UNDP United Nations Development Programme [to 30 May 2015]
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Selected Press Releases
29 May 2015
New UN report outlines final progress on MDGs in Asia Pacific region

28 May 2015
Helen Clark: Remarks at the UNDP Annual Meeting on the Rule of Law in Crisis and Fragile Situations
Administrator Helen Clark addresses the 2015 UNDP Annual Meeting on the Rule of Law in Crisis and Fragile Situations.

28 May 2015
Peace, security, development and human rights as foundation of fair and stable society
The forum ended with a strong call of support for rule of law and human rights as a means to achieving sustainable peace and development. Permanent Representatives from UN Member States and participants from crisis countries agreed on a need to strengthen judicial systems as well as rule of law based on human rights.

27 May 2015
UNDP helps Ebola Emergency Response Workers get paid
In the Ebola epicenter countries of Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia, UNDP helps more than 100,000 Emergency Response Workers get paid.

26 May 2015
UNDP reaffirms partnership with Japan to support Nepal’s efforts to build back better after devastating earthquake
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) yesterday reaffirmed a strong partnership with Japan on the occasion of the “Build Back Better” Reconstruction Seminar organized by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Government of Nepal in Katmandu.

Sierra Leone’s prisons: tough, but Ebola-free
Central Freetown’s maximum-security prison was built to house just 234. Today, 1400 inmates are crammed between its walls. Cells are packed, record-keeping is haphazard and the authorities have barely enough to keep it all going. And then there’s the threat of Ebola.