COMMITTEE: General Assembly

COUNTRY: Afghanistan
TOPIC: Eradication of Poverty Post 2015 Agenda
SCHOOL: HAIS
SPONSOR(S): Ms. Chandler
NAME(S): Melanie Nunez
Afghanistan: Eradication of Poverty Post 2015 Agenda
The General Assembly being one of the main organs of the United Nations, was created
for the purpose of creating policies and deliberating and uniting countries around the world. The
creation of the General Assembly not only brought countries together to discuss important topics,
but it has proven its purpose of maintaining peace within member countries from its foundation
back in 1945. Every October 17th, the world gets together to acknowledge one of the most
important goals each and every nation has established within their entire history: the
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. The goal to eradicate poverty was established in
the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) as the first goal.
Eradicating poverty in all forms remains one of the greatest challenges facing humanity.
While the number of people living in extreme poverty has dropped by more than half from 1.9
billion in1990, to 836 million in 2015too many people are still struggling for the most basic
human needs. Globally, more than 800 million people are still living less than $1.25 a day; many
lacking access to adequate food, clean drinking water and sanitation.
Afghanistans solution to eradicate poverty is to invest in job training. This way people
will be prepared to have a job and can work to meet their basic human needs.

Works Cited
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). UNDP. March 21, 2016.
http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/sdgoverview/post-2015-development-agenda.html
Jones, Kerri-Ann. Global Post-2015 Development Agenda. U.S. Department of
State. March 21, 2016. http://www.state.gov/e/oes/rls/remarks/2013/218680.htm
About the General Assembly. General Assembly of the United Nations. March 21,
2016. http://www.un.org/en/ga/about/index.shtml