News and Events
6 December 2007
The UNCP Action Plan operationalizes the UN Country Programme (2008-2012) ‘Partnership for Nation Building’ that was signed mid-2007 as one of the world’s first Joint UN Country Programmes, and is a milestone in the enhancement and strengthening of the partnership between the UN System and the Government of Papua New Guinea....more>>
21 May 2007
Television viewers across Papua New Guinea are getting a chance to
see first-hand what it is like to live with HIV, thanks to a UNDP-supported
video initiative...more>>
10 May 2007
In less than two months Papua New Guineans will go to the polls to
elect their new national leaders. Parliamentarians will be elected to
replace the current ones who have been in office since 2002. At the
close of nominations on 10 May, some 3000 candidates..
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19 January 2007
The recent partnership entered into between the United Nations system
in Papua New Guinea and the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) will
help to achieve the goal of utilizing football as a development tool
for the youth in the region, Reynald Temarii, Senior Vice-President
of FIFA, the International Football Federation, has said.. more>>
Press Releases
26 April 2007
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in collaboration with
AusAID and the United Nations Fund for Women (UNIFEM) is organizing
a three-day workshop for women candidates in the 2007 national elections
in Papua New Guinea. The workshop will take place in Port Moresby from
28 – 30 April 2007..more>>
03 April
2007
Technical assistance and other support should be provided to countries
in the Pacific region to enable them to carry out the steps necessary
for ratification of the nine core international human rights treaties..more>>
10 November 2006
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today released this
year's edition of its flagship publication, the Human Development Report.
The global launch of the report, the Human Development Report 2006:
Beyond scarcity: Power, poverty and the global water crisis (HDR2006),
took place in Cape Town , South Africa . The Papua New Guinea launch
will take place in Port Moresby on Friday, 10 November 2006 ..more>>
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