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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 UNDP was formed on 16 December 1988 by Aung Gyi after he left the National League for Democracy, of which he had previously been the chairman. [1] The party contested 247 of the 485 seats in the 1990 general elections, [2] but received only 1.5% of the vote, the sixth-highest vote share, winning one seat – U Aung Thein in Ywangan. [3]
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar is a United Nations Special Rapporteur whose mandate is to monitor and investigate human rights violations in Myanmar. The incumbent Special Rapporteur is Tom Andrews, who was appointed to the role in May 2020, succeeding Yanghee Lee. [1]
The United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs ( DPPA) is a department of the Secretariat of the United Nations (UN) with responsibility for monitoring and assessing global political developments and advising and assisting the UN Secretary General and his envoys in the peaceful prevention and resolution of conflict around ...
Glory Farmer Development Bank (G Bank) Kanbawza Bank. Myanma Apex Bank. Mineral Development Bank (Public Company Limited) Myanmar Metro Bank. Myanmar Oriental Bank. Myanma Tourism Bank [7] Shwe Rural and Urban Development Bank (Shwe Bank) Tun Commercial Bank (formerly Tun Foundation Bank)
Many unrecognised ethnic groups exist, the largest being the Burmese Chinese and Panthay (who together form 3% of the population), Burmese Indians (who form 2% of the population), Rohingya, Anglo-Burmese and Gurkha. There are no official statistics regarding the population of the latter two groups, although unofficial estimates place around ...
Overview. International human rights organisations including Human Rights Watch, [4] Amnesty International, [5] and the American Association for the Advancement of Science [6] have repeatedly documented and condemned widespread human rights violations in Myanmar. The Freedom in the World 2011 report by Freedom House notes that "The military ...
t. e. The National Unity Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar ( Burmese: အမျိုးသားညီညွတ်ရေး အစိုးရ; abbreviated NUG) is a Myanmar government in exile formed by the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH), a group of elected lawmakers and members of parliament ousted in the ...