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Switzerland Pledges US$3 million to Multi-Agency UN Programme
A US$3 million allocation from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) will support a joint UNDP, UNCDF, and UN Women programme to advance gender equality and sustainable development by…
2018 Somalia Humanitarian Response Plan and the Resilience and Recovery Framework
2018 Somalia Humanitarian Response Plan
Somali Leaders and the International Community Determined to Make Somalia Famine Resistant
One year after Somalia declared drought as a national emergency, famine has so far been averted due to a large-scale, collective, and unprecedented humanitarian response. Today, the country is marking…
UN Humanitarian and Development Chiefs’ Mission to Somalia
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock and United Nations Development Programme Administrator Achim Steiner will travel to Somalia on January 30…
UN Humanitarian and Development Chiefs’ Mission to Ethiopia
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock and United Nations Development Programme Administrator Achim Steiner will travel to Ethiopia from January…
First Regular Session of the Executive Board
First Regular Session of the Executive Board
Eight years after the earthquake
Haiti is among the countries most exposed to natural disasters, and its vulnerability increases with climate change, the degradation of the environment and the irrational use of space, especially in…
Chinese bike-sharing start-up ofo contributes US$1.2 million to UNDP
The company ofo - the world’s first and largest station-free bike sharing platform – contributed $1.2 million to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
UNOOSA and UNDP to expand cooperation on space technology for sustainable development
The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have committed to work more closely together in the use of space technology for…
