United Nations

United Nations

Switzerland
1. UNDP rank #9
  1. Geneva is major headquarters for UN
    1. Home to UNICEF, WFP, UNESCO
Egypt
1. UNDP rank #112
  1. Goals of UNDP
    1. Support government and people in efforts to reduce poverty
    2. Promote sustainable human development policies
    3. Long-term support to government in building/sustaining nation institution
  2. UNDP actions
    1. Social Fund for Development created average of 285,000 jobs per year
    2. Provided technical support to government to create National Structure for Disaster Risk Reduction
    3. Support the public and private transformation of buildings to more environmentally friendly/help reduce greenhouse gas emission
Brazil
1. UNDP rank #85
  1. Rio + 20 conference
    1. Held in Brazil in 2012
      1. Dealt with green economics and developing lower class of developing countries
Somalia
1. UNDP rank #193
  1. Has UNICEF, UNHCR, UNOSOM
Haiti
1. UNDP rank #161
  1. UNICEF, Haitian Ministry of Public Health and Population, local health organization GHESKIO created project “Voices of Youth Maps initiative”- July 2012
    1. Map vulnerability factors in the communities (HIV)
      1. Used smartphones to record the location of health and sanitation concerns, medical facilities and unsafe areas- mapped out unsafe areas of the community through pictures and videos

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