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| UNDP | | Last Updated 18/11/2009 18:22:00 |
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 | UNDP salutes heroes of environment | | New York, US (PANA) - The winning photographs of an eco-themed photo contest sho
wed pro-environmental activities in Africa, featuring environmentalists planting
trees in a water catchment area in Kenya, Moroccan women turning plastic bags in
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o handbags as part of a trade fair project and a Kenyan couple planting a tree o
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their wedding day.
18/11/2009 full text... |
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| UNDP to boost tourism in Burundi | | Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will
disburse US$ 691,850 to help Burundi build a national strategy for the developm
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nt of its tourism sector over the next 10 years, according to a communique, made
available to PANA here.
22/09/2009 full text... |
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| UNDP launches book on governance in Africa in Dakar | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - A book entitled "Africa and the challenges of governance
", signed by 40 authors under the aegis of the UN Developpment Programme (UNDP),
and prefaced by Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade, was made public Tuesday in
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akar.
21/01/2009 full text... |
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| UNDP Administrator 'won't seek second term' | | New York, US (PANA) - The Administrator of the United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP), Kemal Dervis, has informed UN
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of his decision not to seek a second
term and his wish to leave the position of Administrator on 1 March,
2009.
12/01/2009 full text... |
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| UNDP to release US$11.5m for Zambia's presidential polls | | Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP) has disclosed that it will release US$11.5 million to the
Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ), under an agreement to be signed
this week in Lusaka with the Zambia government to support the 30
October presidential elections.
30/09/2008 full text... |
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| Senior UNDP official visits Sierra Leone | | Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - The United Nations Assistant Secretary-General a
nd UNDP Assistant Administrator of Regional Bureau for Africa, Mr.. Gilbert Houn
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bo, Monday began a three-day official visit to Sierra Leone, according to a Sier
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a Leonean government press statement issued here.
28/07/2008 full text... |
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| UNDP Administrator, Malian PM co-chair donors' conference in Mali | | Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The UNDP Associate Administrator, Ad Melkert, arrived here
Monday to co-chair, with the Malian Prime Minister, Modibo Sidibé, the sixth rou
nd-table conference of Mali's donors which starts Thursday, a source close to th
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office of the UN Resident Coordinator in Mali told PANA.
11/06/2008 full text... |
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| UNDP Administrator, Malian PM co-chair donors' conference in Mali | | Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The UNDP Associate Administrator, Ad Melkert, arrived here
Monday to co-chair, with the Malian Prime Minister, Modibo Sidibé, the sixth rou
nd-table conference of Mali's donors which starts Thursday, a source close to th
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office of the UN Resident Coordinator in Mali told PANA.
11/06/2008 full text... |
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| Cameroonian named UNDP boss in Sierra Leone | | Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon
has appointed Cameroonian national, Mr. Samuel Nyambi, as Acting Resident Repre
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entative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Sierra Leone.
04/06/2008 full text... |
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| UNDP rehabilitates over 1,300 km of roads in DRC | | Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has
rehabilitated more than 1,300 km of roads and built about 10 bridges in the east
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rn province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (RDC), a UNDP document obtained
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y PANA on Wednesday said.
28/05/2008 full text... |
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| UNDP trains 3,000 Sierra Leonean Farmers | | Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - Three thousand illiterate Sierra
Leonean farmers from southern Bo, Eastern Kenema and Kono districts
have been scheduled for 18 months basic literacy and numeric training
programme.
09/05/2008 full text... |
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| UNDP approves US$5 million for Mauritanian environment | | Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian Minister
of Economy and Finance, Aberrahmane Ould Hamma Vezaz
and the resident representative of the United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP), Mario Da Valle Ribeiro
Sunday signed a protocol worth US$ 5 million for the
support of a programme aimed at protecting the
environment.
05/05/2008 full text... |
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| UNDP train officials of two Nigerian states | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - United Nations Development
Programme, UNDP, in continuation of capacity building
under its fiscal policy capacity building initiative,
will be holding training workshops for top government
officials from Nigeria's south-south Cross River and
Akwa Ibom states.
02/05/2008 full text... |
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| Senior Nigerian govt officials for UNDP high-level policy workshop | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - About 125 top Nigerian government officials, including C
ommissioners and Permanent Secretaries from Lagos, Kano, Cross River and Ondo st
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tes, will benefit from the series of workshops organised by United Nations Devel
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pment Programme (UNDP) under its Fiscal Policy and Capacity Initiative, accordin
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to a statement from the world body, made available to PANA Friday.
18/04/2008 full text... |
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| Mozambican leader receives UNDP top shot | | Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Mozambican President Armando Guebuza on
Saturday received
the Associate Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP),
Ad Melkert, who briefed him on the annual meeting of resident UNDP
coordinators in Africa,
which is currently underway in Maputo.
30/03/2008 full text... |
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| UNDP Associate Administrator to visit Nigeria | | Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - UN Under-Secretary General and UNDP Associate
Administrator. Mr. Ad Melkert,
is expected to visit Nigeria 28-30 January, the UNDP office in the
capital city of Abuja said in a statement Thursday.
