Global Civil Society & the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries

Reduced inequalities


Inequality threatens long-term social and economic development, harms poverty reduction and destroys people’s sense of fulfillment and self-worth.

The incomes of the poorest 40 per cent of the population had been growing faster than the national average in most countries. But emerging yet inconclusive evidence suggests that COVID-19 may have put a dent in this positive trend of falling within-country inequality.

The pandemic has caused the largest rise in between-country inequality in three decades. Reducing both within- and between-country inequality requires equitable resource distribution, investing in education and skills development, implementing social protection measures, combating discrimination, supporting marginalized groups and fostering international cooperation for fair trade and financial systems.

Name Acronym Founded City HQ Country/Territory HQ Type I Type II

Convention on Territorial Asylum

1954 Washington DC USA T g

Convention on the Declaration of Death of Missing Persons, 1950

1950 T g

Convention on the Declaration of Death of Missing Persons, 1967

1967 T g

Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women

CEDAW 1979 New York NY USA T g

Convention on the International Access to Justice

1980 The Hague Netherlands T g

Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and other Forms of Family Maintenance

2007 The Hague Netherlands T g

Convention on the Law Applicable to Certain Rights in Respect of Securities Held with an Intermediary

2002 The Hague Netherlands T g

Convention on the Political Rights of Women

1953 T g

Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and other Matter

LDC 1972 London UK T g

Convention on the Provisional Administration of European Colonies and Possessions in the Americas

1940 T g

Convention on the Recognition of Studies, Diplomas and Degrees in Higher Education in the States Belonging to the Europe Region

1979 Paris France T g

Convention on the Recovery Abroad of Maintenance

1956 T g

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

CRPD 2006 T g

Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters

1965 The Hague Netherlands T g

Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of other States

1965 T g

Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters

1970 The Hague Netherlands T g

Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone

1958 T g

Convention on the Transfer of Control of Persons to the External Frontiers of Benelux Territory

1960 Brussels Belgium T g

Convention on the Transfer to the State of Which They Are Citizens, to Serve Their Sentence, of Persons Condemned to Emprisonment

1978 T g

Convention on Transit Trade of Land-locked States

1965 T g

Convention Regarding Bankruptcy between Nordic States

1933 T g

Convention Regarding Inheritance and the Settlement of the Devolution of Property

1934 T g

Convention Relating to Registration of Rights in Respect of Vessels under Construction

1967 T g

Convention Relative to Certain Restrictions on the Rights of Capture in Maritime War

1907 T g

Convention Respecting the Application of the Accident Insurance Laws of the Various States to Cases Where an Employer in One of the Contracting States Carries on a Business or Employs Workers in Another of the Said States

1937 T g

Convention to Coordinate, Extend and Assure the Fulfillment of the Existing Treaties between the American States

1936 T g

Convention to Facilitate the Celebration of Marriages Abroad

1964 T g

Convergences

2008 Paris France G

Cooperation Canada

1968 Ottawa ON Canada G

Coopération internationale de promotion et aides au développement

CIPAD 1995 Othée Belgium G

Cooperative Agreement for Arab States in Asia for Research, Development and Training Related to Nuclear Science and Technology

ARASIA 2002 T g

Cooperative International Neuromuscular Research Group

CINRG 1999 Washington DC USA G

Cooperative Programme for Monitoring and Evaluation of the Long-range Transmission of Air Pollutants in Europe

EMEP 1979 Geneva Switzerland F g

Cooperatives Europe

2005 Brussels Belgium E y

Cooperazione Internazionale

COOPI 1965 Milan Italy G

Cooperazione Italiana Nord-Sud

CINS 1988 Rome Italy G

Coordinadora de las Organizaciones Indígenas de la Cuenca Amazónica

COICA 1984 Quito Ecuador F

Coordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service

CCIVS 1948 Paris France B y

Coordination des comités européens de soutien au peuple sahraoui

EUCOCO Sahara 1975 Brussels Belgium E

Coordination des initiatives populaires de solidarité internationale

1982 Rome Italy G

Coordination of Nongovernmental Organizations for International Development Cooperation

1986 Rome Italy G

Coppieters Foundation

2007 Brussels Belgium F f

Corporación Iberoamericana de Loterias y Apuestas de Estado

CIBELAE 1988 Buenos Aires Argentina D

CorpWatch

1996 Berkeley CA USA G

Correlation - European Harm Reduction Network

C-EHRN 2004 Amsterdam Netherlands F

COS West and Midden Brabant Centrum voor Internationale Samenwerking

1969 Tilburg Netherlands G

Cotton House Africa

CHA 2016 Hamburg Germany G

Council for Advancement and Support of Education

CASE 1974 Washington DC USA G

Council for MENA Affairs

ForMENA Brussels Belgium J

Council for World Mission

CWM 1977 Singapore Singapore F y

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