{"id":119220,"date":"2021-07-28T12:58:54","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T12:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=119220"},"modified":"2021-07-28T12:58:55","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T12:58:55","slug":"un-adopts-first-resolution-on-vision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/un-adopts-first-resolution-on-vision\/","title":{"rendered":"UN adopts first resolution on vision"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Q. Which of the following option is not true regarding UN resolution on vision?<\/strong><br>a) It encourages countries to institute a \u201cwhole of government approach to eye care.<br>b) It calls on international financial institutions and donors to provide targeted financing.<br>c) According to the resolution, \u201cat least 2 billion people are living with vision impairment.<br>d) None of these<br><strong>ANSWER:- d)<br>RELATED FACTS:-<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The UN General Assembly approved its first-ever resolution on vision, calling on its 193 member nations to ensure access to eye care for everyone in their countries which would contribute to a global effort to help at least 1.1 billion people with vision impairment who currently lack eye services by 2030.<\/li><li>The \u201cVision for Everyone\u201d resolution, sponsored by Bangladesh, Antigua and Ireland, and co-sponsored by over 100 countries, was adopted on July 23rd, 2021 by consensus by the world body.<\/li><li>It encourages countries to institute a \u201cwhole of government approach to eye care.<\/li><li>It calls on international financial institutions and donors to provide targeted financing, especially for developing countries, to address the increasing impact of vision loss on economic and social development.<\/li><li>According to the resolution, \u201cat least 2 billion people are living with vision impairment or blindness and 1.1 billion people have vision impairment that could have been prevented or is yet to be addressed.\u201d<\/li><li>Global eye care needs are projected to increase substantially, with half the global population expected to be living with a vision impairment by 2050,\u201d the resolution says.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By &#8211; ABHISHEK KUMAR<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LINK<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/news\/world\/un-adopts-first-resolution-on-vision--aims-to-help-1-billion-15288826\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/news\/world\/un-adopts-first-resolution-on-vision&#8211;aims-to-help-1-billion-15288826<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q. Which of the following option is not true regarding UN resolution on vision?a) It encourages countries to institute a \u201cwhole of government approach to eye care.b) It calls on international financial institutions and donors to provide targeted financing.c) According to the resolution, \u201cat least 2 billion people are living with vision impairment.d) None of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":119222,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1087],"tags":[2529],"class_list":["post-119220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-intne","tag-international-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119220"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119223,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119220\/revisions\/119223"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}