Baku, 9 July, 2010 - The Government of Azerbaijan and the United Nations in Azerbaijan signed the next United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF), a five-year collaboration which aligns the UN prospective development activities with the State Programme for Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Development (2008-2015). Expectations are high that the role and contribution of the UN system to national development will become more coherent, effective and relevant, as well as provide better support for the government in achieving the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The Deputy Prime Minister, Honourable Abid Sharifov, and the UN Resident Coordinator, Mr. Fikret Akcura, signed the UNDAF alongside government officials and representatives from the UN agencies.
National conference on pasture management was held at the central building of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources within the framework of the Ministry and UNDP joint project funded by the Government of Norway. The national conference was attended by representatives of relevant state institutions, international development agencies and representatives of non-government organizations. The conference started with opening remarks from Minister Huseyn Bagirov.
Antonio Banderas appointed as UNDP Goodwill Ambassador World renowned actor to advocate for ending poverty, empowering women and protecting the environment
Geneva/ New York --17 March 2010—The United Nations Development Programme today announced the appointment of Spanish actor Antonio Banderas as a Goodwill Ambassador for the fight against poverty. In his new role as an advocate for the poor, Antonio Banderas will set his sights on the Millennium Development Goals, a set of eight globally agreed targets that seek to halve world poverty by 2015 by combating hunger, disease, illiteracy, environment degradation and discrimination against women.
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Secretary-General\'s message on Message on World Water Day (22 March 2010)
Water is the source of life and the link that binds all living beings on this planet. It is connected directly to all our United Nations goals: improved maternal and child health and life expectancy, women’s empowerment, food security, sustainable development and climate change adaptation and mitigation. Recognition of these links led to the declaration of 2005-2015 as the International Decade for Action “Water for Life”. more
UN Secretary-General:\"Millennium Development Goals must be met\"
UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK, 16 March – With only five years left until the 2015 deadline to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is calling for the adoption of a global action agenda for accelerating progress towards the Goals, when world leaders meet at a UN Summit in New York in September. more
MESSAGE BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ON 63rd UNITED NATIONS DAY
On this 63rd anniversary of our Organization, I join you in celebrating UN Day. This is a crucial year in the life of our United Nations. We have just passed the midpoint in the struggle to reach the Millennium Development Goals -- our common vision for building a better world in the 21st century. We can see more clearly than ever that the threats of the 21st century spare no one. Climate change, the spread of disease and deadly weapons, and the scourge of terrorism all cross borders. If we want to advance the global common good, we must secure global public goods. more
Progress in achieving UN anti-poverty goals for 2015 under threat, new report finds
UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK, 11 September, 2008 – The world has made strong and sustained progress in reducing extreme poverty, the United Nations reports today, but this is now being undercut by higher prices, particularly of food and oil, and the global economic slowdown. more
CIS and SE Europe recovering from rocky 1990s transition, raising hopes in region for meeting UN Millennium Goals
MOSCOW, 11 September 2008 – Transition countries of South-Eastern Europe have brought the share of their populations living below the newly re-defined $1.25-a-day poverty line back to a very low 0.5 per cent, according to a report from the United Nations released today. Extreme poverty in these countries, virtually non-existent at the beginning of the 1990s, had risen to a rate of 1.7 per cent by 1999. Countries in the Commonwealth of Independent States similarly saw poverty rates increase sharply in the early 1990s – from 2.2 per cent in 1990 to 8.4 per cent in 1999. But the drop-off in CIS poverty rates has not been as steep as in adjoining South-Eastern Europe, falling only slightly to 7.6 per cent. more
Azerbaijan launches a project to introduce Global Compact in the country
Baku, 24 June 2008 – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Azerbaijan Export & Investment Promotion Foundation (AZPROMO) launched today in a special ceremony in Baku’s Sea Port a project to help the country prepare for implementation of Global Compact (GC) in Azerbaijan . more
