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BOTSWANA-GABORONE-2ND ANNUAL BOTSWANA ESG AND SUSTAINABLE FINANCE FORUM

(240619) -- GABORONE, June 19, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- World Bank Country Representative Liang Wang addresses the 2nd Annual Botswana ESG (Environment, Sustainability and Governance) and Sustainable Finance Forum in Gaborone, Botswana, on June 19, 2024. The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the World Bank have called on Botswana to allow the private sector to play a major role in the country's economic activities for rapid growth and development. (Photo by Tshekiso Tebalo/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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BOTSWANA-GABORONE-2ND ANNUAL BOTSWANA ESG AND SUSTAINABLE FINANCE FORUM

(240619) -- GABORONE, June 19, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Botswana Resident Representative Balazs Horvath addresses the 2nd Annual Botswana ESG (Environment, Sustainability and Governance) and Sustainable Finance Forum in Gaborone, Botswana, on June 19, 2024. The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the World Bank have called on Botswana to allow the private sector to play a major role in the country's economic activities for rapid growth and development. (Photo by Tshekiso Tebalo/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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BOTSWANA-GABORONE-2ND ANNUAL BOTSWANA ESG AND SUSTAINABLE FINANCE FORUM

(240619) -- GABORONE, June 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Botswana Resident Representative Balazs Horvath addresses the 2nd Annual Botswana ESG (Environment, Sustainability and Governance) and Sustainable Finance Forum in Gaborone, Botswana, on June 19, 2024. The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the World Bank have called on Botswana to allow the private sector to play a major role in the country's economic activities for rapid growth and development. (Photo by Tshekiso Tebalo/Xinhua)

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BOTSWANA-GABORONE-2ND ANNUAL BOTSWANA ESG AND SUSTAINABLE FINANCE FORUM

(240619) -- GABORONE, June 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- World Bank Country Representative Liang Wang addresses the 2nd Annual Botswana ESG (Environment, Sustainability and Governance) and Sustainable Finance Forum in Gaborone, Botswana, on June 19, 2024. The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the World Bank have called on Botswana to allow the private sector to play a major role in the country's economic activities for rapid growth and development. (Photo by Tshekiso Tebalo/Xinhua)

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UNDP Administrator Steiner

United Nations Development Program Administrator Achim Steiner poses for a photo as he meets the press in Berlin on June 12, 2024, the closing day of the two-day Ukraine Recovery Conference.

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China an important partner to Small Island Developing States: UNDP chief

STORY: China an important partner to Small Island Developing States: UNDP chief SHOOTING TIME: May 30, 2024 DATELINE: May 31, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:05 LOCATION: St. John's CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of small island developing states 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ACHIM STEINER, UNDP chief 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ACHIM STEINER, UNDP chief STORYLINE: Achim Steiner, head of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), who attended the fourth International Conference on SIDS (Small Island Developing States) held in Antigua and Barbuda, said that China is today a major partner to many countries because it provides affordable technologies for building renewable energy infrastructure. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ACHIM STEINER, UNDP chief "I think whether it is solar or wind power or whether it is in fact also the investment in and charging infrastructure so that electric vehicles could become viable alternatives for both the citizens but also the tourism sector and the commercial sector as a way of moving pe

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ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA-ST. JOHN'S-UNDP-CHIEF-INTERVIEW

(240530) -- ST. JOHN'S, May 30, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Achim Steiner, head of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) speaks in an interview with Xinhua during the fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States in St. John's, capital of Antigua and Barbuda, May 28, 2024. TO GO WITH "Interview: China an important partner to Small Island Developing States: UNDP chief" Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Li Muzi)

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ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA-ST. JOHN'S-UNDP-CHIEF-INTERVIEW

(240530) -- ST. JOHN'S, May 30, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Achim Steiner, head of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) speaks in an interview with Xinhua during the fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States in St. John's, capital of Antigua and Barbuda, May 28, 2024. TO GO WITH "Interview: China an important partner to Small Island Developing States: UNDP chief" Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Li Muzi)

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ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA-ST. JOHN'S-UNDP-CHIEF-INTERVIEW

(240530) -- ST. JOHN'S, May 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Achim Steiner, head of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) speaks in an interview with Xinhua during the fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States in St. John's, capital of Antigua and Barbuda, May 28, 2024. TO GO WITH "Interview: China an important partner to Small Island Developing States: UNDP chief" (Xinhua/Li Muzi)

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ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA-ST. JOHN'S-UNDP-CHIEF-INTERVIEW

