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IMD, Japanese govt, UNDP launch joint project to accelerate climate action
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 11 (ANI): The India Meteorological Department (IMD), the Government of Japan, and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) announced a new initiative to accelerate climate action in 10 states and Union Territories across the country.
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UNDP, World Bank sign deal for USD 20mn to support Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 16 (ANI): The United Nations Development Progamme (UNDP) has signed a USD 20 million partnership agreement with the World Bank to support humanitarian, economic, and social development initiatives across all eight regions and 34 provinces of Afghanistan.
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Sri Lanka's crisis should be warning to us all: UNDP
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], July 8 (ANI): With the war in Ukraine dragging on, countries already under pressure from the knock-off effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, risk seeing the same economic crisis as Sri Lanka, the UN said on Thursday as it advised the international community to introduce radical fin
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UNDP praises Cambodia for appealing donations for landmine clearance
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], July 2 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) on Saturday praised the Cambodian government for appealing donations from the private sector and the Cambodian Red Cross to support landmine clearance.
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Sri Lanka PM holds discussions with FAO, UNDP representatives
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 3 (ANI): Sri Lanka Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe held discussions on Friday with the Country Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organisation, Vimlendra Sharan, and United Nations Development Program Deputy Country Representative, Malin Herwig, regardin
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PRADAN's 2022 Samagam focused on coalitions and partnerships amongst Gover
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 22 (ANI/NewsVoir): PRADAN organized the third annual event Samagam for 2022. The event also marked the completion of 40 years of existence of PRADAN.
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UN expresses concern over economic situation of Afghan people
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 6 (ANI): Expressing concern over the abject economic situation of the Afghan people post-Taliban came to power, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) said that millions of people in the country are facing economic challenges.
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90 pc of Afghanistan's population projected below poverty line by year-end
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 29 (ANI): About 90 per cent of Afghanistan's population has been projected to be below the poverty line by the end of the year according to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), a visiting official said in Kabul.
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Taliban, UN officials meet on humanitarian, development assistance for Afg
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 29 (ANI): Deputy Prime Minister of Taliban-led regime Mawlawi Abdul Salam Hanafi has met with visiting United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Administrator Achim Steiner on assistance to the war-torn country.
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Pak's South Punjab region most deprived in the province: UNDP report
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 9 (ANI): Pakistan's South Punjab is the most deprived region of Punjab Province, in terms of basic facilities, said United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in a new report.
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Half of Afghanistan's population is facing 'tsunami of hunger': Report
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 4 (ANI): Afghanistan is under deep humanitarian crisis and over 50 per cent of Afghan's are facing a "tsunami of hunger," the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) reported, citing numbers from UN World Food Programme.
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Pakistan's unabated borrowing poses economic challenges, warns UNDP
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 28 (ANI): Providing an overview of Pakistan's policy priorities, regulatory environment, and its private sector development, a UN report warned that continued borrowing from multilateral and other sources is posing all sorts of economic and political challenges
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