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Women’s Empowerment Principles: Equality Means Business – UN Women and UN Global Compact

Mission: The Women's Empowerment Principles are a set of seven principles offering practical guidance to business on how to empower women in the workplace, marketplace and community. A joint initiative of UNIFEM and the UN Global Compact, the Principles are informed by real-life business practices... More

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UNMISS Japanese Engineering Contingent ‘lending their legs’ in preparation for the International Day for Mine Awareness on 4 April. The ‘Lend Your Leg’ campaign raises mine awareness by asking individuals to roll up their pant legs on the Day in solidarit

Advocacy Project: Campaign Website

UNMAS is calling for proposals for the development of a online and offline campaign to increase donations to the United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund. An online donation gateway has been set up in collaboration with the UN Foundation (Donate @ www.UNMAS.org). The purpose of both the online and... More

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UNFPA Kenya is seeking corporate partnerships to advance Maternal & Newborn Health (MNH) in Kenya

In Kenya every 2 hours a woman dies while giving birth and every 20 minutes a mother loses her new-born child. Maternal Mortality in Kenya remains stubbornly high at 488 (100,000 live births (KDHS 2009) and the decrease of Maternal Mortality Ration has been stagnating over the last decennia. More... More

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UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime): Outreach and Communication Programme for the United Nations Convention against Corruption

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The United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), with 162 States parties (as of 15 October 2012), is the only global legally binding instrument to prevent and fight corruption. Although the Convention is a legal instrument for States, many of its principles are also... More

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UNODC and Microsoft

UNODC and Microsoft – Tools and Resources for Anti-Corruption Knowledge (TRACK)
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The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has developed a Legal Library http://www.track.unodc.org to serve as an electronic repository of laws, regulations, administrative practices and cases related... More

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Strengthening corporate integrity efforts

UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime): Strengthening corporate integrity and cooperation efforts
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Corruption is a crime with significant impact on governments and businesses around the world. Despite the potential negative impacts of corruption on companies’ bottom line... More

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The 6 Ps: Public-Private Partnership for Probity in Public Procurement

UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime): The 6 Ps: Public-Private Partnership for Probity in Public Procurement
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Public procurement of goods and services is widely recognized as one of the areas most vulnerable to corruption. At the same time, this is also an area in... More

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Making Cities Resilient Campaign

Making Cities Resilient-Campaign: "My city is getting ready!"

Cities and local governments need to get ready, reduce the risks and become resilient to disasters. For the next two years and beyond, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) will campaign together with its partners for this to happen.
The World Disaster Reduction Campaign... More

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Give children a chance at a better future through school meals

Among the poor, there is often not enough food at home, and parents often keep children at home to work or care for siblings. School meals are a good way to channel vital nourishment to poor children and also act as a safety net for poor families. The promise of at least one nutritious meal each... More

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World Hunger Relief week raises funds for WFP throughout restaurants owned by the Yum! Brands family.

Help us spread the word about global hunger!

Almost one billion people do not know where they will find their next meal. And almost a third of all deaths in children under the age of five in developing countries are linked to undernutrition.
We know that hunger is the world's greatest solvable problem, but we need to spread this knowledge to... More