United Nations Decleration of Human Rights

 

Article 9

No on shall bee subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exlie.

Arbitirary Arrest: You can’t arrest someone if you have no evidence and are only judging on their intererst/opionions

Arbitrary: Choices and actions subject to individual will, judgement or preference, based solely upn an individuals opiniond or discretion. 

 

Article 11.

• (1) Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defense.

§  (2) No one shall be held guilty of any penal offence on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a penal offence, under national or international law, at the time when it was committed. Nor shall a heavier penalty be imposed than the one that was applicable at the time the penal offence was committed.

This means that no one is guilty until proven and the penalty for the crime committed is the right punishment. No one is blamed before proven guilty and a fair penalty is given.

Article 7.

• All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination.

This means that it doesn’t matter where you come from, what you look like, you will always get a fair trial and punishment.

Good Samaritan Sisters in the Phillippines

 

In the 19802 the Japanese Good Samartitan sisters shared the gospel urge to help the poor in Asia

"To engage inn a process of reconciliation with the people of the atrocities comminted in World War 2".



For the poorest children a kinderschool was created in 2003, very few children attend government schooling even though it is free (a health clinic and feeding programme are given).

If you want to help them then feel free to donate by contactin the Good Samaritan Foundation.

Eight Millennium Goals (in detail)

 

Goal: Eradicating extreme poverty and hunger
Target: Halve extreme poverty by 2015
Australia: Australia is providing 1.6 million disadvantaged children with access to pre primary education. Providing affordable housing .

Goal: Achieving universal primary education 115 million – 75 million, Fewer girls than boy

Target: By 2015, everyone will have a primary education

Australia: Funded the construction of new schools in Laos. Teacher training program, nutritious snacks- food providing program. Girls attendance has doubled in Australian funded schools

Goal: Gender equality 70% of 1.3 million people are girls

Target: Increasing women’s political power and eliminating gender disparity in primary education.

Australia: Australian scholarships, encouraging women to apply for jobs in east Timor

Goal: Reduce child mortality, One death every 3 seconds , Declined from 12.6 million to 9 million

Target: Reduce the child mortality rate by two thirds by 2015

Australia: Training more skilled birth attendants in rural and remote PNG to help reduce infant deaths. Improve the supply of vaccination and immunisation globally.

Goal: Improve maternal health

Target: Reduce by three-quartes the maternal mortality rate, achieve universal reproductive health

Australia: Helping to train the next generation of midwives and providing specialist surgical services and training in East Timor. Supporting outreach clinics, which target remote and rural villages with information on health, nutrition and family planning. Helping to fund maternal and reproductive health activities in developing countries across the region and in Afghanistan.

Goal: Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other diseases

Target:  Achieve by 2010 universal access to treatment for HIV/AIDS for all those who need it

Australia: Commited up to $100 million to work in partenrship with Indonesia to combat the spread of HIV and improve the quality of life for those living with virus. Supporting needle syringe programs, coluntary counselling, testing and prevention services and methadone programs in Indonesia. Commited $160 million in 2009-10 to combat the spread of the pandemic through it’s global HIV/AIDS initiative, up from $130 million in 2008-9

Goal: Ensure environmental sustainability

Target: Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programs. Halve the number of people without sustainable acess to safe drinking water and basic sanitation

Australia: Providing $10 million, through the international climate change adaptation initiative, to help vulnerable countries in our region increase resilience to the unavoidable inpacts of climate change. Working to improve the understanding of current and projected climate change impacts to help Pacific Island countries make informed adaptation decisions. Funding monitoring stations to ensure Pacific Island countries have access to accurate data on sea level rise.

Goal: Develop a global

Target: N/A

Australia: Australia is working closely with developing countries and development partners to build global partnerships which adress poverty.