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Green prospects for Asia-Pacific cities under threat
Tuesday, 3 July 2012, 2:55 pm | UNDP
Decisive action in Asia-Pacific cities to help the urban poor adapt to climate change while reducing greenhouse gas emissions will shape the future of cities in the region, according to experts at the World Cities Summit in Singapore. More >>
Fiji Government Commits To Accelerating Progress On MDGs
Friday, 18 May 2012, 9:30 am | UNDP
Fiji Government Commits To Accelerating Progress On MDGs . 17 May 2012 (Suva, Fiji) - With only two and a half years remaining before the deadline for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the Government of Fiji is making a concerted ... More >>
Rakiraki Women Market Vendors: Role Models for the Nation
Monday, 14 May 2012, 2:55 pm | UNDP
A woman has managed to open a bank account and deposit more than FJ$500 in a span of nine weeks, another has gained confidence and become a public speaker, while yet another has started applying smart business practices to expand her market vendor ... More >>
Kiribati Parliamentarians Curbing Public Sector Corruption
Monday, 14 May 2012, 2:38 pm | UNDP
Parliamentarians in Kiribati are set to seek amendments to increase powers for an important committee that scrutinises public spending. This development stemmed from training for parliamentarians to familiarise them with the Public Accounts Committee’s ... More >>
Working with Local Strength for Peace Building
Tuesday, 17 April 2012, 6:39 pm | UNDP
[Suva, Fiji – April 17, 2012] Recognizing local knowledge, working with local capacities and building relationships and partnerships with local actors provides concrete steps towards local-international collaboration for peacebuilding. These were the highlights ... More >>
Urgent International Action Needed on Social Inequality
Tuesday, 27 March 2012, 2:59 pm | UNDP
Urgent International Action Needed To Combat Social Inequalities And Environmental Risks, UN Secretary General Tells Global Human Development Forum More >>
Global Human Development Forum Adopts ‘Istanbul Declaration’
Sunday, 25 March 2012, 2:22 pm | UNDP
Delegates to the Global Human Development Forum unanimously adopted an “Istanbul Declaration” calling the world community to take action against social inequities and environmental deterioration at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development in ... More >>
Helping Women To Help Themselves
Thursday, 8 March 2012, 1:57 pm | UNDP
8 March 2012 (UNDP) - For the past 25 years, Varanisese Adiwati has travelled to the Rakiraki Town market every Saturday with produce from the family farm to sell at the market to support her family. The 45-year-old mother of eight, who belongs ... More >>
To Cut Poverty in Asia and the Pacific, ‘Energy Plus’ A Must
Friday, 20 January 2012, 2:49 pm | UNDP
To Cut Poverty In Asia And The Pacific, ‘Energy Plus’ Package A Must, Says UN Report More >>
First-Ever State Of The World’s Volunteerism Report Launched
Tuesday, 6 December 2011, 10:44 am | UNDP
5 December 2011 (Suva, Fiji) – The contribution and impact of millions of volunteers around the globe has been acknowledged in the first-ever State of the World’s Volunteerism Report launched today on the 10th Anniversary of the International Year of Volunteerism. More >>
New Kiribati Parliamentarians Discuss National Policy Issues
Monday, 28 November 2011, 12:56 pm | UNDP
[25 November 2011 – Tarawa, Kiribati] What are the key roles of a Member of Parliament? How can Members use parliamentary process to more effectively discharge their constitutional roles? What are the critical development challenges facing the country and how can ... More >>
UNDP's Helen Clark To Attend Global Landmines Meeting
Tuesday, 22 November 2011, 10:51 am | UNDP
Phnom Penh -- 21 November, 2011 – Helen Clark, the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Chair of the United Nations Development Group (UNDG) has announced she will attend the upcoming Eleventh Meeting of the States ... More >>
UNDP helps schools for International Day to EradicatePoverty
Thursday, 13 October 2011, 4:06 pm | UNDP
The 2011 Miss Sugar, Renee Duguivalu partnered with the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) Pacific Centre to conduct a schools outreach in the Western Division in the lead up to the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. More >>
MEHRD and CBSI Prepare for Financial Education in Curriculum
Tuesday, 11 October 2011, 1:40 pm | UNDP
The Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development (MEHRD) and the Central Bank of the Solomon Islands (CBSI) are in the midst of exciting work towards determining the best means of introducing financial education within the school curriculum. More >>
Palau takes lead in empowering women
Monday, 26 September 2011, 6:35 pm | UNDP
As the Palau President signed CEDAW in New York this week, Palauan women demonstrated their political skills back home. CEDAW is the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women, which was signed by the President of Palau, ... More >>
New cost effective approach for mine clearance
Friday, 23 September 2011, 7:48 pm | UNDP
Cambodia unveils new cost effective approach for mine clearance as it promotes the Anti¬Personnel Mine Ban Convention PHNOM PENH, 23 September 2011 - Eleven Asian countries concluded a two-day regional meeting on Addressing the Human Costs of Anti-Personnel ... More >>
FSM launches first Millennium Development Goals Report
Friday, 23 September 2011, 5:32 pm | UNDP
22 September (Kolonia, Pohnpei) – The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) is on track to achieving Millennium Development Goals (MDG) on universal primary education (MDG 2), ensuring environmental sustainability (MDG 7), and strengthened global partnership ... More >>
Vanuatu:Stakeholders meet to discuss first Industrial Policy
Thursday, 22 September 2011, 12:46 pm | UNDP
Senior government trade and commerce officials and private sector stakeholders gathered in Vanuatu today to discuss and finalize the country’s first ever national industrial policy. More >>
International Peace Day to be commemorated across Pacific
Monday, 19 September 2011, 12:27 pm | UNDP
As the world prepares to observe International Peace Day on 21 September, the Strengthening Capacities for Peace and Development (CPAD) project will also commemorate the day through various activities across the Pacific. CPAD is a Pacific Peace Community ... More >>
Pacific: Sub-Regional ‘writeshop’ accelerates HIV Law reform
Thursday, 15 September 2011, 3:39 pm | UNDP
High Level representatives from the Justice, Health and Civil Society Organizations from Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Vanuatu gather in Nadi to share their experience on human rights compliant HIV Policies ... More >>
