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• TICAD Ministerial Meeting in Maputo to assess progress made since 2016 Nairobi Summit Aug 22, 2017

  The Government of Mozambique will host a Ministerial Meeting of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), Thursday 24 August to Friday 25 August 2017 in Maputo, Mozambique. Co-organized by the Government of Japan, the United Nations Office of the Special Advisor on Africa, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the African Union Commission and the World Bank, the 12th Ministerial Meeting under the TICAD process takes place a year after the landmark TICAD VI Summit in Nairobi, Kenya.

• Mozambique calls for a people-centered and planet-sensitive implementation of the mining policy Mar 13, 2017

  The Government of Mozambique and the United Nations (UN) rolled out the implementation plan of the Policy and Strategy for Mineral Resources (PERM) in an event that brought together participants from ministries and other government institutions, the UN, civil society, media, private sector, academia, and other partners.

• We need to adapt to the rapidly changing climate – says the UN Special Envoy on El Niño & Climate on a visit to Mozambique Oct 28, 2016

  The Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General for El Niño & Climate, Ambassador Macharia Kamau, visited Mozambique this week to highlight the urgent needs of 1.5 million people affected by the El Niño-related drought.

• UN Secretary-general’s Special Envoy on el Niño and climate visits Mozambique Oct 25, 2016

  United Nations Special Envoy on El Niño & Climate Ambassador Macharia Kamau arrives in Mozambique today for a four-day visit to assess the situation of communities affected by El Niño-linked drought, as part of global advocacy and mobilisation efforts in response to the humanitarian emergency currently affecting dozens of countries around the world.

• Mozambique: Who are the Masterminds of attacks against persons with albinism? Sep 2, 2016

  The UN Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism, Ikponwosa Ero today said that in spite of all the successes in tackling crimes against persons with albinism in Mozambique, their situation remains precarious as the authorities are still to identify and arrest the masterminds behind such crimes.

• Mozambique promotes financial inclusion to promote sustainable development Aug 12, 2016

  A Financial Inclusion Fair was held in City of Maxixe, some 500 km north of the capital Maputo on August 12. This event, the third of its kind, was organized by the Ministry of Land, Environment and Rural Development, with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the German Cooperation Agency (GIZ).

• Financing for Development - Mozambique takes an initiative on Development Finance Assessment Jul 18, 2016

  The Government of Mozambique and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on July 15, 2016 had an event to launch the Development Finance Assessment (DFA) in Mozambique a tool designed to assess opportunities and constraints in mobilizing development finance and align and integrate financial flows to the maximum extent possible within the development planning processes and national budgeting in a country.

• UN calls for equal opportunities for women in the extractives sector in Mozambique Jun 6, 2016

  The United Nations Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Mozambique, Ms. Marcia de Castro, has called for measures that promote gender equality in the extractive industry, in order to reverse the current scenario in which men have more opportunities than women.

• The UN mobilizes further support to people affected by drought in Mozambique Apr 19, 2016

  The United Nations is strengthening its support to emergency response in Mozambique, after the activation of the red alert declared by the Government.

• Mozambique has a new UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Representative Mar 2, 2016

  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.