(240530) -- ST. JOHN'S, May 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Achim Steiner, head of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) speaks in an interview with Xinhua during the fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States in St. John's, capital of Antigua and Barbuda, May 28, 2024. TO GO WITH "Interview: China an important partner to Small Island Developing States: UNDP chief" (Xinhua/Li Muzi)

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CANADA-OTTAWA-PLASTIC POLLUTION-INC-4

(240424) -- OTTAWA, April 24, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 23, 2024 shows an art installation set up in front of the conference venue of the fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-4) in Ottawa, Canada. A new round of negotiations for a legally binding international treaty to eliminate plastic pollution must make meaningful progress, the head of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) said Tuesday. The UN event, the fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-4), is being held in Ottawa from April 23 to April 29 to advance the development of the global agreement on plastic pollution by the end of 2024. (Photo by Min Chen/Xinhua)

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CANADA-OTTAWA-PLASTIC POLLUTION-INC-4

(240424) -- OTTAWA, April 24, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A person holding placards is pictured at an art installation set up in front of the fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-4) in Ottawa, Canada, April 23, 2024. A new round of negotiations for a legally binding international treaty to eliminate plastic pollution must make meaningful progress, the head of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) said Tuesday. The UN event, the fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-4), is being held in Ottawa from April 23 to April 29 to advance the development of the global agreement on plastic pollution by the end of 2024. (Photo by Min Chen/Xinhua)

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Center for youth from occupied territories opens in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - APRIL 17, 2024 - The People.ua youth center, relocated from Melitopol, has started working in Zaporizhzhia with the assistance and co-financing of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine.

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Center for youth from occupied territories opens in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - APRIL 17, 2024 - The People.ua youth center, relocated from Melitopol, has started working in Zaporizhzhia with the assistance and co-financing of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine.

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Center for youth from occupied territories opens in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - APRIL 17, 2024 - Head of the Community Security and Social Cohesion Component of the UN Recovery and Peacebuilding Programme Federica Dispenza takes part in the opening of the People.ua youth center relocated from Melitopol with the assistance and co-financing of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine.

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Center for youth from occupied territories opens in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - APRIL 17, 2024 - The People.ua youth center, relocated from Melitopol, has started working in Zaporizhzhia with the assistance and co-financing of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine.

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Center for youth from occupied territories opens in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - APRIL 17, 2024 - Head of Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration Ivan Fedorov and Head of the Community Security and Social Cohesion Component of the UN Recovery and Peacebuilding Programme Federica Dispenza take part in the opening of the People.ua youth center relocated from Melitopol with the assistance and co-financing of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine.

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Center for youth from occupied territories opens in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - APRIL 17, 2024 - The People.ua youth center, relocated from Melitopol, has started working in Zaporizhzhia with the assistance and co-financing of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine.

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Center for youth from occupied territories opens in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - APRIL 17, 2024 - The People.ua youth center, relocated from Melitopol, has started working in Zaporizhzhia with the assistance and co-financing of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine.

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Center for youth from occupied territories opens in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - APRIL 17, 2024 - Head of Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration Ivan Fedorov and Head of the Community Security and Social Cohesion Component of the UN Recovery and Peacebuilding Programme Federica Dispenza take part in the opening of the People.ua youth center relocated from Melitopol with the assistance and co-financing of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine.

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Center for youth from occupied territories opens in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - APRIL 17, 2024 - The People.ua youth center, relocated from Melitopol, has started working in Zaporizhzhia with the assistance and co-financing of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine.

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Center for youth from occupied territories opens in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - APRIL 17, 2024 - The People.ua youth center, relocated from Melitopol, has started working in Zaporizhzhia with the assistance and co-financing of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine.

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Center for youth from occupied territories opens in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - APRIL 17, 2024 - The People.ua youth center, relocated from Melitopol, has started working in Zaporizhzhia with the assistance and co-financing of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine.

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Center for youth from occupied territories opens in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - APRIL 17, 2024 - The People.ua youth center, relocated from Melitopol, has started working in Zaporizhzhia with the assistance and co-financing of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine.

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Center for youth from occupied territories opens in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - APRIL 17, 2024 - The People.ua youth center, relocated from Melitopol, has started working in Zaporizhzhia with the assistance and co-financing of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine.

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Center for youth from occupied territories opens in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - APRIL 17, 2024 - The People.ua youth center, relocated from Melitopol, has started working in Zaporizhzhia with the assistance and co-financing of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine.

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Center for youth from occupied territories opens in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - APRIL 17, 2024 - The People.ua youth center, relocated from Melitopol, has started working in Zaporizhzhia with the assistance and co-financing of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine.

