Speech on Special Event on Convention on Cluster Munitions Advance Mission for the First Meeting of States Parties (1MSP) to the CCM by UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative Ms Sonam Yangchen Rana English

Round Table Meeting 2009 Opening remarks by Sonam Yangchen Rana, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative

Round Table Meeting 2009 Clossinging remarks by Sonam Yangchen Rana, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative

28 April 2009 - On the occasion of the ILO’s 90th anniversary
Donchanh Palace Hotel, Vientiane

Opening Remarks
Mr. Wang Jiyuan, Deputy Director for ILO Subregional Office for East Asia

Vientiane - The Government and two United Nations agencies today unveiled advances in statistics and data management intended to bolster Lao PDR’s progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

The first is an upgraded database that organizes and consolidates data on national social-economic indicators, and makes it readily available for planning, monitoring and advocacy purposes.
The new database (based on an earlier version developed by the Department of Statistics,Ministry of Planning and Investment with support from UNFPA and UNICEF) is known as LaoInfo version 5.0. It contains over 500 indicators from a variety of data sources, including the 2nd MDG Progress Report, 2005 Census, Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey and the Lao Reproductive Health Survey.

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UNICEF Representative Ms Laila Ismail-Khan at the launch of the LaoInfo V5 and MICS3 Final Report, on behalf of UNFPA and UNICEF
Lane Xang Hotel, Vientiane 24 Apr 2009.

11 April 2009 - UN House Inauguration and Millennium Development Goal Progress Report Launch
UN House, Vientiane

Opening Remarks: English, Lao
H.E Dr. Thongloun SISOULITH, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Lao PDR

Introductory Remarks: English, Lao
Sonam Yangchen Rana, Resident Coordinator of the United Nations Development Activities In the Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Keynote Address: English, Lao
Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations

7 April 2009 - International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
Vientiane

Speech
Karin Manente, UN Resident Coordinator a.i.

30 March 2009 - Workshop on MDGs Costing
Vientiane

Opening Remarks (PDF)
Laila Ismail Khan, UNICEF Representative,
speaking on behalf of the UN Country Team

5 February 2009 - International Law Project - Phase II Annual & Terminal Review Meeting
Don Chan Palace Hotel, Vientiane

Opening Remarks
Sonam Yangchen Rana, UNDP Resident Representative

16 December 2008 - GPAR Annual Review Meeting
Don Chan Palace Hotel, Vientiane

Opening Remarks (PDF)
Sonam Yangchen Rana, UNDP Resident Representative

9 December 2008 - Commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights
National Cultural Hall, Vientiane

Opening Remarks
Sonam Yangchen Rana, UN Resident Coordinator