 December 1948 at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris, France. “Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care,” says Article 25 of the Declaration of Human rights. However, since the Declaration of Human Rights was issued a long time ago, the UN thought they would revisit this in the form of ‘The 8 Millennium Goals,’ one of which is the goal of eradicating extreme poverty and hunger.
I personally think that the UN has …show more content…
‘Extreme poverty rates have been cut by more than half since 1990. While this is a remarkable achievement, one in five people in developing regions still live on less than $1.90 a day, and there are millions more who make little more than this daily amount, plus many people risk slipping back into poverty.’ This quote is taken straight from the UN website and so although it may be quite reliable there is a chance of it being slightly biased as it is their goal and so to make people believe that they have achieved their goal, they may lie and may add wrong facts. ‘The vast majority of hungry people live in developing regions, which saw a 42 percent reduction in the prevalence of undernourished people between 1990–92 and …show more content…
It should be a joint effort. There are some countries that the UN have completely reached their goals like China but there are also countries that haven’t reached the UN goal of eradicating hunger by 50% by 2015 from 1990 like Mali and
I personally think that the UN has …show more content…
‘Extreme poverty rates have been cut by more than half since 1990. While this is a remarkable achievement, one in five people in developing regions still live on less than $1.90 a day, and there are millions more who make little more than this daily amount, plus many people risk slipping back into poverty.’ This quote is taken straight from the UN website and so although it may be quite reliable there is a chance of it being slightly biased as it is their goal and so to make people believe that they have achieved their goal, they may lie and may add wrong facts. ‘The vast majority of hungry people live in developing regions, which saw a 42 percent reduction in the prevalence of undernourished people between 1990–92 and …show more content…
It should be a joint effort. There are some countries that the UN have completely reached their goals like China but there are also countries that haven’t reached the UN goal of eradicating hunger by 50% by 2015 from 1990 like Mali and