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PAKISTAN-ISLAMABAD-CHINA-WHEAT BREEDING COOPERATION

(240308) -- ISLAMABAD, March 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Zahid Mehmood (1st R), a senior scientist of Pakistan's National Agricultural Research Center's (NARC) wheat breeding program, introduces wheat speed breeding facility to researchers of the Institute of Crop Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Islamabad, Pakistan, March 7, 2024. With wheat being a staple food crop of Pakistan, dominating all crops in terms of acreage, production and consumption, cooperation between Pakistan and China in enhancing the yield and quality of the major supply has ensured Pakistan's food security and helped in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations, experts have said. TO GO WITH "Roundup: Pakistan-China wheat breeding cooperation ensures Pakistan's food security, UN SDGs: experts" (Xinhua/Tang Binhui)

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Global Road Safety Campaign Launched - Brussels

Jean Charles Decaux, Managing Director of JCDecaux, Michelle Yeoh, actress and Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Jean Todt, president of the International Automobile Federation (FIA) and Adina Loana Valean, European Commissioner for Transport during the launch of a global campaign on road safety to fight the leading cause of mortality among young people aged 5 to 29, by the United Nations and JCDecaux, in Brussels, Belgium on September 20, 2023. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Global Road Safety Campaign Launched - Brussels

Jean Charles Decaux, Managing Director of JCDecaux, Michelle Yeoh, actress and Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Jean Todt, president of the International Automobile Federation (FIA) and Adina Loana Valean, European Commissioner for Transport during the launch of a global campaign on road safety to fight the leading cause of mortality among young people aged 5 to 29, by the United Nations and JCDecaux, in Brussels, Belgium on September 20, 2023. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Global Road Safety Campaign Launched - Brussels

Michelle Yeoh, actress and Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) during the launch of a global campaign on road safety to fight the leading cause of mortality among young people aged 5 to 29, by the United Nations and JCDecaux, in Brussels, Belgium on September 20, 2023. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Global Road Safety Campaign Launched - Brussels

Michelle Yeoh, actress and Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) during the launch of a global campaign on road safety to fight the leading cause of mortality among young people aged 5 to 29, by the United Nations and JCDecaux, in Brussels, Belgium on September 20, 2023. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Global Road Safety Campaign Launched - Brussels

Michelle Yeoh, actress and Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) during the launch of a global campaign on road safety to fight the leading cause of mortality among young people aged 5 to 29, by the United Nations and JCDecaux, in Brussels, Belgium on September 20, 2023. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Global Road Safety Campaign Launched - Brussels

Michelle Yeoh, actress and Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) during the launch of a global campaign on road safety to fight the leading cause of mortality among young people aged 5 to 29, by the United Nations and JCDecaux, in Brussels, Belgium on September 20, 2023. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Chinese experts empower Tanzanian teachers on teaching mathematics

STORY: Chinese experts empower Tanzanian teachers on teaching mathematics DATELINE: Aug. 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:05:20 LOCATION: Dar es Salaam CATEGORY: EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of classes 2. various of students 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): HUANG XINGFENG, Teacher with UNESCO-TEC 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): JACOB DIBOGO, Mathematics teacher at Chang'ombe Demonstration Secondary School STORYLINE: More than 100 Tanzanian mathematics teachers have been trained under a Tanzania-Shanghai Mathematics program focusing on methodologies for teaching mathematics in secondary and primary schools. The two-week training, which ended Friday, was undertaken by a team of Chinese mathematics teachers from Shanghai. The Shanghai team was headed by Huang Xingfeng, a professor with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Teacher Education Center (TEC). The UNESCO-TEC aims at promoting the development of teacher education worldwide, with a particular focus on supporting developing countries

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UGANDA-WAKISO-CHINESE EXPERIENCE-FOOD SECURITY

(230614) -- WAKISO, June 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on June 12, 2023 shows a rice fish pond at the Aquaculture Research and Development Center in Kajjansi, Wakiso District, Uganda. Rice production in Uganda was given more impetus after China, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and Uganda signed an agreement as a South-South cooperation program. The agreement, which has been implemented in a phased manner, has helped farmers in rural areas in Uganda gain agriculture technology, according to Uganda's Ministry of Agriculture. TO GO WITH "Feature: China's experience strengthens food security, promotes poverty alleviation in Uganda" (Photo by Hajarah Nalwadda/Xinhua)

