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2. United Nations Development Programme - Wikipedia

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   The United Nations Development Programme ( UNDP) [note 1] is a United Nations agency tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human development. The UNDP emphasizes on developing local capacity towards long-term self-sufficiency and prosperity.

3. Green job - Wikipedia

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   Green jobs ( green-collar jobs, sustainability jobs, eco jobs or environmental jobs [1]) are, according to the United Nations Environment Program, "work in agricultural, manufacturing, research and development (R&D), administrative, and service activities that contribute (s) substantially to preserving or restoring environmental quality.

4. United Nations University - Wikipedia

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   The United Nations University (国際連合大学, Kokusai Rengō Daigaku) ( UNU) is the think tank and academic arm of the United Nations. [3] Headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, with diplomatic status as a UN institution, its mission is to help resolve global issues related to human development and welfare through collaborative research ...

5. United Nations Industrial Development Organization - Wikipedia

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   The United Nations Industrial Development Organization ( UNIDO) (French: Organisation des Nations unies pour le développement industriel; French/Spanish acronym: ONUDI) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that assists countries in economic and industrial development. [1] It is headquartered at the UN Office in Vienna, Austria, with a ...

6. United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Wikipedia

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   UNDRR (formerly UNISDR) is part of the United Nations Secretariat and it supports the implementation & review of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction adopted by the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction on 18 March 2015 in Sendai, Japan. The Sendai Framework is a 15-year voluntary people-centred approach to disaster ...

7. Secretary-General of the United Nations - Wikipedia

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   Guterres is the first former head of government to become secretary-general, and the first secretary-general born after the establishment of the United Nations. He was the prime minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002. He has also been president of the Socialist International (1999–2005) and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2005 ...