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08 May 2008
UNDP supports Cyclone Nargis survivors

Sweeping through Myanmar's largest city, Yangon, and the Ayeyarwaddy (Irrawaddy) Delta region, the cyclone has left hundreds of thousands of people homeless and in need of urgent humanitarian assistance.
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07 May 2008
Warning over dangers of inflation for world's poor

Emerging markets will face grave problems in controlling inflation and money supply (...), the head of the United Nations Development Programme warned yesterday.

06 May 2008
Kemal Dervis at the Business Call to Action



06 May 2008
Companies unveil new initiatives in the fight to decrease poverty

Joining the Business Call to Action, a dozen companies announced concrete initiatives that apply core business expertise, utilizing their technology and innovative spirit to tackle the multiple challenges of poverty.
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28 April 2008
Delivering services in post-election Kenya

A new and innovative Emergency Volunteer Scheme (EVS) which brings together national leaders in various professions such as sports, music, media and education as well as faith organisations is changing lives in post-election Kenya.
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25 April 2008
UN to continue Chernobyl recovery efforts until 2016

At a meeting of UN agencies that marked the 22nd anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident, UNDP presented a draft "action plan" covering UN work on Chernobyl until 2016.
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24 April 2008
Biodiversity loss — it will make you sick

Experts warn against losing land and marine-based life forms before we can learn of their potential for new medical treatments.
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18 April 2008
Calls for Adoption of Cluster Munitions Treaty

On the eve of the Global Day of Action to Ban Cluster Bombs, UNDP released a report on the impact of cluster munitions on civilians.
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16 April 2008
2008 World Business and Development Awards launched

The International Chamber of Commerce, UNDP and the International Business Leaders Forum (have opened nominations for the 2008 World Business and Development Awards in support of the Millennium Development Goals.
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14 April 2008
Administrator joins team to empower women

The Administrator accepted the “MDG3 Torch” today from the Danish Minister for Development Cooperation, Ms. Ulla Tornaes.  

08 April 2008
Inés Alberdi appointed as Executive Director of UNIFEM

Ms. Alberdi a national of Spain, brings with her over 25 years of professional experience on issues related to gender and development and in politics.
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08 April 2008
Ajay Chhibber new Director of Bureau for Asia and the Pacific

Mr. Chhibber will lead the Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, a region which is now by far the most rapidly growing region in the world.
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07 April 2008
UNDP response to Wall Street Journal editorial

 

31 March 2008
Ad Melkert: achieving the MDGs - the call for civic engagement



29 March 2008
Mozambique on the right path to development, but obstacles still exist

UNDP Associate Administrator Ad Melkert today outlined three priorities emerging from UNDP's annual meeting of top managers in Africa, and their relevance for tackling the urgent development challenges facing Mozambique, where the meeting took place.


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