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Uruguay: Recycling waste into livelihoods

On the final day of a three day visit to Uruguay, UNDP Administrator Helen Clark visited a recycling plant outside Montevideo which forms part of a poverty and environment initiative supported by UNDP and UNEP.

Pro-poor initiative to boost job creation in Africa

Helen Clark: Sustainability of Delivering as One

2011 Human Development Report: Pacific Islands’ progress jeopardized by inequalities and environmental threats

Despite impressive human development rankings in some of the Pacific Island countries, the region faces a future of rising sea-levels, reduced fresh water sources, and diminishing fish stocks.

Fiji UNDP Resident Representative, Knut Ostby: Address at the Asia Pacific Launch of the Human Development Report 2011

The United Nations and "One Day on Earth" prepare to launch the first truly global premiere

2011 Human Development Index: Norway at top, DR Congo last

Norway, Australia and the Netherlands lead the world in the 2011 Human Development Index (HDI), while the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Niger and Burundi are at the bottom of the Human Development Report’s annual rankings of national achievement in health, education and income.

2011 Human Development Report: Environmental trends threaten global progress for the poor

Development progress in the world’s poorest countries could be halted or even reversed by mid-century unless bold steps are taken now to slow climate change, prevent further environmental damage, and reduce deep inequalities within and among nations, according to projections in the 2011 Human Development Report, launched by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

LIVE VIDEO WEBCAST: Human Development Report 2011 Launch

Watch the 2011 Human Development Report launch LIVE on Wed., 2 November 2011, at 11:00 am GMT in Copenhagen (7am New York / 7pm Bangkok) with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Helen Clark and Prime Minister of Denmark, Helle Thorning-Schmidt.

VIDEO WEBCAST: Human Development Report 2011 Launch

Watch the 2011 Human Development Report launch LIVE on Wed., 2 November 2011, at 11:00 am GMT in Copenhagen (7am New York / 7pm Bangkok) with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Helen Clark and Prime Minister of Denmark, Helle Thorning-Schmidt.

Helen Clark: Global Launch of the 2011 Human Development Report

New UNEP report tracks the changing global environment over the past two decades as world population hits 7 billion

The environmental changes that have swept the planet over the last twenty years are spotlighted in a new compilation of statistical data by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), released today in a report entitled “Keeping Track of our Changing Environment: From Rio to Rio+20”.

Delegates move from words to action on the Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development

An international conference to reduce armed violence ended in Geneva today with an acknowledgment of the need for tighter controls on the flow of arms, better monitoring of the arms trade, and a call for a greater integration of armed violence reduction and prevention objectives and actions into regional, national and sub-national development and security plans and programmes.

UN Secretary-General names members of high-level group on sustainable energy for all

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the members of his High-level Group for the Sustainable Energy for All Initiative. The group includes distinguished global leaders in business, finance, governments, and civil society.

Technology fosters development, says UN Development Chief

Internet communications technologies alone will not automatically reduce disparities or improve living conditions for all – but they do create important platforms to improve human development, UNDP Administrator Helen Clark said today at the London Conference on Cyberspace. (#LondonCyber)

Helen Clark: The London Conference on Cyberspace: OXFAM Side Event

Helen Clark: The London Conference on Cyberspace: “Hopes and Fears”

Helen Clark: Sustainable Energy for All: Statement at General Assembly Briefing by the UN Secretary General

New UNDP guide helps low-income nations build climate-proof infrastructure

"Paving the Way for Climate-Resilient Infrastructure" is the outcome of a conference last year organized by UNDP and the Government of El Salvador in response to the human and economic impacts of extreme weather events in Central America.

Helen Clark: Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development in Geneva