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Fiji soldiers served in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, which Fiji's Major General George Konrote commanded in 1998 and 1999. The country has also contributed to other operations including Kosovo and Sinai, and, in 2004, Fiji was the first country to volunteer troops to protect United Nations officials in Iraq.
www .undp .org. 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.
The economy of Fiji is one of the most developed among the Pacific islands. Nevertheless, Fiji is a developing country endowed with forest, mineral and fish resources. The country has a large agriculture sector heavily based on subsistence agriculture. Sugar exports and the tourism industry are the main sources of foreign exchange.
Peter Thomson (diplomat) Peter Thomson OF (born 1948) is a Fijian diplomat and the United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the Ocean, [1] and President of the United Nations General Assembly from September 2016 until September 2017. [2] He served as Fiji's Permanent Representative to the United Nations February 2010 to August 2017 ...
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific ( ESCAP) is one of the five regional commissions under the jurisdiction of the United Nations Economic and Social Council. [1] It was established in order to increase economic activity in Asia and the Far East, as well as to foster economic relations between the region ...
The United Nations ( UN) is a diplomatic and political [2] international organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations. [3] It is the world's largest international ...
The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) is a United Nations agency dedicated to implementing humanitarian and development projects for the United Nations System, international financial institutions, governments and other partners around the world, with a focus on infrastructure, procurement and project management The organization's global headquarters is located at the UN City ...
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) compiles the Human Development Index (HDI) of 193 nations in the annual Human Development Report.The index considers the health, education, income and living conditions in a given country to provide a measure of human development which is comparable between countries and over time.