Arab development "held back" by human security concerns - UN
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Channel: United Nations · 2009 · News & Politics
United Nations, New York, 21 July 2009 - Noon briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General. A widespread lack of basic elements of human security, from access to clean water and freedom from hunger to democracy and a robust rule of law, is denying citizens of Arab countries the ability to fulfil their potential, according to a United Nations-sponsored report released today. The annual Arab Human Development Report noted that human security which it called a pre-requisite for human development is being undermined by the regions unjust political, social, and economic systems, a scramble for power and resources among fragmented social groups and, in some cases, the impact of external military intrusion. The tendency is to think of security only in military or state security terms, said Amat Al Alim Alsoswa, Director of the UN Development Programmes (UNDP) Regional Bureau for Arab States. Arab Human Development Report 2009: http://www.arab-hdr.org/
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