24/01/2008 full text... |
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| Congo, UNDP to launch poverty reduction project | | Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese government and the UNDP are
planning to launch a three-year project
to strengthen the institutional poverty reduction framework in the
country, a source close to the UN agency said
here Monday.
21/01/2008 full text... |
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| UNDP motivates Sierra Leone army with donation | | Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - The UN Development Agency office in
Freetown on Tuesday presented a large consignment of foodstuffs,
fuel, lubricants and medical kits to the Republic of Sierra Leone
Armed Forces (RSLAF) in recognition of the positive role the army
played during 11 August parliamentary and presidential elections.
04/09/2007 full text... |
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| UNDP funds Guinean legislative polls | | Conakry, Guinea(PANA) – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
has released 7,140,000 euros to support the legislative electoral process
in Guinea, according to an official source here Thursday.
24/05/2007 full text... |
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| UNDP pinpoints levels of MDGs attainment in Africa | | Lome, Togo (PANA) - Several African countries have made outstanding
progress to attain the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the
past few years, according to ambassador Bouna Sémou Diouf, head of
the Tokyo International Conference on Africa's Development (TICAD).
12/04/2007 full text... |
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| UNDP reports mixed human development indicators for Kenya | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Living standards in Kenya
improved marginally in the last two years buoyed by
rapid economic growth, improved access to education
and health facilities, but many citizens were still
"caught in the poverty trap," according to a new UN
report.
28/02/2007 full text... |
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| Drogba becomes UNDP Goodwill Ambassador | | New York, UN (PANA) - The UN Development Programme (UNDP) has appointed
Cote d'Ivoire's football star, Didier Drogba, as its Goodwill Ambassador
in the fight against poverty and other social ills.
25/01/2007 full text... |
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| Libya, UNDP sign 3 MOUs | | Janzour, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan general environment office and the
UN Development Programme (UNDP) Monday signed three memoranda of
understanding on environmental management, supply of laboratories and
training of their staff and integrated management of parks.
04/12/2006 full text... |
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| CAR's PM faults UNDP human development report | | Bangui, Central African Republic (PANA) - Central African Republic Prime
Minister, Elie Doté, has expressed reservations at this year's United
Nations Development Programme (UNDP) human development report which puts
his country at position 172.
23/11/2006 full text... |
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| UNEP, UNDP to assist Africa adapt to climate change | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Two UN agencies Friday pledged
to assist Africa adapt to climate change, as part of a
new global initiative to help secure a greater share
of the international carbon finance market for the
world's poorest countries.
17/11/2006 full text... |
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| Nigerian state, UNDP sign development MOU | | Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The UN Development Programme (UNDP) and
Nigeria's oil-rich Bayelsa state Thursday signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) aimed at creating jobs, enhancing skills and
uplifting the living standard of people in the state.
16/11/2006 full text... |
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| Niger disputes 2006 UNDP report | | Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The Nigerien government has described as
inadmissible the 2006 Human Development Index (HDI) report released
by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) classifying the country for
the second successive year 177th out of 177 countries in the world.
12/11/2006 full text... |
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| UN official urges strong political will on water MDG target | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – A robust political will coupled
with aggressive mobilisation of global resources is required
to steer struggling developing countries, especially those in
Africa on the path for the attainment of water and sanitation
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), a senior UN official
has recommended.
11/11/2006 full text... |
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| Nigeria ranks low on Human Development index | | New York, US (PANA) - Nigeria, one of the countries with the
lowest Human Development Index (HDI), is ranked 159th out of
177 countries covered by the 2006 Human Development Report
of the UN Development Programme (UNDP).
08/11/2006 full text... |
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| Libya, UNDP sign for geographical data system | | Janzour, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan General Environment Office and the
UN Development Programme (UNDP) Tuesday signed a memorandum of
cooperation in Janzour suburb of Tripoli for the setting up of a
geographical data system.
08/11/2006 full text... |
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| UNDP willing to help Cameroon achieve MDGs | | Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) – The United Nations Development Programme
representative in Cameroon, Sophie De Caen announced here on United
Nations Day Wednesday that UNDP is ready to help the Cameroonian
government achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
26/10/2006 full text... |
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| UNDP wants Mai Mai militia in DR Congo disarmed | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The deputy head of UNDP in DR Congo, Roberto
Valent has warned that the exclusion of certain armed factions in the
country is causing "negative socio-economic factors" that could
continue to threaten national peace and security.
19/10/2006 full text... |
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| UNDP human development report on Liberia dwells on capacity building | | Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) – The United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP) first Human Development Report on Liberia
since the election of the first woman president in Africa by
that country, was launched here Friday, laying great emphasis
on capacity building to steer national reconstruction and
sustainable development.
25/08/2006 full text... |
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| UNDP, Shell plan conference on Niger Delta | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The UNDP, in partnership with
Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell, is to organise a conference
on Nigeria's oil-rich but restive Niger Delta region 24-25
August, in the south-eastern city of Port Harcourt, the UN
agency said Tuesday.
