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In 2006, the Maoist rebels and Nepalese government signed an historic peace agreement 5 May 2009 – All parties in Nepal must work urgently to rebuild trust and achieve consensus, the top United Nations official in the country said today, warning that the crisis sparked by the Prime Minister’s resignation threatens the gains made so far in the peace process.
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09.06.09 Because Everyone Counts
Kathmandu, May 30 2009 - With all the challenges facing the world today, how can you make a difference? UNFPA invites you to join in a series of on-line dialogues called “Conversations for a Better World.” These conversations share a central theme: we cannot achieve a sustainable future unless we pay more attention to very basic issues, such as population, equality and health.
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Kathmandu, 30 May 2009: UN HABITAT and Indus Resource Centre (IRC), Pakistan jointly organized training on water, environmental sanitation and hygiene education in Kathmandu, Nepal from 19-26 April 2009 with the view to produce Master Trainers on water, sanitation and hygiene related issues. At the programme, altogether 20 officials from Government, Education Department, Schools and IRC in Pakistan were trained on various aspects of subject matters.
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Practical Action Nepal (PAN), Environment and Public Health Organization (ENPHO) and Municipal Association of Nepal (MuAN) is going to initiate different water and sanitation related activities under "Strengthening Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Treasuring Health" programme in Bharatpur and Ratnanagar Municipality with support of UN HABITAT Water for Asian Cities Programme Nepal and European Union (EU) to improve water supply and sanitation situation in these areas. The same project will also implement its activities for four years in other five municipalities and three peri urban areas in addition to these two municipalities. -
KATHMANDU, 27 May 2009 – Winter drought has led to a severe drop in crop production in Nepal, placing more than two million people at high risk of food insecurity, according to a joint assessment released this week by the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (MoAC), the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the UN World Food Programme (WFP).
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Over the past six decades, United Nations peacekeeping has evolved into one of the main tools used by the international community to manage complex crises that threaten international peace and security. Today, more than 110,000 men and women serve as peacekeepers – military, police and civilian – in 16 peacekeeping operations around the world, from the arid lands of Darfur, to the mountains of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the shores of Haiti. The number of countries that now contribute police and military personnel has reached 120, an all time high. This participation not only bolsters the strength of UN operations; it is also a clear demonstration of widespread respect for, dependence on and confidence in United Nations peacekeeping. http://www.un.org/en/events/peacekeepersday/2009/
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New York, May 26 2009 9:10AM: The United Nations has deplored the church bombing in Kathmandu Valley over the weekend which killed two people and wounded eight others, and welcomed steps by Nepalese authorities to investigate the attack.
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