Given the demographic composition of Central Asia, where young people make up over half of the population, the current education crisis will have long-lasting negative consequences. China claimed that a US representative that was present at the signing admitted that one of the primary purposes of the treaty was to prevent China from acquiring Nuclear capability. 0000003597 00000 n 0000003302 00000 n While countries in the region provide relatively good basic education and health services, as measured by the World Bank’s Human Capital Index, more needs to be done for individuals and countries to succeed in the future. The pandemic-induced contraction in 2020 is also expected to increase poverty in all countries in Europe and Central Asia. Reviving nature is at the core of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, a global push to repair lands lost to development that is set to begin in 2021. 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Roosevelt signed an executive order allocating US$ 10 million for emergency conservation efforts under the New Deal, putting unemployed Americans to work. However, the economy remains vulnerable to the course of the pandemic that could affect businesses and restrain employment. Achieving a nuclear-free world is the best way to honour lives devastated by these weapons, the UN disarmament chief told a virtual meeting held on Wednesday to commemorate the International Day against Nuclear Tests, observed annually on 29 August. Ingestion of even a miniscule quantity is a serious health hazard and can cause lung, bone, and liver cancer. These rays can cause alteration of genetic materials and bone cancer. The country’s capital, Nairobi, has hired once-destitute families to clean up its parks and waterways, helping many to earn income and get off the streets. During this storage americium will slowly decay and release radioactive particles and rays. 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[16], In 2015, the UN General Assembly established a working group with a mandate to address "concrete effective legal measures, legal provisions and norms" for attaining and maintaining a nuclear-weapon-free world. [47] All 54 nations of Africa (all but one of which have either signed or ratified the 1996 Treaty of Pelindaba establishing a nuclear-weapon-free-zone in the continent)[48] and all 33 nations of Latin America and the Caribbean (already in a nuclear-weapon-free-zone under the 1967 Treaty of Tlatelolco)[49] had subscribed to common regional positions supporting a ban treaty. Central Asian economies are on course to contract by 1.7 percent  this year, a sharp reversal from the 4.9 percent growth in 2019, says the latest edition of the World Bank Economic Update for the Europe and Central Asia region released today. Adults need to remain healthy, active and productive throughout their lives,” said Asli Demirgüç-Kunt, World Bank Chief Economist for Europe and Central Asia. Acute illness, nerve cells and small blood vessels are destroyed. There are indications that Saudi Arabia has financially contributed to Pakistan's atomic bomb projects and in return has the option to buy a small nuclear arsenal,[42] an option that would be realized in the event that Iran obtains nuclear warheads. ", Request an Individual Account At the $5.50 per day poverty line, customarily used in upper-middle-income countries (such as Kazakhstan), the increase in poverty could be over 1.8 million people. “It’s time to put an end to nuclear weapons tests.