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13/02/2009 - Manila - ADB Water Project to Ease the Strain on Women in Lao PDR
Women who spend up to two hours a day on the backbreaking task of water collection and storage will be key beneficiaries of a new water supply and sanitation project in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) Board of Directors approved a $23 million grant from its Asian Development Fund for the Small Towns Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project.
Read more (ADB main site)
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13/02/2009 - New York - UNODC Report on Human Trafficking Exposes Modern Form of Slavery
 A Global Report on Trafficking in Persons launched today by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) provides new information on a crime that shames us all.
Based on data gathered from 155 countries, it offers the first global assessment of the scope of human trafficking and what is being done to fight it. It includes: an overview of trafficking patterns; legal steps taken in response; and country-specific information on reported cases of trafficking in persons, victims, and prosecutions.
Read more (UNODC main site).
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05/02/2009 - Vientiane - UNDP: H.E. Mr. Phongsavath Boupha, Vice Minister Ministry of Foreign Affairs, together with Ms. Sonam Yangchen Rana, UN Resident Coordinator / UNDP Resident Representative, signed a Project Document for the International Law Project Phase III. The International Law Project is an initiative that started in 2002 in partnership between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and UNDP. Its main objective is the enhancement of the active participation and engagement of the Lao PDR in the international legal process, and to be responsive to the needs of the Lao PDR in international law.
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20/01/2009 - Vientiane - UNDP:The joint UNDP-UNEP Poverty Environment Initiative (PEI) facilitated a participatory assessment of the complex inter-linkages between poverty, environment and natural resources in Savannakhet and Saravan provinces on 15 and 16 January 2009.
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15/01/2009 - Vientiane - FAO: New Agricultural Census To Boost Development Efforts
Government officials and donors gathered today in Vientiane to discuss the Agricultural Census, which will be central to provide basic information for decision-making on natural resources and agriculture, agreed senior delegates from the Ministries of Agriculture and Forestry and Planning and Investment.
Read the press release: part 1, part 2
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07/01/2009 - Vientiane - FAO: USD 40,000 Worth Of Equipment Donated To MAF For Continued Avian Influenza Work
Over $US40,000 worth of information technology and motorbikes were officially donated today to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) from Japan and Germany, by projects managed by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
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07/01/2009 - Vientiane - FAO: Putting Nutrition At The Centre Of Development
The significance of the launch of the Lao National Nutrition Policy
Despite more than 10 years of robust economic growth in Lao PDR, the situation remains unchanged for the 40 percent of children under five years that continue to be affected by chronic malnutrition, denying them the right to reach their full mental and physical potential. Many also suffer from high levels of micronutrient deficiencies.
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05/01/2009 - New York: In "The Responsibility to Deliver", Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon reflects on the events of 2008, the challenges facing the United Nations in 2009 and the necessity for progress and delivery of goals in the year to come.
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30/12/2008 - Vientiane - FAO: Student Has Taste For Good Nutrition
Mr Lee Yay Sayaxang, a 27 year old student in his final year at the Faculty of Agriculture at the National University of Laos, beat over 260 other entrants to win the FAO Nutrition Quiz, receiving a 150,000 kip prize.
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10/12/2008 - Vientiane - WFP German contribution will help WFP assist flood-affected communities in Laos
The United Nations World Food Programme in Lao PDR has received a generous contribution of Euro 250,000 from the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development.
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05/12/2008 - Vientiane - UNV: To celebrate International Volunteer Day in the Lao PDR, UNV, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Health Organisation (WHO), in association with the Lao Red Cross National Blood Transfusion Centre, hosted their second ‘Blood Donation Day’ in the UNDP building.
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25/11/2008 - Vientiane: Signing ceremony for Joint United Nations Programme: Support to an Effective National Assembly (SELNA)
On Monday 24 November Ms. Sonam Yangchen Rana, the UN Resident Coordinator & UNDP Resident Representative welcomed H.E. Mr. Soulivong Daravong, Minister of Planning and Investment, Madame Pany Yathotou Vice-President of the National Assembly, Dr. Ajay Chhibber, UN Assistant Secretary-General, UNDP Assistant Administrator and Director of the Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific and other distinguished guests to the signing ceremony in the UN House, Vientiane, for the Joint Programme in support of the National Assembly.
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Read the programme document and overview.
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24/10/2008 - Vientiane: Celebrating UN Day in the Lao PDR.
On the 63rd anniversary of the United Nations, the UN Country Team and the Government of the Lao PDR celebrated their cooperation and the development achievements within the country.
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23/10/2008 - Vientiane: Lao Students stage "Cluster Munitions" debate.
As part of the commemorations of UN Day, and in order to promote understanding of the United Nations System and its relationship with the Lao PDR among young people, the Lao Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the United Nations Office of the Resident Coordinator today held a United Nations Security Council Simulation on the subject of cluster munitions.
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