A wilderness
of water

Overfishing, acidification and pollution threaten life below water.
How do we protect the lives that protect us?

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Wetlands give life

Wetlands are the jewels in Uganda's ecosytem and preserving them is vital to the country's future.

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Why aren't fish coming back?

Renown author Mark Kurlansky reflects on why, despite regulation, fish populations continue to decline.

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Adopting a cedar tree brings diaspora money home

A new initiative preserves Lebanon's ancient cedar forests using 21st century technology.
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Administrator's corner

Executive Board 2019

The Executive Board of UNDP, UNFPA & UNOPS began its First Regular Session of 2019 with an address by Administrator, Achim Steiner.
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Equator Prize call for nominations

Worldwide outreach begins to identify exceptional local solutions for climate, people, and planet.
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The future of multilateralism

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development has paved the way for a new type of multilateralism.
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People-powered climate adaption

Warmer temperatures in Nepal pose potentially deadly threats to thousands of people.
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AI for the Sustainable Development Goals

Artificial Intelligence is sometimes portrayed in apocalyptic terms as robots stealing our jobs, or even our lives. But what about its uses for good?
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UNDP Strategic Plan, 2018-2021

The Strategic Plan sets out a vision for the evolution of UNDP over the next four years

Our mission

On the ground in about 170 countries and territories, UNDP works to eradicate poverty while protecting the planet. We help countries develop strong policies, skills, partnerships and institutions so they can sustain their progress.

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Our impact

3M

jobs created (41% for women) in
101 countries

170M

new voters registered in 52 countries

1,388

disaster risk reduction plans put in place in 62 countries

(2014-2017)

 

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UNDP is committed to ending poverty once and for all. That’s why we work to get to the root causes of poverty and create lasting change. The good news is we have a plan. But we need your help to get the job done.

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It is our collective and individual responsibility to preserve and tend to the environment in which we all live. Dalai Lama

UNDP Around the world

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Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Argentina Armenia Azerbaijan

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Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Burkina Faso Burundi

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Cambodia Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo (Dem. Republic of) Congo (Republic of) Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus

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Democratic People's Republic of Korea Djibouti Dominican Republic

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Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia

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Gabon Gambia Georgia Ghana Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana

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Haiti Honduras

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India Indonesia Iran Iraq (Republic of)

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Jamaica Jordan

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Kazakhstan Kenya Kosovo (as per UNSCR 1244) Kuwait Kyrgyzstan

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Lao PDR Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya

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Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Mauritania Mauritius & Seychelles Mexico Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar

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Namibia Nepal Nicaragua Niger Nigeria

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Pacific Office Pakistan Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People

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Russian Federation Rwanda

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Samoa (Multi-country Office) São Tomé and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Syria

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Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Timor-Leste Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan

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Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates Uruguay Uzbekistan

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Venezuela Viet Nam

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Yemen

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Zambia Zimbabwe

Regional presence

Africa Arab States Asia and the Pacific Europe and Central Asia Latin America and the Caribbean

Representation offices

Denmark European Union Finland Geneva Norway Sweden Tokyo Washington D.C.

Global policy centres

Istanbul Nairobi Oslo Rio de Janeiro Seoul Singapore