Companies unveil new initiatives in the fight to decrease poverty
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown looks up as Rwandan President Paul Kagame addresses the Business Call to Action event (copyright:www.red-photography.co.uk)
6 May - Joining the Business Call to Action, a dozen companies announced concrete initiatives that apply core business expertise, utilizing their technology and innovative spirit to tackle the multiple challenges of poverty. Video of UNDP Administrator Kemal Derviş. Watch: (.smi | .wmx) or download (.wmv, 48 MB | .rm, 42 MB)
UNDP supports Cyclone Nargis survivors
8 May - Sweeping through Myanmar's largest city, Yangon, and the Ayeyarwaddy (Irrawaddy) Delta region, the cyclone has left hundreds of thousands of people homeless and in need of urgent humanitarian assistance.
Statement by the Secretary-General's Spokesperson
ReliefWeb updates on Myanmar
Biodiversity loss - it will make you sick
 24 April - Experts warn against losing land and marine-based life forms before we can learn of their potential for new medical treatments. The natural world holds secrets to the development of new kinds of safer and more powerful drugs.
Delivering services in post-election Kenya
28 April - A new and innovative volunteer scheme that brings together national leaders in various professions such as sports, music, media and education is changing lives in post-election Kenya.
UN to continue Chernobyl recovery efforts until 2016
25 April - At a meeting of UN agencies that marked the 22nd anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident, UNDP presented a draft "action plan" covering UN work on Chernobyl until 2016.
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