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UGANDA-WAKISO-CHINESE EXPERIENCE-FOOD SECURITY

(230614) -- WAKISO, June 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Workers carry fish in bags for release to rice fish ponds at the Aquaculture Research and Development Center in Kajjansi, Wakiso District, Uganda, on June 12, 2023. Rice production in Uganda was given more impetus after China, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and Uganda signed an agreement as a South-South cooperation program. The agreement, which has been implemented in a phased manner, has helped farmers in rural areas in Uganda gain agriculture technology, according to Uganda's Ministry of Agriculture. TO GO WITH "Feature: China's experience strengthens food security, promotes poverty alleviation in Uganda" (Photo by Hajarah Nalwadda/Xinhua)

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UGANDA-WAKISO-CHINESE EXPERIENCE-FOOD SECURITY

(230614) -- WAKISO, June 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Ambassador to Uganda Zhang Lizhong (3rd R, front) and FAO Representative in Uganda Anthony Querido (4th L, front) release fish to a rice fish pond at the Aquaculture Research and Development Center in Kajjansi, Wakiso District, Uganda, on June 12, 2023. Rice production in Uganda was given more impetus after China, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and Uganda signed an agreement as a South-South cooperation program. The agreement, which has been implemented in a phased manner, has helped farmers in rural areas in Uganda gain agriculture technology, according to Uganda's Ministry of Agriculture. TO GO WITH "Feature: China's experience strengthens food security, promotes poverty alleviation in Uganda" (Photo by Hajarah Nalwadda/Xinhua)

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China shares sustainable urban development experience with Africa

STORY: China shares sustainable urban development experience with Africa DATELINE: June 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:17 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of electric buses used as shuttles at the UN-Habitat assembly 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MOSES NDERITU, Chief Revenue Officer, BasiGo 3. various of driver and passengers 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): BETTY, Passenger 5. various of China-built, electric-powered light rail project in Nigeria 6. various of Africa 7. various of Chinese-built hydropower plant in Zambia 8. various of green park in Ethiopia 9. Maimunah Mohd Sharif at the UN-Habitat assembly 10. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): MAIMUNAH MOHD SHARIF, Executive director, United Nations Human Settlements Program STORYLINE: These shuttle buses traveling back and forth during the second session of the United Nations Habitat Assembly in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi were probably eye-catching. The electric buses were provided by Kenya's startup BasiGo. It assembles buses locally by using parts

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China's approach to urban planning people-centered: UN-Habitat chief

STORY: China's approach to urban planning people-centered: UN-Habitat chief DATELINE: June 6, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:54 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the United Nations (UN) Habitat Assembly 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MAIMUNAH MOHD SHARIF, UN-Habitat Executive Director 3. various of the United Nations (UN) Habitat Assembly 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MAIMUNAH MOHD SHARIF, UN-Habitat Executive Director STORYLINE: The second session of the United Nations (UN) Habitat Assembly kicked off in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi on Monday, with delegates renewing the call for concerted efforts to regenerate urban centers. Maimunah Mohd Sharif, executive director of the UN Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat), praised China's urban development in an interview ahead of the assembly. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MAIMUNAH MOHD SHARIF, UN-Habitat Executive Director "I was pleasantly impressed with the development of China, especially that your country is embracing and advancing the people-centered appr

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Bazaar held in Jordan to empower women

STORY: Bazaar held in Jordan to empower women DATELINE: May 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:14 LOCATION: Amman CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the bazaar 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): GHADIR AL MAJALI, Project manager of UNDP Jordan 3. various of the bazaar 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): DIANA ISHAQAT, Participant in the bazaar 5. various of the bazaar STORYLINE: A bazaar displaying craftwork and homemade food was held recently in the Jordanian capital Amman to support women entrepreneurs and small and green projects in the kingdom. The Asilah Bazaar was organized by United Nations Development Program (UNDP). SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): GHADIR AL MAJALI, Project manager of UNDP Jordan "Asilah Bazaar aims to empower women economically in Jordan, with more than fifty participants representing individuals, start-ups, small projects and micro home projects, in addition to civil society organizations and charitable associations." Diana Ishaqat, a participant, said the bazaar was a great chance to express her aesthetic ideas

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Visit first zero-carbon energy demonstration village in N China's Shanxi

STORY: Visit first zero-carbon energy demonstration village in N China's Shanxi DATELINE: April 29, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:01 LOCATION: TAIYUAN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the award ceremony 2. various of Zhuangshang Village, North China's Shanxi Province 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WANG QUANHUI, Chief expert of Rural Energy and Environment Agency of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs STORYLINE: Zhuangshang Village in north China's Shanxi Province was jointly recognized as the first zero-carbon energy demonstration village in China earlier this week by the United Nations Development Program, the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and the Global Environment Facility (GEF). China has promoted renewable energy in rural areas over the years as part of its pursuit of green development. Zhuangshang Village started its zero-carbon transformation in March 2019. Now, the villagers are using solar energy in daily life, instead of traditional energy sources such as coal, which h

