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Helen Clark: Statement on International Women's Day

Enhancing last-mile early warning in the Caribbean

Working with Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Caribbean, UNDP and partners are undertaking measures to ensure that warning information on potential and impending disasters is fast, reliable and effective.

Brazil strengthens the skills of first responders

According to the Brazilian Atlas of Natural Disasters, the country has been affected, on varying scales, by more than 30,000 hazards in the last 22 years, an average of 1,363 each year (73 percent of these disasters have occurred in the last decade).

A Cuban model for a resilient Caribbean

Risk Reduction Management Centers, a successful initiative in hurricane-prone Cuba, are being scaled up across partnering Caribbean states.

UN’s first female development chief calls for boosting choice, rights and opportunities for women

UN Development Programme Administrator Helen Clark stressed today that all leaders, especially women in top positions, have an obligation to improve the lives of other women and girls.

UNDP, IDB, ECLAC to boost access to sustainable energy in Latin America and the Caribbean

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) launched today in Washington a partnership to support the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) initiative in Latin America and the Caribbean, boosting access to energy and increasing the use of renewable energies and efficiency in the region, with specific goals by 2030.

Economic growth alone is not enough: UNDP calls for a "multidimensional progress"

This was a key message from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) during the first Advisory Board Meeting of its Regional Human Development Report 2016 on Multidimensional Progress with over 20 officials including ministers, senators, academics and leaders of major multilateral organizations in the region.

2015 a ‘Once in a Generation Opportunity’ for Sustainable Development

UNDP and Cuba to boost development cooperation, special focus on renewable energy

Honduras: UNDP to support deported children through new local government initiative

UNDP Chief and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile discuss joint hunger and poverty eradication initiative

UNDP hails historic step towards normalizing US-Cuba relations

UNDP calls for governments, businesses and communities to boost collaboration for a new climate and development era

Tackling climate change requires serious collaboration between the public and private sectors, engagement with civil society, and having strong and transparent institutions, UN Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Helen Clark said, wrapping up three-days at the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP) in Lima today.

December 9, International Anticorruption Day

How can extractive industries help achieve the Post-2015 Agenda?

The role of extractive industries in promoting sustainable economic growth and employment generation, through synergies with governments and civil society, is being discussed this week in Brasilia.

#GivingTuesday: volunteer, give back, raise funds

UNDP is taking #GivingTuesday global again this year, join us to celebrate volunteerism and giving back to your community.

COP 20: UN Climate Change Conference, Lima

La 20° sesión de la Conferencia de las Partes (COP20) y la 10° Conferencia de las Partes en calidad de Reunión de las Partes en el Protocolo de Kyoto (CMP10) se llevarán a cabo en Lima, Perú, entre el 1-12 de diciembre de 2014.

International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women | Helen Clark

UNDP, Government of Haiti provide immediate support to flood-affected victims

Ministers from Latin America and the Caribbean commit to reduce poverty beyond income measurements