A. If you had the opportunity, what actions would you demand of the United Nations Secretary General and why?

1. A. If you had the opportunity, what
actions would you demand of the United
Nations Secretary General and why?
2015
Why Africa is our
(developed countries)
business
Application of Stefano Piscitelli

2. Application of Stefano Piscitelli
A. If you had the opportunity, what actions would you demand of the
United Nations Secretary General and why?
Current situation
> Undernourishment
> Violence against woman
> Child mortality rate
> Child Labor
> Emigration
Proposed solution
A UN Mission and goals
C Poverty in Africa D Calls to action
B Why Africa is our business

3. Application of Stefano Piscitelli
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization
established 24 October 1945 to promote international co-operation
UN mission and goalsA
United Nations purposes
PEACE & SECURITY
DEVELOP
FRIENDLY
RELATIONSHIP
HUMAN
RIGHTS
INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION
ERADICATE EXTREME POVERTY AND HUNGER
ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION
PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWER WOMEN
IMPROVE MATERNAL HEALTH
COMBAT HIV/AIDS, MALARIA, AND OTHER DISEASES
ENSURE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
DEVELOP A GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT
Millennium Development Goals
Source: United Nations

4. Application of Stefano Piscitelli
In 2050 Africa will have both highest population growth and highest
% of young people – Developed countries will suffer from ageing
25%
20%
26%
45%
5%
50%
Africa
2,4
18%
27%
47%
53%
19%
0,7
Europe
5,2
Asia
55%
North
America
35%
52%
23%
0,8
LAT &
Caribean
0,5
From 20 to 65 years old Under 20 years old65 and over years old
+20% +117% +4% +26% +25%
WORLD POPULATION IN 2050 [Billions of people;% of total population]
+XX% % of population increase vs 2013
Why Africa is our businessB
> Developed countries,
especially Europe, will need
immigration from Africa in
order to economically
compensate their ageing
> An "uncontrolled"
immigration will support
terrorism and fanatics
movements
> Helping Africa will highly
reduce the risk of infection
diseases
> Developed countries could
exploit the full potential of
a "developedAfrica"
> It is the right thing to do
Source: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects, the 2012 Revisions (Medium Variants).

5. Application of Stefano Piscitelli
Africa has the highest level of undernourished compare to both
developed and developing regions …
UNDERNOURISHMENT – Hunger Map [% of population]
≥ 35%
25-35%
15-25%
No data
5-15%
≤ 5%
Poverty in Africa – Current SituationC
Source: World Food Program

6. Application of Stefano Piscitelli
… and execution of remediation actions, carried out until now is
seriously off the track
Poverty in Africa – Current SituationC
-20
0
20
40
60
80
100
South
Asia
Sub-Saharan
Africa
MENALAT &
Caribbean
Europe &
Cental Asia
East Asia &
Pacific
No dataSeriously off trackOff trackOn trackAchieved
UNDERNOURISHMENT – Share of countries in region marking progress [% of total]
Source: FAO

7. Application of Stefano Piscitelli
Violence against women is an accurate proxy to measure level of
African democracy and the status of human rights
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN – Women who have experienced physical or sexual
violence [% of total]
Poverty in Africa – Current SituationC
35-50%
25-35%
Less then 25%
No data/ not relevant
Source: World Health Organization

8. Application of Stefano Piscitelli
Children in Africa face a higher probability of dying before their fifth
birthday
CHILD MORTALITY RATE – Under-5 years old mortality rate [2013; deaths per 1000 live births]
Poverty in Africa – Current SituationC
Source: Unicef
100 and above
80 -99
40-79
No data
20 -39
Less than 20

9. Application of Stefano Piscitelli
In Africa countries within sub-saharan region have to face the
highest rate of child labor
CHILD LABOR – Percentage of children aged 5 -14 engaged in labor [% of total]
30% or more
10-30%
Les than 10%
No data
Poverty in Africa – Current SituationC
Source: Unicef

10. Application of Stefano Piscitelli
Africa has a critical problem of migration especially the illegal one –
Mediterranean is the most dangerous "border" for migrants
EMIGRATION – Migrant border-related deaths worldwide [Jan-Sep 2014]
US/Mexico
borders
230
45 Caribbean 56
Sahara
East Africa
251
123
Horn of
Africa
17
South Africa
3.072Mediterranean
205
Bay of Bengal
17
South-East Asia
Poverty in Africa – Current SituationC
Source: International Organization for Migration

11. Application of Stefano Piscitelli
United Nations can improve current situation pursuing some actions
– Most critical actions can only be supported by UN
Possible UN calls to action
Calls to actionD
> Propose sanctions against company which use child labor directly or indirectly (eg. suppliers which use child labor)
> Propose economical incentives for African entrepreneurs to hire above-legal age workers
> Propose a minimum salary for international company who use workforce in Africa or use African suppliers
> Support economically local business managed by women and incentive women entrepreneurs
> Propose investments in tech. infrastructure to overcome technology gap ( eg. free internet access)
> Promote child education programs in order to create awareness among future generations
> Support GDP growth programs
> Propose economical incentives for R&D programs about massive synthetic food production
> Sensitize mostly developed countries about undernourishment
> Patrol African shorelines with UN military force in order to give first aids to migrant ships
> Create UN check-point on shoreline to stop/prevent illegal ships and possible terrorist infiltrations among migrants
> Propose fiscal incentives for Pharma company in order to have low-cost medicines to supply african people
> Establish itself as focal point of ONG actions in order to maximize effects of health prevention programs
> Promote child education programs to create awareness of infective diseases (eg. HIV) among future generations