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Art exhibition held in Beirut to mark Int'l Women's Day

STORY: Art exhibition held in Beirut to mark Int'l Women's Day DATELINE: March 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:40 LOCATION: Beirut CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the art exhibition 2. various of the panel discussion STORYLINE: An art exhibition entitled "Her Voice, Her Power" was held at Beit Beirut (The House of Beirut), on the occasion of International Women's Day in the capital of Lebanon on Wednesday. The event, hosted by the United Nations Development Program, in partnership with the European Union and the United States Agency for International Development, was dedicated to Lebanese women's artwork in painting, photography, ceramics, music, among others. It also highlights women's achievements and encourages them to take part in public and political life to make the change they seek for Lebanon. A panel discussion was also held during the opening ceremony with women from different fields tackling subjects related to women's representation and participation in public and political life. Xinhua Ne

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China-funded project aiding remote areas inaugurated in Nepal

STORY: China-funded project aiding remote areas inaugurated in Nepal DATELINE: Dec. 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:56 LOCATION: Kathmandu CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the inauguration ceremony 2. various of attendees making a speech 3. various of people watching promoting video STORYLINE: A China-funded project to supply Nepal's remote areas with sanitation materials and daily necessities was inaugurated Friday in Lalitpur, a city in the Kathmandu Valley. The inauguration ceremony was held jointly by the China Foundation for Rural Development (CFRD) Nepal Office and the Nepal Country Office of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). The project shall be funded through the Global Development and South-South Cooperation Fund of China and is the second in Nepal funded by the Chinese government through the cooperation fund after the food package distribution program under the Smiling Children Project. The new project will provide supplies for sanitation, pandemic prevention and environmental pro

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Ex-Japanese diplomat grappling with reconstruction of Kosovo

PRISTINA, Kosovo - Tetsuo Kondo, the deputy chief of the Kosovo office of the United Nations Development Program, talks about his work in an interview with Kyodo News in Pristina, Kosovo on Aug.24.

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Explosions occur at women's job training center in Samawah

SAMAWA, Iraq - A job training center for women in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah was damaged by two explosions July 29. No one was injured, police said. The Japanese government has provided sewing machines and computers to the facility through the United Nations Development Program.

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UNDP envoy urges int'l help for Palestinians

JERUSALEM, Israel - Misako Konno, goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), urges the international community in Jerusalem on July 25 to continue financial support for the Palestinians, which she said is necessary to close the gap in living standards with the Israelis. Konno, a Japanese actress named to the honorary UNDP post two years ago, made the plea at a news conference in the Israeli capital after a four-day tour of Palestinian refugee camps in the Gaza Strip and other Palestinian autonomous areas.

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Nepali hospital benefits from China-funded waste treatment center

STORY: Nepali hospital benefits from China-funded waste treatment center DATELINE: Sept. 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:44 LOCATION: Kathmandu CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various shots of Birgunj 2. various shots of Narayani Hospital 3. various shots of the handover ceremony STORYLINE: Narayani Hospital in Nepal's southern city of Birgunj launched its health care waste treatment center Thursday. Equipped with a set of autoclave machines, the center uses steam to kill harmful bacteria, viruses, fungi and spores. A ceremony was held to mark the handover of essential healthcare equipment for the operation of the center. Under a project run by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) with financial support from China's Global Development and South-South Cooperation Fund (GDF), the hospital has also received medical equipment and parts to ensure proper waste management. 20 officials and 45 others from the hospital have been trained on standard operating procedures regarding health care waste management. L

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NEPAL-BIRGUNJ-CHINA-WASTE TREATMENT CENTER

(220930) -- BIRGUNJ, Sept. 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Nepal's Deputy Representative Bernardo Cocco (1st R, front) inaugurates the China-funded waste treatment center in Narayani Hospital in Birgunj, Nepal, Sept. 29, 2022. Narayani Hospital in Nepal's southern city of Birgunj has its own health care waste treatment center now, bringing much relief to those inside and around the health facility. TO GO WITH "Roundup: Nepali hospital benefits from China-funded waste treatment center" (Photo by Hari Maharjan/Xinhua)

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UNDP chief Steiner

Achim Steiner, administrator of the United Nations Development Program, speaks during an interview in the Tunisian capital of Tunis on Aug. 28, 2022.