High-level side event at the United Nations General Assembly chaired by President Museveni of Uganda in collaboration with UNAIDS Ending the AIDS epidemic as a public health threat by 2030 requires renewed urgency. In collaboration with UNAIDS, President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda is bringing world leaders together at...

The UNDP and FAO through the Integrating Agriculture in National Adaptation Plans programme (NAP-Ag) held a training workshop to enhance the skills of trainees to mainstream (or integrate) gender issues in the planning, design, and implementation of climate change adaptation plans and projects in the agricultural...

UNDP is pleased to announce that on Tuesday 18 July 2017 it has signed contracts worth 6, 3 million USD for the design and construction of 4 pharmaceutical warehouses in Mansa, Mpika, Chipata and Choma, with funding from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund). The signing was witnessed...

Ms. Mandisa Mashologu is the new Country Director for UNDP Zambia.   She joined UNDP on 29th September 2017. Before her assignment to Zambia she served as Deputy Country Director-Programme for UNDP Nigeria and has been Country Director a.i. from January to June 2017. Ms. Mandisa joined the Nigeria country...

Zambia highlighted the major steps it is taking to deal with climate change as part of the largest official delegation to visit GCF’s headquarters in Korea on 9 February. Welcoming the 23-member group, including three government ministers, GCF Executive Director Howard Bamsey highlighted the country’s ability to...

  The Sustainable Energy for All Forum is the landmark gathering celebrating the global sustainable energy movement. Over 1,000 high-level representatives from government, business, civil society and international organizations will gather in New York City for the 3rd Sustainable Energy for All Forum – its theme...

25th April is commemorated as National Malaria Day.  Today the United Nations in Zambia participated in the commemoration of the event under the theme "Malaria Ends with Me". In delivering her speech, UN Resident Coordinator Janet Rogan highlighted that sustainable development includes reaching good levels of health...

International Women’s Day Commemoration Lusaka Showgrounds, 8 March 2017 Remarks by the UN Resident Coordinator, Ms Janet Rogan "Women in the Changing World of Work: Planet 50/50 by 2030"   Your Excellency the President of the Republic of Zambia, Mr Edgar Chagwa Lungu Your Honour the Vice President, Mrs...

I pledge my support for the protection of the girl child in Zambia, that she should stay in school, that she should mature before she marries, that she should be protected from sexual predators and rape. I pledge to speak out to break the silence that protects those who violate women and childres. Abash...