MIL-OSI United Nations: Global Counter-Terrorism Compact Coordination Committee Meeting | UNDP
Source: United Nations Development Programme 2 On behalf of UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner, let me start by thanking Under Secretary General Vladimir Voronkov and the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism for convening the second meeting of the Global Counter-Terrorism Compact Coordination Committee. UNDP is proud to take part in this collective effort for enhancing internal coordination […]
Read More →MIL-OSI United Nations: UNDP Development Chief Calls for Action on Debt, Climate, & Inequality As Developing Countries Face Volatile Global Outlook | UNDP
Source: United Nations Development Programme 2 13 April, Washington DC —Increased financing and bold leadership are needed urgently to tackle climate change, rising inequality, and surging debt, as increased risks and vulnerabilities threaten economic growth globally, said United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Achim Steiner at the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) spring meetings […]
Read More →MIL-OSI United Nations: 99th Meeting of the Development Committee | UNDP
Source: United Nations Development Programme 2 As prepared for delivery. An inclusive and dynamic global economy is essential to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Global economic growth is expected to remain steady in 2019 and 2020; however, there are increasing signs that it may have peaked. Rising downside risks and vulnerabilities also […]
Read More →MIL-OSI United Nations: 39th Meeting of the International Monetary and Financial Committee | UNDP
Source: United Nations Development Programme 2 As prepared for delivery. A dynamic and inclusive global economy is central to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It is critical to address not only short-term risks – financial stress and volatility, high debt levels, escalating trade disputes and geopolitical tensions – but also longer-term sustainable development challenges, […]
Read More →MIL-OSI United Nations: Strengthening resilience to debt vulnerability in the LDCs | UNDP
Source: United Nations Development Programme 2 As prepared for delivery. Opening The High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and the Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS), Fekitamoeloa ‘Utoikamanu The Chair of the Global Coordination Bureau of LDCs and Malawi’s Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development, Goodall Gondwe Honourable Ministers of Finance […]
Read More →MIL-OSI United Nations: UNDP and World Bank launch two new operational agreements to advance collaboration on sustainable development worldwide | UNDP
Source: United Nations Development Programme 2 Washington, DC – Today, UNDP and the World Bank signed two milestone framework agreements to strengthen and streamline their cooperation at the country level – the Standard Form of Agreement for the Delivery of Outputs and the Standard Form of Agreement for the Provision of Technical Assistance. Both will make […]
Read More →MIL-OSI United Nations: Major New UN Report Calls for Overhaul of Global Financial System | UNDP
Source: United Nations Development Programme 2 NEW YORK – Sixty-plus international organizations, led by the United Nations and including the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank Group and World Trade Organization, jointly sounded the alarm Thursday in a new report, warning that unless national and international financial systems are revamped, the world’s governments will fail […]
Read More →MIL-OSI United Nations: Game of Thrones star and UNDP Goodwill Ambassador Nikolaj Coster-Waldau visits Rwanda 25 years after genocide against the Tutsi | UNDP
Source: United Nations Development Programme 2 New York – As the world braces for the surprising twists and turns of the highly anticipated final season of HBO’s Game of Thrones, which will air on April 14, the show’s star and United Nations Development Programme Goodwill Ambassador Nikolaj Coster-Waldau had an unexpected revelation of his own. […]
Read More →MIL-OSI United Nations: International Mine Awareness Day | UNDP
Source: United Nations Development Programme 2 Excellencies, USG Lacroix, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, Colleagues, UNDP takes pleasure in participating in the Inter-Agency Coordination Group on Mine Action and in this effective partnership. Let me start by thanking the United Nations Mine Action Services (UNMAS) for convening this event on the occasion of International Mine […]
Read More →MIL-OSI United Nations: Cyclone Idai in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe | UNDP
Source: United Nations Development Programme 2 As prepared for delivery. Opening H.E. President of the Economic and Social Council H.E. Antonio Gumende, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Mozambique H.E. Perks Master Clemency Ligoya, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Malawi H.E. Frederik Musiiwa Makamure Shava, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Zimbabwe Excellencies, Ladies […]
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