Despite commitments of the international community, inconsistent levels of political will, resourcing, accountability and gender expertise often hinder the full and meaningful inclusion of women in efforts to prevent conflict, the Security Council said today.
Climate change is expected to increase the intensity and frequency of droughts in the Caribbean, so countries in the region must enhance their capabilities to deal with this and other extreme weather-related challenges to ensure food security and hunger eradication, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has said in a new report.
The international community must take urgent action to help build resilience, food security, and restore livelihoods in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, which are impacted by drought and other extreme-weather effects of the El Niño phenomenon, senior United Nations officials today said.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the membership of his Global Health Crises Task Force, which aims to help countries and communities prepare and respond to emergencies, such as the recent outbreaks of Ebola and Zika.
The United Nations human rights expert on housing today commended a large media initiative in the US city of San Francisco aimed at bringing the issue of homelessness to the forefront of discussions and encourage civil engagement.
This project demonstrates best practices between Brazil and Mozambique on reforestation.
Host location/regions: Cuba/Americas
Countries: Cuba, British Virgin Islands, the Dominican Republic, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago
Timeframe: Since 2004
Scale: National, local
Partners: UNDP’s Bureau of Crisis Prevention and Recovery (BCPR) and the Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean (RBLAC)
Cost and source of funding: NA
Implementers: UNDP
Forms of collaboration: Multilateral
Sectors : Adaptation: Water, Agriculture, Infrastructure/settlement, Infrastructure/settlement (including […]
Host location/regions: Zambia/Africa
Timeframe: years (November 2005 to October 2010)
Scale: National
Partners: Zambia, Global Environmental Facility (GEF), UNIDO, UNEP, the Zambia Electricity Supply Corporation Limited (ZESCO), the Development Bank of Zambia (DBZ), the Rural Electrification Authority (REA) and the International Centre on Small Hydro Power (ICSHP) in China
Cost and source of funding: A total budget of US$ […]
Host location/regions: Africa
Timeframe: Initial 6-year phase to cover 7 countries (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Sudan, Ethiopia, Malawi and Swaziland) – later phases could expand to other regions of Africa
Scale: National
Partners: Companies, environment, and development network for Africa (AFREPREN/FWD), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Global Environment Facility (GEF), African Development Bank, Government of Mauritius, Indian private suppliers
Cost […]
Some 69 million children under five years of age will die from mostly preventable causes, 167 million children will live in poverty, and 750 million women will have been married as children by 2030, unless the world focuses more on the plight of its most disadvantaged children, according to a United Nations report published today.
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