Category: Sustainable Development

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...

  By Derrick Sinjela and Favourite Kalando MINISTRY of Health (MoH) Permanent Secretary (PS) for Administration Kennedy Malama has commended the Geoffrey Musonda led Rural Electrification Authority (REA) for increasing access to electricity in rural Zambia. Dr. Malama is delighted that as a government institution, REA is progressively targeting rural people   by linking rustic areas to Zambia’s electricity grid which for years has limited access to line of rail communities. In an interview in Lusaka, Dr. Malama acknowledged the imperative need for cross-sectoral interventions that facilitate smooth implementation of the 2017-2021 Seventh National Development Plan launched at Mulungushi International Conference...

 By Ashton Kelly Bunda COMMUNITY Development and Social Services Minister Emerine Kabanshi sees light at the end of the Zambian poverty tunnel once a parliamentary draft social protection bill is tabled and assented to by President Edgar Chagwa Lungu. Kabanshi says he Social Protection Act (SPA) will enhance stakeholder coordination and lift the majority of vulnerable people. Launching the 2017 National Social Protection Week at the New Government Complex in Lusaka, Kabanshi says the vicious poverty cycle will go and people can lead decent livelihood with dignity, once the Social Protection Act is actualised. “Enactment of Social Protection Act will...