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UN pays tribute to China Report among the winners
Thursday, 26 April 2007, 10:14 am | United Nations Development Programme
25 April, 2007, Bangkok ---China’s 2005 Human Development Report, an assessment of the nation’s progress in confronting the destabilizing wealth gap between its urban and rural communities, is one of five Human Development Award winners whose ... More >>
Toilets The Unglamorous Solution for Saving Lives
Friday, 10 November 2006, 9:18 am | United Nations Development Programme
Bangkok - Toilets may seem an unlikely catalyst for human progress, but the evidence is overwhelming: almost half the developing world lacks access to sanitation, according to the 2006 Human Development Report. More >>
Women Lack Political Voice in Thailand
Thursday, 30 March 2006, 8:03 pm | United Nations Development Programme
As election approaches, new report calls for urgent action to break male dominance in Thai Government. More >>
Chronic poverty deepening in Timor-Leste
Friday, 10 March 2006, 9:58 am | United Nations Development Programme
Chronic poverty deepening in Timor-Leste Expected oil and gas revenues of Timor Sea must target rural development and skills improvement to lift the world's youngest country out of poverty, says report Dili, Timor-Leste, 9 March 2006 — Four years ... More >>
Aceh: Before the Tsunami
Tuesday, 21 June 2005, 11:06 am | United Nations Development Programme
Before the tsunami, Aceh was a province of just over four million people, with 221,000 residents in the capital Banda Aceh. The population is 99% Muslim, and Sharia law is applied in places. Politically, no overall party commands the Acehnese vote: support ... More >>
Mobile Legal Clinics Travel to Tsunami Survivors
Wednesday, 16 March 2005, 10:05 am | United Nations Development Programme
15 March, Colombo, Sri Lanka -- Mobile documentation clinics for tsunami survivors in Sri Lanka will offer free legal advice and assistance in obtaining personal legal papers that were lost in the December disaster. These mobile service camps to address ... More >>
Afghanistan's Future Holds Promise And Peril
Tuesday, 22 February 2005, 10:37 am | United Nations Development Programme
*/First Afghanistan Human Development Report shows economy, education improving, but poverty, inequality and instability threatening progress./* More >>
Aceh: Survivors Return Search & Rescue Teams Leave
Monday, 21 February 2005, 10:13 am | United Nations Development Programme
/Aceh, Indonesia, 18 February/- After nearly two months of work, a team of 40 Indonesian Search and Rescue volunteers supported by UNDP are preparing to leave Banda Aceh. More >>
Private sector to adopt islands in the Maldives
Wednesday, 9 February 2005, 10:40 am | United Nations Development Programme
Male, Maldives, 8 February -- Big businesses are readying to adopt small islands in the Maldives through a pioneering effort aimed at helping people affected by the tsunami to rebuild their homes. The ADOPT AN ISLAND initiative was officially launched ... More >>
Maldives: The Quiet Disaster
Tuesday, 1 February 2005, 9:23 am | United Nations Development Programme
31 January, Male, Maldives -- The Maldives has made its mark on the world as a great place to spend a quiet tropical vacation. Even as the December 26 tsunami thundered through neighboring coastlines, here the waters quietly rose and quietly slipped ... More >>
UNDP Aceh Clean Up Focuses On Hospitals, Schools
Wednesday, 26 January 2005, 12:56 am | United Nations Development Programme
Jakarta, 25 January 2005- The daunting task of moving hundreds of tons of tsunami-strewn rubble and debris from Banda Aceh is now underway in key public facilities, with local and national authorities taking the lead in what is expected to be a physically ... More >>
Mixed results for Pacific MDG targets: Report
Friday, 26 November 2004, 10:23 am | United Nations Development Programme
(25 November 2004, SUVA) - Some progress, but the worsening status on some of the set targets for Pacific countries demonstrate the need for greater effort in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), a recently released report has found. More >>
Asia Youth Summit in Hiroshima
Monday, 20 September 2004, 4:18 pm | United Nations Development Programme
Hiroshima, 20 September 2004: Young leaders from some 30 Asia and Pacific countries are gathering here today for a three-day regional youth summit to discuss how they can work together to tackle urgent challenges facing their region, including poverty, ... More >>
