Category: Sustainable Development

12 August 2016 UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund in Zambia joins the Government and people of Zambia and all partners in commemorating the 2016 International Youth Day. In Zambia, today’s record 4.8 million young people aged 15-35 [36.7% of Zambia’s population] – the largest population of young people in its history – present an enormous opportunity to transform our future.  With targeted investments, Zambia’s youth have the potential to be the innovators, creators, builders and leaders of sustainable development. Strategic collaborations in the country continue to identify, advocate for and monitor such investments to ensure every young person’s potential...

  FRIDAY, 11th AUGUST, 2017 HON. CHITALU CHILUFYA, ACTING MINISTER OF HOUSING AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT; CABINET MINISTERS PRESENT; HON. BRIAN MUNDUBILE, THE PROVINCIAL MINISTER FOR NORTHERN PROVINCE; HON. CHRISTOPHER YALUMA, MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR MALOLE CONSTITUENCY AND OTHER MPs PRESENT; YOUR ROYAL HIGHNESS MWINELUBEMBA KANYANTA MANGA SOSALA II, PARAMOUNT CHIEF CHITIMUKULU; YOUR ROYAL HIGHNESSES CHIEF MAKASA AND CHIEF CHIMBOLA; MEMBERS OF THE PRESS; DISTINGUISHED GUESTS; LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: FROM THE ONSET, I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE WITH SINCERE GRATITUDE, THE WARM RECEPTION THE PEOPLE OF NORTHERN PROVINCE HAVE ACCORDED ME SINCE OUR ARRIVAL YESTERDAY. I AM GRATEFUL TO YOU THE...

  Joint Energy and Environments Projects (JEEP) and Conservation and Development Uganda Limited (CODE) will each be awarded a grant of $100,000 to expand their renewable energy enterprises to reach women beneficiaries KAMPALA, Uganda, August 23, 2017/ — The U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF), in collaboration with partners Power Africa and GE (www.GE.com), is proud to announce the winners of the 2017 Women in Energy Challenge in Uganda, where only 20% of the population is connected to electricity. Joint Energy and Environments Projects (JEEP) and Conservation and Development Uganda Limited (CODE) will each be awarded a grant of $100,000 to...

The United Nations labour agency has launched a high-level international body that will chart the course towards a future of decent and sustainable work opportunities for all, and to tackle the challenges of delivering social justice in today’s rapidly transforming world of work. “It is fundamentally important that we confront these challenges from the conviction that the future of work is not decided for us in advance,” said Guy Ryder, Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO) at the launch of the Global Commission on the Future of Work. According to ILO, the global body is expected to undertake an in-depth examination of the...

By Via UN News Centre Civilians in conflict are not a target, top United Nations officials today stressed at a special event marking World Humanitarian Day, which honours aid workers and pays homage to those killed in service, while also drawing attention to the millions of people today living in war zones.“For the millions of people caught in conflict, struggling to find food, water, and safe shelter; who have been driven from their homes with little hope of return; whose schools have been bombed; and who await life-saving medical care – we cannot afford to fail,” Secretary-General António Guterres said, urging each person...