The UN Convention applies to "every human being" below the age of eighteen years, unless, under the law applicable to the child, majority is attained earlier". ... The preamble to the Convention asks us to "bear in mind" that "the child by reason of his physical and mental immaturity, needs special safeguards and care, including appropriate legal protection" and recognise that "in all countries of the world there are children living in difficult conditions and such children need special consideration." It recognises also "the importance of international cooperation for improving the living c...

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Approximately 32 per cent of the population lives below the poverty line. ... Disparities in India take on various hues – there are disparities across geographical regions (States, districts, rural-urban), disparities along gender lines with women and sexual minorities facing discrimination and disparities faced by social groups such as Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), Minorities, Differently Abled Persons, Internally Displaced Persons and People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV), to name a few. ... For example, India is home to the largest number of people living in deprivatio...

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Many of these countries are located below 20 degrees latitude. ... If distance and geography did not matter for economic development, the world would witness a much more even distribution of wealth and standards of living across regions and countries. ...

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But refugees are not living in fear of being forced to leave. ... According to the Amnesty International Report (2014), many refugees are living in tent-like shelters, rented rooms, apartments and garages. The living conditions are inadequate and unsanitary. ... These buildings also do not have sources of heat, and therein lies another problem because this area's temperatures in the winter fall well below freezing during the winter months (Loveless 2013). ...

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As of December 2013, it has been recorded that India has allocated 3.3% of its GDP to education (UNICEF, 2014a), the percentage of child labour rate stands at 12% and approximately 30% of the population are currently living below the poverty line. ... Education not only helps in the provision of better job opportunities, an improved standard of living and higher salary, it has been shown that when children are educated better in schools, it raises their political awareness, they move forward from traditional notions and there is an overall increase in gender equality (IPCD, 2014). ...

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Eight goals are listed below; - To eradicate hunger and poverty, - To achieve primary education, - To empower women and promote gender equality, - To decrease the rates of child mortality, - To enhance maternal health, - To fight diseases like malaria, HIV/AIDS etc - To guarantee environment sustainability, - To create a partnership globally for the development (particularly about the project of UN Millennium) 1.1 Background of the Study By the year of the 1990s, after about 50 long years of post history of second world war, improvement had been done in the standard as a determinable ...

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It was founded in 1945 after the Second World War by 51 countries committed to maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations and promoting social progress, better living standards and human rights.3 Due to its international character and the powers vested in the United Nations Charter, it can take action on a wide range of issues,4 and provide a forum for the Member States to express their views, through the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council and other bodies and committees.5 The Member States of the United Nation...

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