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The Paris Agreement was open for signature by the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on 22 April and will remain open for signature for one year. Mozambique is among the first States that have signed the Paris Agreement and deposited their instrument of ratification at the Ceremony for the Opening for Signature, on 22 April 2016.
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The United Nations is strengthening its support to emergency response in Mozambique, after the activation of the red alert declared by the Government.
The Mozambique Government on April 12 declared a 90 day “red alert” period because of the severe drought affecting the southern and central regions of the country leaving about 1.5 million people at severe risk of food insecurity. The announcement was made through the local media following a Council of Ministers weekly session.
New York City - As it marks 50 years at the frontlines of international development, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) should be seen as an investment in the UN’s critical role in helping to build a world free of poverty and inequality, said UNDP Administrator Helen Clark.
Raquelinha Langa, a 20-year-old high school student and activist from Mozambique who had visited the Secretary-General in 2014, was buried on 28 March in Maputo where she died after complications from anaemia.
The new United Nations Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative, Ms. Marcia de Castro, today presented her credential to Mozambique Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, H.E. Oldermiro Baloi, officially starting her mandate in the country.
Mozambique will sign the Paris Agreement that resulted from the Twenty-First Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21) as soon as it is availed for signature this April.
Helen Clark, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme Statement on International Women"s Day, March 8, 2016
As members of the One UN family, we want to be a key policy advisor and development partner to the Government and People of Mozambique for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals and Capacity Development.
This report evaluates progress achieved in Mozambique to meet the MDGs and identify the main challenges and priorities for action at policy or implementation level to accelerate the achievement of the millennium goals.
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