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UNDP helps countries across the Arab region to build and share their own solutions to development challenges within UNDP’s four main focus areas: Poverty Reduction and Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, Democratic Governance, Crisis Prevention and Recovery, and Environment and Sustainable Development. UNDP’s work also emphasizes the priority concerns of HIV/AIDS, gender equality, and the protection of human rights, while addressing as well the human development deficits identified by the first series of the Arab Human Development Report — in knowledge, freedom, and women’s empowerment. Building on the tradition of UNDP’s Global Human Development Reports, the Arab Human Development Report has become a milestone in the discussion and debate on the reform agenda for human development in the Arab region.
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Responding to Arab transformations
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Supporting democratic elections in the new Tunisia
by Jamel Haouas, first place winner, UNDP's storytelling contest
Sumaya Al Arounony, a second year student of informatics from the coastal town of Ben Arous in Tunisia, had never voted before. But, on the morning of 23 October 2011 that was not the only reason for her eagerness to vote. She was also a candidate and, at 22, one of the youngest on the list.
“I am tenth on my party list. I have little chance of winning but I felt I had to do something for my country,” she enthusiastically explained. “Today, I vote for Tunisia.” Read more
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7 February 2012
.jpg) Sana’a, Yemen - The UN Peace-Building Fund (PBF) has allocated one million dollars to the “Support to the Elections in the Transition” Project. The implementation of the project will significantly contribute to the advancement of PBF’s priorities in Yemen. It will bolster good governance and contribute to initiate national dialogue, reconciliation, and the process of constitutional and legislative reform envisaged in the GCC. Read more
3 February 2012
Nairobi, Kenya – The combination of a massive scale-up in humanitarian assistance and an exceptional harvest have helped relieve famine conditions in Somalia, but interrupting assistance risks these gains, according to analysis released today by the Food and Agricultural Organisation’s Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit (FSNAU) and the Famine Early Warning System (FEWS NET). Read more
2 February 2012
“For the Arab states region, 2011 will be remembered as a year of uprisings and transition for many. At the request of the Secretary General, the UNDG’s Regional Directors’ Team developed a comprehensive strategy to guide our response to the current wave of change, and is committed to working under that common platform on advocacy, policy, and joint programme action.” Read more
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Highlights from Arab States
Lebanon
In one of the highest mountains of Mejdel Akkar - North Lebanon, far away from the noisiness the hectic city, three women cultivate sage plants. With other 22 women, these harvesters work in the Majdel Akkar Cooperation supported by the United Nations Development Programme in Lebanon.
Sudan
Until recently, farmers in northeast Sudan used to rely solely on rainfall for their subsistence crops, despite fertile land and groundwater close to the surface.
Lebanon
Zawtar Al Charkieh, the southern village, highly relying on agriculture as a source of income, was severely affected by the July 2006 war that caused immediate damages to 90% of agricultural fields including lands contaminated by cluster bombs.
Tunisia
Azza Badra was one of thousands of women in Tunisia who competed for a seat in yesterday’s national elections, the first since the country’s dramatic pro-democracy shift in January this year and since its independence in 1956.
Iraq
Nearly 300 participants marked the launch of the United Nations Global Compact Iraq Local Network in Baghdad lead by the United Nations Development Programme together with the Secretariat of the Iraqi Council of Ministers.
Sudan
Somalia
Income brings hope to Somali families facing famine
Some 18,000 people in 3,000 households currently benefit from the catchment project, set up by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), particularly female heads of households, young people, those forced from their homes, disabled and other marginalized people.
Tunisia
The women of the Diem Arab Centre in downtown Port Sudan have traditionally suffered from absence of viable economic options and welcome income-generating opportunities to earn money for their families. The members greatly appreciated the eight bakery ovens and eight sewing machines received from UNDP in late 2010 that have provided a new lease on life to the women’s centre.
Somalia
Thousands of people in Mogadishu are enjoying a better quality of life thanks to a newly-renovated health clinic and a skills training program that were supported by the UNDP’s Employment Generation for Early Recovery (EGER) Programme.
Lebanon
Despite significant reduction of mine victims in South of Lebanon, recently affected areas are still in need of mine risk education and socio economic projects to rehabilitate mine affected areas and assist mine victims.
Lebanon
Teachers and students at 25 public schools in South Lebanon are to benefit from a constant supply of electricity to their offices and classrooms following installation of solar panels that provide an alternative to expensive and polluting diesel generators.
Sudan
More than 10,000 people in the South Kordofan state of Sudan now have improved access to clean water, following completion of a reservoir through an initiative managed by the United Nations Development Programme.
Lebanon
The Cooperative for Olive Farmers in Hasbaya, South Lebanon has achieved a unique specialty in transforming the residue of olives into livestock feed at their site. For the process, they employ the equipment and machinery offered by the United Nations Development Programme in Lebanon.
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In the Spotlight
Abu Dhabi - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched the "Human Development Report" today in Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), in cooperation with the Emirates Centre for Strategic Studies and Research, the Department of Economic Development in Abu Dhabi and Dubai Competitiveness Council.
The event was attended by senior state officials, members of the diplomatic corps, economists and local and international media representatives.
Rebeca Grynspan, Associate Administrator of the UNDP said it is a great opportunity to launch the report in Abu Dhabi for the second consecutive year because of the high place UAE achieved in the report as it is the first among Arab countries. She added that the report looks at various challenges facing development in the world specially how to meet the basic needs of the peoples.
His Excellency Mohammed Omar Abdullah, the Undersecretary of Department of Economic Development, Abu-Dhabi, said that this year's report asserts the close link between sustainability and social fairness and clarifies that human development can not be realized without realizing the principle of sustainability; based on fairness and empowerment. The report takes all sides accountable jointly towards deprived categories all over the world, either now or in the future.
Norway, Australia, Netherlands, USA, New Zealand, Canada, Ireland, Leistenchtien, Germany and Sweden came in the first ten places in the index of human development world report 2011. UAE came in the thirtieth place among 187 countries.
The report comes at a time when the world leaders are preparing for meeting in Rio De Janeiro to discuss on sustainability and equity as elements of world development.
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