Jerry Velasquez, Head of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) for in Asia-Pacific Regional says that the good news is that less people are dying, but he warns that "the bad news is economic losses are going through the roof”. UNISDR / LINX PRODUCTIONS
The Executive Representative and Head of the United Nations (UN) Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone (UNIPSIL), Jens Toyberg-Frandzen, will present the Tenth Report of the Secretary-General on the UN's Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leoneto the Security Council. UNTV
The United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo's (MONUSCO) Engineering Section in collaboration with the Congolese Airports Authority is to build a security parameter wall/fence around the airport of Goma. MONUSCO
Senior Afghan and United Nations officials said yesterday (13 February) the support of the world body should continue, at the request of the Government, in a coherent manner by reinforcing an Afghan-led development agenda. UNAMA
A decade after Angola ended a 27 year civil war education remains one of the biggest challenges in the country. UNICEF
Italy's Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi de Sant’Agata said today that at this point there is no "plan B or C" for Syria, but noted that Kofi Annan's six-point plan is not open ended and its outcome should be evaluated by the Security Council after 90 days. On the European economy, he said that "growth can [...]
As the first country to experience the full force of the global economic crisis, Iceland is now held up as an example by some of how to overcome deep economic dislocation without undoing the social fabric. IMF
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon presented a proposed budget of nearly $5.2 billion for the United Nations to carry out the important work that Member States have entrusted to it in areas ranging from peace and security to human rights and development over the next two years. UNTV
Côte d’Ivoire’s newly elected Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) officially begins work paving the way for the country’s long-delayed presidential elections. UNOCI
In Afghanistan voting at the local community level has paved the way for thousands of small scale development projects in recent years. The National Solidarity Program (NSP) was founded on the principles of grassroots democracy to channel resources to communities for projects developing irrigation, power, water supply and roads. WORLD BANK