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Find out more about the upcoming Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development and join the dialogues on sustainable development!

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Help the Horn of Africa
Support the Dartmouth Aires' call to action

Watch the Dartmouth Aire's appeal to assist the people across the Horn of Africa, listen to their beautiful song & share it with your friends! more

Tell us your perspective
Look beyond the obvious | Ajay Chhibber

India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's decision to set up a new panel for re-examining the measurement of poverty is a fresh opportunity to rethink India's approach more

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Every dollar counts

Your donation is helping the UN to provide rapid response and relief to the victims of humanitarian disasters around the world. more

Support Sustainable Energy for all
Join the campaign

2012 is the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All! Show your support, use this photo on your websites, learn about energy poverty & help us raise awareness! more

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Become a volunteer

Find out how you can be part of the humanitarian community's work and reach out to people in need. more

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One Day on Earth

Wonder how we empower lives and build resilient nations in 177 countries and territories? Watch this video and share it with your friends. more

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How can we empower rural women?

Highlight the role that rural women play in development, keep on contributing to the chat & share it with your friends!

Raise awareness for the Sahel crisis

Food security will become a major issue in the Sahel during the coming months. Find out more about our efforts to highlight the looming crisis and share our messages:

Human Development in 2012

What should be our priority this year? Click here to find out what our Facebook community had to say and share your ideas with us.

Join the Global Development Conversation

Ahead of International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on October 17, we asked u to participate in a live conversation with Helen Clark on how to #endpoverty. Check out some of the Q & A's from the chat!

Hug a tree and celebrate International Year of Forests with us!

Show us you ♥ trees - just hug one, smile, take a photo and send it to socialmedia@undp.org along with a description. Tag yourself once it's up and share it with your friends!

The million dollar question

We asked you how you would use 1 million dollars to end poverty. Here's what you had to say:

What does empowerment mean to you?

Thanks for all for your inspiring comments! Tag the word that you can relate to most on our Facebook page and spread the word!

Women's Rights

We asked the question "What do women's rights mean to you?" - It was a topic that was close to the heart for many of you. Here are some of your views...

A world without hunger______

Can you imagine a world without hunger? What would it look like? We asked you for your views.

Sustainable development means _________

We asked what sustainable development means to you. Check out the best tweets!

Inclusive Development

"What does inclusive development mean to you?" - Thanks for all your interesting & insightful thoughts! You can check out some of them here...

Mandela Day: 67 Minutes of Action

On Nelson Mandela International Day, we asked you what you could do in 67 minutes - in reflection of Mandela's 67 years of public service - to help someone else. Here were some of your great ideas!