Development
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‘Superwoman’ Lilly Singh appointed as UNICEF’s youngest goodwill ambassador
Jul 16, 2017News Hour: UNICEF on July 15 appointed Indian-origin Canadian YouTube star Lilly Singh as its newest and youngest Global Goodwill Ambassador at a special event here. Lilly was in the capital to support UNICEF’s Youth4Change initiative,... -
Ukraine adopts new migration strategy developed with UN migration agency
Jul 15, 2017News Hour: The Government of Ukraine adopted a new State Migration Strategy Wednesday (12 July), which will inform national migration policy for the next eight years. The new document was developed to replace Ukraine’s 2011 State... -
James Cromwell headed to jail time for peaceful anti-fracking protest
Jul 15, 2017News Hour: Oscar-nominated actor James Cromwell is reporting to jail at 4 p.m. yesterday in upstate New York after he was sentenced to a week behind bars for taking part in a nonviolent protest against a... -
UNESCO and World Bank collaborate on Culture, Urban Development, and Resilience
Jul 15, 2017News Hour: Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, and Sameh Wahba, Director of the Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience Global Practice of the World Bank, signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at UNESCO Headquarters to reinvigorate... -
Mainstreaming human mobility in construction of foreign policy agenda in Ecuador
Jul 14, 2017News Hour: IOM, the UN Migration Agency, was invited by Ecuador’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility to participate in the first working session on the Foreign Policy Agenda of Ecuador 2017-2021, which focused on... -
Agreement to extend the Brazilian visa application center in Haiti
Jul 14, 2017News Hour: An agreement has done between Brazil & IOM Haiti to extend Humanitarian Visa Application Centers for more visa assistance for Haiti people who want a visa for Humanitarian need. The Brazil Visa Application Centre... -
GMS agriculture working group finalizing strategy on agro-based value chains
Jul 13, 2017News Hour: A senior level working group meeting is finalizing a 5-year strategy for promoting safe and environment-friendly agro-based value chains (2018-2022) for the Greater Mekong subregion (GMS). The 14th Annual Meeting of the Working Group... -
UK sends emergency aid to people in Mosul to rebuild their homes
Jul 13, 2017News Hour: Britain is sending lifesaving aid to help the people of Mosul rebuild their homes, their city and their lives, International Development Secretary Priti Patel announced today. This follows the declaration of Mosul’s liberation after... -
UN Migration agency releases recommendations to EU council president Estonia
Jul 13, 2017News Hour: Human rights, social cohesion and international cooperation are the focus of recommendations that IOM, the UN Migration Agency, made to the Estonian Government. Estonia has now taken the helm of the Presidency of the... -
Promethean Power Systems partners with USAID-backed program to help Bangladeshi dairy farmers
Jul 13, 2017News Hour: Promethean Power Systems announced today that it has been chosen as a partner for Feed the Future Partnering for Innovation, a prestigious program funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). This...