Rural development strategies that include multigenerational cooperatives and enterprises could help stem the rural exodus and restore a better age balance to rural areas.

As a consequence of the rural exodus and the transformation of rural areas into small cities and villages, the rural population has decreased from 24 in 1991 to 18 in 2000 (IBGE, Demographic Census).

In countries such as the Philippines, the exodus of the rural population to urban areas has been exacerbated by natural and man made disasters.

Further, the situation of children in Haiti was critical because of poor economic and social conditions, poverty, rural exodus, anarchic urbanization and family disintegration.

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31. According to a United Nations Children s Fund (UNICEF) study, the situation of street children is a direct result of the increasing poverty of rural dwellers, the exodus from rural areas and the resulting overpopulation of urban centres.

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2005 Human rights and mass exodus

The issue of making agriculture an attractive and profitable activity as a solution to rural exodus and unemployment was strongly contrasted with the droughts and political realities in certain countries.

That exodus of qualified persons was very costly.

Monitoring the human rights of persons in mass exodus

This led to a significant exodus of people from the area.

The agriculture and fishery sectors account for only 2 per cent of GDP, but, increasingly, they occupy a central place in New Caledonian society, employing some 30 per cent of the population and making it possible to contain the rural exodus.

The internally displaced constitute a specific category of people affected by mass exodus.

Abandoned buildings became a security risk, which further accelerated the exodus from the city.

Recent examples of mass exodus, both as a result of armed conflict and as a consequence of massive natural disasters, have highlighted the need to address comprehensively the human rights of victims of mass exodus.

The continuing exodus of young people has been a concern to the Islanders for many years.

Human rights violations are most often the root as well as immediate cause of mass exodus.

The Government considered that chronic underdevelopment was ultimately the basic cause of the mass exodus phenomenon.

Host populations in those areas were in a desperate condition at the time of the exodus.

It was concerned, however, about the continued exodus of well trained staff during the critical drawdown phase.

A wide range of causes of mass exodus were cited in the report of the Secretary General.

158. The large and growing number of children who, owing to rural exodus, extreme poverty and violence and abuse within the family, are forced to live on the streets, are deprived of their fundamental rights and are exposed to various forms of exploitation is a matter of deep concern.

To be fully understood, the phenomena of mass exodus and displacement must also be viewed within this framework.

Problems in inter ethnic relations arose, and there was a mass exodus of national minorities, especially Russian speakers.

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Bumped into Eurasia around 16 million years ago, and then we had the first African exodus, as we call it.

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The Office noted that, following the reintroduction of granting British citizenship for Saints in 2002, the island had experienced an exodus.

This three way interrelationship was most apparent in situations of exodus and displacement of large numbers of people around the world.

Ironically, many countries of origin took advantage of that exodus of human capital in the form of migrants' remittances from abroad.

The exodus of those persons was due to the war that had been forced on the Sudan for over 13 years.

Reintegration could provide a material incentive for repatriation and should address the complex problems arising from the mass exodus of peoples.

CONDRAF Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Rural the National Council for Rural Development

Women in Rural Development (Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock raising and Rural Development)

Recognizing the critical role and contribution of rural women in enhancing agricultural and rural development, improving food security and eradicating rural poverty,