Palestinian children continued to be denied an adequate standard of living, basic health care and even access to food and education.

Article 11 Right to an adequate standard of living

8.4 The petitioners reject the argument that the State party authorities were under no obligation in the first place to provide housing, referring to the obligations under article 11 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (right to an adequate standard of living including housing ).

This is reflected negatively in their material position and makes maintaining an appropriate living standard difficult.

After the divorce the living standard of a single mother deteriorates and her social network changes.

The Government of Nicaragua is promoting ratification of the Central American Free Trade Agreement between Central America, the Dominican Republic and the United States of America, which seeks to strengthen our economy, integrate us into the world and raise our population's standard of living, particularly that of the poorest sectors.

The standards apply to a variety of public and private sectors in the province to improve the standard of living for people with disabilities and the general community.

Since it is increasingly difficult to recruit and retain soldiers, to do so will probably require raising their wages and improving their quality of life.

But many people didn t understand that this was just a statistical anomaly, not an actual change in Ghanaians standard of living.

The right to adequate housing

Among the topics discussed are due process guarantees, freedom of speech and assembly, the right to form and join trade unions, and the right to adequate standard of living.

The Agency had contributed greatly towards improving the standard of living of the Palestinian refugees in the Gaza Strip and West Bank and also in Jordan, Lebanon and the Syrian Arab Republic.

History of social protection Traditionally, social protection has been used in the European welfare state and other parts of the developed world to maintain a certain living standard, and address transient poverty.

With the accession of King Abdullah II to the throne, the pace of reform had quickened and new strategies and initiatives had been pursued to improve the living standards of Jordanians.

Right to an adequate standard of living

The Committee is concerned that the low level of wages, particularly in rural areas and in the west of the country is insufficient to provide a decent standard of living for workers and their families.

The Committee urges the State party to continue to take necessary measures to ensure that the minimum wage enables workers and their families to enjoy an adequate standard of living and that the minimum wage standard is effectively enforced, particularly in rural areas and in western areas.

Among the topics discussed are due process guarantees, freedom of speech and assembly, the right to form and join trade unions, and the right to adequate standard of living.

We want a world in which young people do not die before the age of 20 where young people are able to read and have decent work with a decent salary.

8.1 Everyone has the right to adequate housing.

You wouldn't want decent hearing, you would want perfect hearing.

You know, the famous scientist, E. O. Wilson said that if every person on this planet attains the standard of living of the average European or American, we need three new planets.

Poverty rates remain a concern and the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador continues to take steps to improve the lives of low income individuals, including children and their families.

Recalling further that both organizations seek, inter alia, to promote social advancement, improve the standards of living of peoples, particularly in developing countries, and promote the protection of all human rights and fundamental freedoms,

In this regard, funds provided by Monaco provide support for small businesses in Africa that are operating under conditions of extreme poverty, with a view to improving the standard of living of the most vulnerable people, particularly women.

It had thus gradually improved its citizens' living conditions.

I am not arguing that every luxury is wrong.

The representative of Germany has lately taken an inappropriate stance with respect to Algeria's position.

Nevertheless, China helped the US to achieve a higher standard of living by making money available to government authorities that would otherwise have had to come from American taxpayers.

(a) Recognized that grave economic and social discrepancies persisted in many developing countries, including the Latin American and Caribbean region, which had adversely affected the standard of living of the people, hampering the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals

The reforms immediately devastated the living standards of much of the population.

The aftermath of the civil war in the Republic, the painful transition to market relations, the economic difficulties and, as a result, the dramatic worsening of the socio economic living conditions after 1991 left the women of the Republic of Tajikistan in harsher conditions than its men.

Instead, they have been engaged for weeks in an unseemly brawl about the past.

Only when there is decent work is it possible to have human and material development.

The United Nations must play a pivotal role in ensuring that the issues of trade, debt relief, investment and industrial modernization receive the highest priority if the global objective is to raise the standard of living of the people of the developing countries.

Another aspect on the conditions of life of the population has to do with the conditions of the habitation.

With rare exceptions, primary and secondary schools leave students badly prepared for university.

(c) The visit of the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living to the Islamic Republic of Iran from 19 to 30 July 2005

(c) The visit of the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living to the Islamic Republic of Iran from 19 to 30 July 2005

In accordance with article 27 of the Convention, the Committee recommends that the State party develop and implement, as a matter of high priority, an effective national plan for the reduction of poverty, including the provision of support and material assistance to economically disadvantaged families, and guarantee the right of the child to an adequate standard of living.

A publication on living arrangements of older persons around the world will be issued in 2005.

The Committee recommends that the State party increase unemployment benefit coverage so as to ensure an adequate standard of living for unemployed workers and their families and to include in its next report detailed information on the extent of unemployment benefit coverage, disaggregated by age, gender, residence status and national or ethnic origin.

When incomes are growing rapidly, as they are in China, it is easier to save because people are not yet accustomed to a higher standard of living and do not mind terribly much maintaining a lower one for a while longer.

First of all, the Scandinavian countries, which have the greatest equality, are also among the fastest growing advanced economies, and take the example of Japan, which has experienced deflation for about 20 years but successfully maintained a decent level of equality and standard of living, Stiglitz argues.

To develop and implement strategies that give young people everywhere a real chance to find decent and productive work.