06.08.08
UN fact-finding mission to visit the flooded regions in Western Ukraine
6 August 2008. Kyiv - Today the UN fact-finding mission led by Francis O’DONNELL, UN Resident Coordinator in Ukraine, has left Kyiv for Ivano-Frankivsk. On 7-8 August 2008 the UN team including Jeremy HARTLEY, UNICEF Representative in Ukraine, and experts of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) will assess the current humanitarian situation and medium and long-term recovery needs.
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01.08.08
9 August – International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
9 August 2008. New-York
– Kyiv – Today International Day of the World’s Indigenous
People is observed. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addressed world community
on the occasion of this intenational day and urged them to protcect and promote
rights of indigenous people and their languages.
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23.07.08
UNDP together with municipal authorities opens a new boiler plant for Rivne Humanitarian Gymnasia
23 July
2008. Rivne, Ukraine - UNDP Resident Representatives a.i. Ms. Joanna Kazana-Wisniowiecka together with the representatives of Rivne municipality participated in the Opening ceremony of Boiler plant for Rivne Humanitarian Gymnasia, constructed under financial support of UNDP within the full-scale
energy efficiency project, which is being implemented
in Rivne since 2003.
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16.07.08
UN invites applications for Judges
 16 July, 2008. The United Nations is in the process of establishing a new internal system for the administration of justice to resolve employment-related disputes in cases, for example, of discrimination, harassment, abuse of authority and retaliation for reporting misconduct. The applications for judges to be received by 21 July 2008.
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10.07.08
11 July - World Population Day
 11 July 2008. New-York – Kyiv - Since 1989 the World Population Day is observed annually on the 11th of July worldwide. Today UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addressed the world leaders and called them to intensify efforts in reducing maternal mortality and improving the health and quality of life for all people.
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09.07.08
UN Global Compact Network in Ukraine conducted a Clean Up weekend at the Trukhaniv Island in Kyiv
6 July, 2008. Kyiv, Ukraine - On Sunday, 6 July the UN in Ukraine and the UN Global
Compact Network in Ukraine initiated and conducted the first practical
corporate event within the framework of the National Go Green Campaign
– Clean Up Dnipro Day at the Trukhaniv Island in Kyiv. The event
gathered over 60 participants, who came to clean up the recreational
zone of Matveevska Zatoka from the garbage, in spite of the rain and
bad weather conditions.
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09.07.08
Social enterprises crucial for reducing poverty
9 July 2008, Barcelona - Kyiv – Social enterprises play an important role in easing hardships
for some of the poorest people in Ukraine, but their potential to boost economic
growth remains largely untapped – according to a new report released today by
the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the EMES European Research
Network.
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03.07.08
United Nations in Ukraine launches the National GO GREEN Campaign on climate change supported by Ukrainian business leaders
3 July, 2008. Kyiv, Ukraine. The National Go Green Campaign initiated by the United Nations Office in Ukraine under the auspices of Global Compact Network was launched today in Kyiv at the central National Botanic garden. The Campaign being voluntary initiative aims to reinforce the role of the environmental protection within the context of the country’s economic and social development. The event brought together more than 60 participants, including the senior management of the leading Ukrainian and multinational companies, civil society leaders and media.
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01.07.08
New report unveils business strategies for engaging the poor
1 July 2008, New York — Creating Value for All: Strategies
for Doing Business with the Poor, a new and groundbreaking
report released today by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) offers
strategies and tools for companies to expand beyond traditional business
practices and bring in the world’s poor as partners in growth and wealth
creation. Part of UNDP’s Growing Inclusive Market’s initiative, the report
draws on extensive case studies and demonstrates the effectiveness—both for
human progress and for wealth creation—of more inclusive business models.
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26.06.08
Progress in drug control is under threat, warns new UN drug agency report
26 June 2008, Vienna – The World Drug Report 2008, launched today by the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Antonio Maria Costa, shows that the recent stabilization in the world drugs market is under threat. A surge in opium and coca cultivation and the risk of higher drug use in developing countries threaten to undermine recent progress in drug control.
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