Category: Education

By Derrick Sinjela LOCAL Government Association of Zambia (LGAZ) President  Christopher Pikiti Kang’ombe petitioned President Edgar Chagwa Lungu to facilitate a six-point changes meant to improve service provision throughout Zambia’s 110 districts of the ten provinces namely, Central, Copperbelt, Eastern, Luapula, Lusaka, Muchinga, Northern, Northwestern, Southern and Western.  First,  during a Friday 12th january 2017 interfacewith  President Lungu at State House in Lusaka, Kitwe Mayor, Mr. Kang’ombe and his peers want ‘Councils’ to be allowed to collect motor vehicle licence fees, Toll fees and sale of electricity in line with Article 147 of the Republican Constitution.   Secondly, Councilors propose that the K2 Cement...

On 8 December 2017, SDG Advocate Professor Jeffrey Sachs gave opening remarks at the event, ‘Sustaining Peace: Partnerships for Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding’. This event was hosted by the President of the 72nd General Assembly (PGA) of the United Nations, the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), the UN Global Compact, the United Nations Foundation, the New York University Center on International Cooperation, and the Quaker United Nations Office. Professor Sachs spoke of the timely issue of sustaining peace and how SDG 16 is one of the utmost priorities for not only governments, but civil society, academia, and the private sector. Sachs...

By Dan Shepard and Sharon Birch United Nations calls for nominations for the 2018 Public Service Awards  New York, 19 December –  To recognize innovation and excellence in public service that supports the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the United Nations is calling for nominations for the 2018 UN Public Service Awards. Established in 2003, the UN Public Service Awards are a prestigious international programme that recognizes exceptional public service innovation. Since 2003, the UN has received over 3000 nominations from around the globe in such areas as health, education, accountability, and gender equality. “Public service is a...

By Via UN News Centre  SAFE MIGRATION , conflict prevention, sustainable development and United Nations reform will be the priorities of the 72nd UN General Assembly over the coming year, the 193-member body’s President, Miroslav Lajčák, said on Wednesday. “We will continue our work on the Global Compact for safe, orderly and regular migration,” Mr. Lajčák told a press conference at UN Headquarters, welcoming constructive debates and a positive atmosphere during the consultation and preparatory phases on the initiative. “The next steps will be the intergovernmental negotiations, which will start in February with the aim of concluding them before July,” he explained, noting that...