22/08/2006 full text... |
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| UNDP supports electoral body in Sierra Lone | | Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - The UNDP Resident Representative
in Freetown, Victor Angelo, has presented 19 brand new Toyota
Land Cruisers jeeps to the National Electoral Commission (NRC) to
help organise and hold "free, fair and transparent" president and
parliamentary elections scheduled 28 July 2007.
12/08/2006 full text... |
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| APRM gains momentum at Kigali Africa governance Forum | | Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Sixth Africa Governance Forum
(AGF VI) ended here Thursday with African leaders and other
delegates reaffirming African ownership, management and
leadership of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM),
while recommending key improvements.
11/05/2006 full text... |
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| UNDP props Mauritius on human rights | | Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The UN Development Programme
(UNDP) has granted Mauritius US$225,000 to help up a national
strategy on human rights in the country, officials said here
Tuesday.
10/05/2006 full text... |
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| Kigali Forum examines democratic governance in Africa | | Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM),
an innovative plan that enables African countries to evaluate each
other's progress on democratic governance is in the spotlight at
the Sixth Africa Governance Forum, under way here.
10/05/2006 full text... |
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| 32 African countries to assess APRM at Kigali Governance Forum | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Some 300 representatives from 32
African countries are to meet in Kigali the Rwandan capital
9-11 May for a forum on implementing the African Peer Review
Mechanism (APRM), a NEPAD instrument for nations on the
continent to evaluate one another's performance on democratic
governance.
06/05/2006 full text... |
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| UN hails new electoral law in DR Congo | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) — The United Nations has said the
promulgation of a new electoral law in DR Congo that sets 18 June
as the date for the first election in the country's 46-year
history as an independent nation was "a historic step" for
democracy.
11/03/2006 full text... |
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| UNDP suggests incentive to arrest avian flu in Africa | | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Africa may need an incentive scheme that
would encourage poultry farmers to bring their birds out for immunization
or culling in a bid to arrest the escalating H5N1 bird flu crisis, a top
UN official suggested here Wednesday.
01/03/2006 full text... |
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| UNDP anti-poverty programme for Burundi | | Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Monday announced here an anti-poverty programme for Burundi that will
require a global budget of more than 37 million dollars over the next two
years.
19/12/2005 full text... |
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| UNDP officials pledge support for Johnson-Sirleaf | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Even before she assumes the coveted
but hot seat in Monrovia's Executive Mansion, there has been
an outpouring of strong support from former colleagues and
associates for Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, who was declared
Liberia's and Africa's first female president-elect
Wednesday.
24/11/2005 full text... |
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| UNDP officials pledge support for Johnson-Sirleaf | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Even before she assumes the coveted
but hot seat in Monrovia's Executive Mansion, there has been
an outpouring of strong support from former colleagues and
associates for Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, who was declared
Liberia's and Africa's first female president-elect
Wednesday.
23/11/2005 full text... |
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| New UNDP boss to visit Nigeria 9-12 October | |
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The new administrator of UN Development Programme
(UNDP), Kemal Dervis, will visit Nigeria 9-12 October in recognition of
the country's 'strategic importance' to poverty reduction and human
development in Africa, the UN agency said Wednesday.
05/10/2005 full text... |
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| Africa Governance Institute launched in Dakar | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - A forum of African government,
civil society and academic leaders, ended here Thursday
with the launch of an African Institute to foster research,
advocacy and policy dialogue on urgent governance issues
for the continent.
09/06/2005 full text... |
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| UN General Assembly gives Turk nod to head UNDP | |
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The United Nations General Assembly, representing
191 countries, has unanimously confirmed Kemal Dervis, a former Turkish
finance minister and senior World Bank official, as the next
Administrator of the UN Development Programme (UNDP).
19/05/2005 full text... |
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| Benin gets UNDP grant for Africa Peer Review Mechanism | | Cotonou, Benin(PANA) - The UN Development Programme (UNDP)
has signed a grant agreement of 75 million CFA francs with
Benin to support the country within the framework of the
Africa Peer Review Mechanism (PRM), official sources said
here Saturday. (500 CFA francs=1USD).
14/05/2005 full text... |
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| Sierra Leone govt urged to stop corruption | | Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - Donors will fund
programmes advanced in Sierra Leone's Poverty
Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) only if the
government honestly pursues the fight against
corruption, Resident UN Agency for Development (UNDP)
representative Victor Angelo has warned here.
08/05/2005 full text... |
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| UNEP, UNDP employ media to conserve environment | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Two United Nations agencies have in
partnership
with a Singapore-based production entity produced a multi-media
environmental show to propagate conservation efforts, the UN
Environment
Programme (UNEP) said Monday.
11/04/2005 full text... |
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| UNDP funds Cape Verde's forthcoming elections | | Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - The United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP) has accepted to grant Cape Verde US$150,000 to
prepare for legislative and presidential elections during the
first half of 2006, official sources told PANA in Praia.
11/02/2005 full text... |
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| UNDP partners with Nigerian State against poverty | | Abeokuta, Nigeria (PANA) - A 500 million-naira project
to provide potable water, health facilities, education
and to combat HIV/AIDS in Nigeria's south-western Ogun
State was launched in the capital city of Abeokuta
Tuesday. (133 naira=1USD).
08/02/2005 full text... |
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