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Samoa National HDR 2006
Human Development Report 2007/2008
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2008 Australia helps Tackle the Impact of Climate Change
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 Australia will provide ST$800,000 over the next two years to support community activities in Samoa to address the impacts of climate change. More than ST$4 million has been allocated to support community adaptation activities in Samoa, Fiji, Vanuatu, Tonga and the Solomon Islands. Through AusAID’s regional Vulnerability and Adaption Initiative...
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Climate change threatens major development reversals
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From far right: Reverend Lotu Uele, Ms. Naheed Haque UNDP Resident Representative, Vaanofo Mr. Vaeolenofoafia Tapasu Leung Wai Associate Minister for Foreign Affairs & Trade, His Excellency Matt Anderson, Australian High Commissioner,His Excellency Mr Longzhuang Shi Ambassador of the People's Republic of China,Afioga Aiono Mose Sua Chief Executive Officer Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade
Government of Samoa at the launching of the Human Development Report. click here for a photo slide show taken by Thomas Jensen Associate Programme Specialist REP-POR
As governments work together in Bali, Indonesia to discuss the future of the Kyoto Protocol, the United Nations Development Programme’s Human Development Report has warned that the world should focus on the development impact of climate change that could bring unprecedented reversals in poverty reduction, nutrition, health and education.
The report, Fighting climate change: Human solidarity in a divided world, provides a stark account of the threat posed by global warming. It states that the world is drifting towards a ‘tipping point’ that could lock the world’s poorest countries and their poorest citizens in a downward spiral, leaving hundreds of millions facing malnutrition, water scarcity, ecological threats, and a loss of livelihoods. click here for press release
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UN Expands Its Operations in the Pacific UNDP RBAP Pacific Cluster Meeting, 30-31 October 2007
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Mr Hafiz Pasha, Assistant Secretary-General, UNDP Assistant Administrator and Director of UNDP Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific travelled to Samoa for the Annual UNDP RBAP Pacific Cluster Meeting, which was held from the 30th – 31st October. While in Samoa, Mr Pasha met with the Prime Minister of Samoa, the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Environment, to discuss issues of Samoa’s development. He also met members of the diplomatic corp.
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Last updated Friday, February 22, 2008
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Millennium Development Goals
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The achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) provides the overall contextual framework for UNDP Samoa’s multi-country programme for the Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa and Tokelau.More....
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