Port Moresby, 11 March 2018 - Relief supplies are starting to be distributed in earthquake affected areas of Papua New Guinea, with water, food, shelter, medicine and the provision of health services identified as the priority needs.
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Buka, 15 March 2018 – 17 specially trained trauma counsellors will be deployed this week to provide counselling services at the community level across North Bougainville region.
Port Moresby, 27 March 2018 – A partnership among the Government of Papua New Guinea, the Government of India and the United Nations Development Programme will increase the capacity of ICT in the country.
Port Moresby, 06 March 2018 – A team of six emergency experts from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) deployed to Papua New Guinea (PNG) to assist the government in response to the earthquake disaster efforts in the Highlands.
Port Moresby, 21 March 2018 – We often hear people talk about the forests of Papua New Guinea. How these forests remain among the largest in-tact forests in the world. How these forests are home to approximately 7% of the world’s biodiversity. How these forests are a living resource.
Patupatuai, 19 December 2017 – On a good clear day, you can take a short drive just 20 minutes south of Buin in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville and find a tropical oasis; a place both verdant and lush, and with the sound of the ocean and the Solomon Sea just a few short steps away.

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60%

population of youth

12 %

wage employment rate

2 712

gross national income (GNI) per capita

153

out of 188 countries in the Human Development Index

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