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Our areas of work

To leave no one behind

France and UNDP Partnership

Switzerland and UNDP Partnership

Our programmatic areas

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News centre

Rights-Based Drug Policy at HRC61: Advancing Health and Sustainable Development

At the 61st HRC, the United Nations Development Programme, together with Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and UNAIDS, convened partners to explore how evidence-based, rights-based drug policies can improve health outcomes and advance sustainable development.

OpEd

Multilateralism is Switzerland’s smartest investment in peace and prosperity

Blog

From Human Rights to Digital Innovation — A Swiss Journey with UNDP

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News

A Decade of Change in Sustainable Commodities thanks to Swiss Support

For ten years, UNDP and the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) have worked to transform commodity sectors in countries like Indonesia and Peru.

Learn more

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News

France and UNDP Team up to Provide Confectionery and Sewing Training to Refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh

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News

Rebuilding Futures In Fragile Contexts, Giving Priority To Recovery

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Blog

From recovery to resilience: Rethinking how we invest in disaster risk reduction

Stories

No Longer Afraid of Rain: How Flood Protection Is Changing Lives Along Georgia’s Rivers

Our mission

UNDP is the UN's global development network, an organization advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. We are on the ground in some 170 countries and territories, working with them on their own solutions to global and national development challenges as they develop local capacity, they draw on the people of UNDP and our wide range of partners.

Based in the middle of Europe, the UNDP Office in Geneva contributes to UNDP’s mission through serving as the UNDP Platform for Geneva and the Geneva-based organizations and as the primary point of contact with the governments of France and Switzerland.