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UNDP remains the most transparent UN agency, according to new index
The 2020 Aid Transparency Index rated UNDP with a score of 96.6 out of 100. Increasing its rating by 1.2 points since the index was last published in…
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Global coronavirus death toll passes 1 million
The world passed a grim milestone this week as the World Health Organization announced that 1 million people have now died from the coronavirus.
2020 Equator Prize winners show nature-based solutions ahead of UN Biodiversity Summit
The 11th Equator Prize Award Ceremony honored 10 Indigenous and local communities from across the world in a virtual gala event, delivering a powerful message of local leadership to the UN…
World Leaders Pledge at the ‘Nature for Life Hub’ ahead of UN Biodiversity Summit
More than 20 Heads of State and Government and 6 Ministers committed to a Leaders Pledge for Nature at the Nature for Life Hub, Day 3 — the Global Ambition Day. With signatories from five nations…
UN study documents devastating impact of COVID-19 in Ukraine
The COVID-19 pandemic is pushing Ukraine towards its worst recession in decades—possibly a depression—with devastating consequences for its most vulnerable people, according to a broad UN assessment…
UNDP and UN Women launch COVID-19 Global Gender Response Tracker
UNDP and UN Women launch COVID-19 Global Gender Response Tracker.
Supporting developing countries to increase tax revenues despite COVID-19 challenges
The international community continues to make progress towards strengthening developing countries' ability to effectively tax multinational enterprises, despite the adverse impact of the COVID-19…
Cartier joins The Lion’s Share Fund to tackle global nature crisis
Cartier, one of the world’s leading luxury brands, has joined The Lion’s Share Fund, an award-winning and groundbreaking initiative that unites brands, conservationists and consumers to tackle the…
Celebrity advocates Connie Britton, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, and Yemi Alade call for green and gender-equal COVID-19 recovery during UN General Assembly week
The three UNDP Goodwill Ambassadors joined the SDG Action Zone during the 75th UN General Assembly to share personal experiences during the pandemic and talk climate, inequality, and the challenges of…
UNDP launches global call to action encouraging nature-based solutions for sustainable development
Tomorrow, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will launch the Nature for Life Hub, a first-of-its-kind global call to action encouraging stakeholders to place nature at the centre of global…
COVID-19 : Countries urged to take stronger action to stop spread of harmful information
Joint statement by WHO, UN, UNICEF, UNDP, UNESCO, UNAIDS, ITU, UN Global Pulse, and IFRC
