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In an age of increasing globalisation, when more and more people are on the move, refugees are not unique because they are away from home. What sets them apart is that they cannot return there. More
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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
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
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
UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime): Outreach and Communication Programme for the United Nations Convention against Corruption
Partnership Story
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...
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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...
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Strengthening corporate integrity efforts
UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime): Strengthening corporate integrity and cooperation efforts
Partnership Story
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...
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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
Partnership Story
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...
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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...
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Lend food science expertise to tackle malnutrition
WFP aims not only to fill empty stomachs, but also to provide the hungry poor with the right food at the right time. Investing in good nutrition during the first 1,000 days of life builds the brains and bodies of the next generation and is a "best buy" of cost-effective interventions in tough... More
Support WFP's life-saving humanitarian logistics capacity
Logistics is at the core of WFP operations. Whether by land, sea or air, WFP travels to the most remote places in the world to bring food to those most in need. Additionally, as the recognised and respected leader of humanitarian logistics, we are involved in all global crises, taking the lead in... More