Development

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S ADVISORY BOARD SEEKS WAYS TO MEET

UN DEVELOPMENT GOALS ON WATER, SANITATION

New York, 22 July 2004 -- A group of high-level experts appointed by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan will come together for the first time today and tomorrow, to consider ways to mobilize political support and financial resources to ensure that the world stays on track to meet the development targets on water and sanitation.

UNRWA, UNDP, PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY SIGN LAND AGREEMENT TO REBUILD HOMES IN RAFAH

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RAMALLAH, 12 July (UNRWA) -- The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Palestinian Authority today signed a land agreement that will allow the United Nations agencies to build replacement homes in Rafah in the Gaza Strip.

UN OFFICIAL CALLS FOR ACTION TO REINFORCE PROGRESS IN POOREST NATIONS

NEW YORK, 16 June (UN Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries -- There is both opportunity and urgency to address the needs of the least developed countries, the United Nations High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Anwarul Chowdhury, said today.

united nations official calls for action to reinforce progress in poorest nations

NEW YORK, 11 June -- There is both opportunity and urgency to address the needs of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), the United Nations’s High Representative for the those nations, Anwarul Chowdhury, said today.

GROUP OF 77 MARKS FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY WITH SPECIAL

MINISTERIAL MEETING, 11 - 12 JUNE IN BRAZIL

MAJORITY OF WORLD’S COUPLES OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE USING CONTRACEPTION

CHILE BIOTECHNOLOGY FORUM CONCLUDES

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GLOBAL BIOTECHNOLOGY FORUM OPENS IN CHILE

CONCEPCIÓN (CHILE), 2 March (UNID0) -- The first Global Biotechnology Forum opened today with more than 1200 participants drawn from governments, the scientific community, industry, development agencies, media and the general public, from both the developing world and industrialized nations. Among them, prominent scientists and experts.

AT LAUNCH OF INTERACADEMY COUNCIL REPORT, SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES NEED

TO MOBILIZE BEST SCIENTIFIC MINDS IN SERVICE OF WORLD’S PEOPLES

Document Proposes New Initiatives

To Strengthen National Scientific Capabilities Worldwide

POOR MORE SUBJECT TO COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

More Action, Resources Needed for Asia to Reach Development Goals

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MANILA, 4 February (UN Information Service) -- While considerable progress has been made to reach the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), there are still 766 million people in the region who live below one dollar a day.