Articles tagged with: un development programme (undp)
UN agency seeks solution for long-term refugees in eastern Sudan High Commissioner António Guterres with Eritrean and Ethiopian refugees in Shagarab I camp, eastern Sudan. Photo: UNHCR/A.Awad The head of the United Nations refugee agency has praised efforts to find a lasting solution for tens of thousands of long-term refugees in eastern Sudan, most of […]
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UNHCR chief ends Sudan visit with relief for ‘old’ refugees, risks for new ones High Commissioner António Guterres with Eritrean and Ethiopian refugees in Shagarab I camp, eastern Sudan. Photo: UNHCR/A.Awad KHARTOUM, Sudan, January 13 (UNHCR) – UN refugee agency chief António Guterres ended a visit to Sudan this week by hailing efforts towards lasting solutions for […]
Post-earthquake assistance in Haiti shifts to reconstruction – UN UNDP Associate Administrator Rebecca Grynspan (foreground) visits a cash-for-work project in Port-au-Prince, Haiti The allocation of resources for Haiti’s recovery from the devastating earthquake two years ago has shifted to reconstruction, infrastructure restoration, debris removal, job creation and capacity building, senior United Nations officials said today, […]
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Match Against Poverty 2011 Zidane – Drogba – Ronaldo Highlights of Match Against Poverty Match Against Poverty – Hamburg – Germany 13/12/2011 … … 24,400 football fans join UNDP Ambassadors Zidane, Ronaldo and Drogba to support of the Horn of Africa at the Ninth Annual Match Against Poverty in Hamburg Match Against Poverty – Hamburg […]
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Millions of rural poor to receive banking services under UN-backed initiative A village bank in Takeo province, Cambodia. Photo: Brett Matthews Two companies from India and South Africa announced today their commitment to provide banking services to 30 million low-income people living in rural areas by 2015, as part of their support for a United […]
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Horn of Africa the biggest winner at UN charity soccer match The annual Match Against Poverty, which brings together dozens of soccer stars and United Nations Goodwill Ambassadors to spotlight the UN’s efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and help people in need, turned into an on-field goalfest today. An all-star team led by […]
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24,400 fill arena for Match Against Poverty Match Against Poverty – Hamburg – Germany 13/12/2011 … … Match Against Poverty – Hamburg – Germany 13/12/2011 With a final score of 5-4, UNDP won the 2011 Match Against Poverty against HSV in Hamburg, Germany, on 13 December, 2011 before more than 24,000 spectators. The match was […]
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2011 Human Development Index: Norway at top, DR Congo last 02 November 2011 Copenhagen—Norway, Australia and the Netherlands lead the world in the 2011 Human Development Index (HDI), while the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Niger and Burundi are at the bottom of the Human Development Report’s annual rankings of national achievement in health, education […]
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2011 Human Development Report: Environmental trends threaten global progress for the poor PHOTO: ©UNDP/ARANTXA CEDILLO) 02 November 2011 Health, income advancement in developing countries jeopardized by inaction on climate change, habitat destruction, Report shows Wealth and gender disparities linked to environmental hazards Copenhagen—Development progress in the world’s poorest countries could be halted or even […]
UN human development rankings place Norway at the top and DR Congo last 02 November 2011 Norway, Australia and the Netherlands lead this year’s newly released Human Development Index (HDI) rankings, the annual United Nations measure of progress in human well-being, while the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Niger and Burundi are at the […]
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