On Wednesday, 6 July, the Secretary-General arrived in Beijing, China, from New York. During his visit he will meet with President Xi Jinping as well as other senior officials, including Premier Li Keqiang, State Councillor Yang Jiechi and Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
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Today the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the International Centre for Small Hydro Power (ICSHP) in Hangzhou, as part of his official visit to China.
On 29 June, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)China convened an expert consultation workshop on women’s land rights in China in support of our landmark study in collaboration with China Law Society. Around thirty leading experts from local judiciaries, land administration bodies, women’s rights organisations, government think tanks and universities gathered to offer insights and comments to the research team on the preliminary results of the project and to discuss strategies for policy recommendations and advocacy.
UK, Bangladesh, Nepal and China discuss community based disaster risk reduction in Chengdu.
UNDP wanted to create a platform for countries to share experiences in managing the mounting e-waste recycling challenge.
Land, an incredibly valuable, yet vulnerable resource. It is vital for producing food, preserving biodiversity, facilitating the natural management of water systems and acting as a carbon store.
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Ford Foundation convened the 2016 annual Rule of Law Roundtable, bringing together 39 representatives of 26 organizations from the international community, civil society organizations and academia for discussions around this year’s theme on the role of lawyers in judicial reform.
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted at the United Nations Summit in September 2015. How they can be effectively implemented is now brought to the forefront of discussion. At the global level, a SDG Indicator Framework was developed to help with sound monitoring and reporting of the SDGs at multiple levels
By Patrick Haverman - What good news yesterday to hear about China's plan to cut meat consumption by 50%. It’s been cheered by both climate campaigners and health experts alike.
UNDP promotes sustainable human development to help build resilient nations and to empower people to build better lives. As the UN's development network, UNDP draws on world-wide experience to assist China both in developing solutions to its own ongoing development challenges, and in its South-South cooperation and engagement in global development.
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)build on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), eight anti-poverty targets that the world committed to achieving by 2015. Enormous progress has been made on the MDGs, showing the value of a unifying agenda underpinned by goals and targets. Despite this success, the indignity of poverty has not been ended for all.
The SDGs will now finish the job of the MDGs, and ensure that no one is left behind.
The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme is the UN organisation that contributes to peace and development through volunteerism worldwide.
The report, entitled “Shaping the Future: How Changing Demographics Can Power Human Development”, notes that Asia-Pacific countries now have more working-aged people and fewer dependents than at any point in history, providing a springboard for growth. Region-wide, 68 percent of people are of working age and only 32 percent are dependents.
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