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First Regular Session of the UNDP Executive Board
I welcome you to this first regular session of the UNDP Executive Board in 2020

Sahel, a region of opportunities
Harnessing potential, talent, and energy.

United Nations Capital Development Fund
Introductory Statement at the Executive Board Annual Session

Realizing the African dream
UNDP supports 216 active climate change adaptation projects in 45 countries in Africa. Our story takes a look at 15 years of results.

International Volunteer Day
Administrator’s Statement on International Volunteer Day - 5 December

Helen Clark: Opening Speech at the Second International Conference on the Emergence of Africa
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

Helen Clark: Statement on Africa and the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda: Mobilizing the Means of Implementation at High-Level Side Event on the Margins of the 2016 UN High Level Political Forum
United Nations - New York, USA

Political will and sustained financing needed to ensure Africa’s poor are not left behind
The strong political will of Africa’s leaders is needed to ensure increased and sustained financing for social protection initiatives, if the continent is to lift millions of people out of poverty and…

Africa women MPs discuss ways to boost numbers in political sphere
African women Members of Parliament see political will, financing and enhancing education opportunities as some of the ways to increase the participation of women in the political sphere.

UNDP steps up its support for sound public finance in Africa
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will train a diverse range of partners during the second phase of a comprehensive programme designed to mobilize tax revenues and improve budget…
