UNDP United Nations Development Program [to 12 April 2014]

UNDP United Nations Development Program [to 12 April 2014]
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12 Apr 2014
Helen Clark: Statement to the 29th Meeting of the International Monetary and Financial Committee
Washington D.C.

12 Apr 2014
Helen Clark: Statement to the Development Committee
Washington D.C.

11 Apr 2014
Guinea-Bissau votes in bid for stability
Voters in Guinea-Bissau head to the polls this Sunday, in a presidential and parliamentary election many hope will bring stability to the tiny West African nation.

09 Apr 2014
UNDP and Kuwait Expand Partnership for Response to Syria Crisis
The State of Kuwait this week contributed US$2.5 million towards UNDP’s emergency support in Syria and neighboring countries.

09 Apr 2014
India+Social Good
The India+Social Good Summit is tied to the annual Social Good Summit that takes place during UN Week in New York City. It highlights social issues and challenges and explores how innovation and new technology can help improve people’s lives in the world’s largest democracy. In keeping with the goals of the Social Good Summit to open the conversation to everyone, everywhere, the event will be live-streamed to a worldwide audience.

09 Apr 2014
United Nations Development Group Launches New Dialogues on Implementation of the Post-2015 Agenda
The United Nations Development Group (UNDG) which unites 32 UN funds and programmes, presented today its plan to launch this year’s Dialogues on Implementation of the Post-2015 development agenda.

07 Apr 2014
SocialGood Summit Comes to India
India’s future and the developing role of Social Good in making the world a better place will be the focus of a groundbreaking initiative in Mumbai, India, on 9 April 2014. Global leaders, policy makers and philanthropists will meet in Mumbai for the one-day India+SocialGood Summit to discuss the use of technology and new media in global action for change.

07 Apr 2014
Regional coordination essential for effective crisis mitigation in the Arab region
Crisis response officials from 20 Arab countries started in Amman today meetings of the first regional conference “Towards a Crisis Response Network in the Arab Region.” Over two days, the conference discusses means to enhance the regional architecture for crisis management in order to link and strengthen national institutions, operating procedures, and capacities in early warning and crisis response.

07 Apr 2014
Twenty years on: a transformed Rwanda
Twenty years ago, nearly a million women, men and children were killed over the course of 100 days during the Rwandan genocide. Rwanda is now a thriving nation. In 2000, the government introduced its Vision 2020, which seeks to transform the country from a low-income agriculture-based economy to a knowledge-based, service economy by 2020.

07 Apr 2014
Secretary-General’s message for the 20th commemoration of the Rwandan genocide

07 Apr 2014
New online platform maps Brazil’s improved human development trends in over 5,500 municipalities
Human development in Brazil has improved drastically in the past two decades with historic disparities narrowing between northern and southern municipalities, according to the UN Development Programme’s (UNDP) Human Development Atlas for Brazil.