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Access to HIV prevention and care services
Monday, 17 May 2010, 3:57 pm | UNDP
More than 90 percent of men having sex with men in the Asia Pacific region do not have access to HIV prevention and care services. HIV prevalence has reached alarming levels among men who have sex with men and transgender populations in many countries ... More >>
UNDP Pacific Centre
Monday, 3 May 2010, 11:47 pm | UNDP
“This is the beginning of a yearlong capacity building programme that aims to build a cadre of Peace builders in the Pacific – representing governments, CROP agencies and Civil Society Organizations – to work together on regional and national Peace ... More >>
Financial Inclusion: Investing in Women
Tuesday, 20 April 2010, 1:19 pm | UNDP
Bringing banking to the doorsteps of rural villagers in Fiji and combining this with training on saving and investing money has led to improvements in their wellbeing. This was revealed by a United Nations report launched in Suva today. The report further ... More >>
Solomon: Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Tuesday, 9 March 2010, 11:17 am | UNDP
Honiara, 8 and 9 March 2010: The first public hearing by the Solomon Islands Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) will be held Tuesday and Wednesday next week. More >>
Helen Clark's Message on Women's Day
Friday, 5 March 2010, 6:19 pm | UNDP
Right now, the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women is gathering in New York to review progress towards gender equality since the groundbreaking Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995. That landmark conference recognized the barriers ... More >>
Disasters: UNDP Responds With Rapid Support Teams
Tuesday, 6 October 2009, 9:15 am | UNDP
Bangkok, 5 October, 2009— UN Development Programme Administrator Helen Clark said today that in reaction to the widespread disasters that struck Asia and the Pacific last week, the United Nations is responding with rapid support teams in Bhutan, Cambodia, ... More >>
Women And Children Hit Hardest By Economic Crisis
Thursday, 9 April 2009, 1:05 pm | UNDP
Phnom Penh, 8 April -- Coming on the heels of a devastating food and oil crisis, which saw 50 percent of households cut back on food, the UN fears the recession in Cambodia’s major export markets will have severe and wide-ranging implications ... More >>
Increasing Cambodia’s Competitiveness
Saturday, 7 February 2009, 2:51 pm | UNDP
PHNOM PENH, 5 FEBRUARY 2009: Despite remarkable recent economic growth and steady progress towards reducing poverty, the effects of the global financial crisis are now being felt in Phnom Penh. The question of what Cambodia can do to mitigate the ... More >>