On Int. Day for Eradication of #Poverty #today & commemorate #IDRR day on Oct 13th 🔎 read our story on why it's so important to have #EarlyWarningForAll+ this year's #EndPovertyDay goal to recover better together w/the planet🌍➡️ bit.ly/3T63Arz #DignityForAllinPractice

1st found this traditional fabric of the Thai-Phong ethnic group on UNDP Lao PDR visit w/ #LaoWomensUnion during a mission to Huaphanh Province. Honored to wear it as a jacket on 2night's charity fashion show runway ➡️ support less fortunate women & children in rural parts of 🇱🇦

🥤Soft drinks in single-use plastic bottles. 🍅 Vegetables in plastic wrappers. 🥗 Pre-cut salad in disposable bowls. Our supermarkets are full of food and drinks packaged in #plastic. But food production also has a vast plastic footprint. Learn more in this video.

Happy #Halloween! There's nothing scarier than a world where we fail to achieve the #GlobalGoals.👻 It’s high time for everyone to step up action #ForPeopleForPlanet. 🎃🎃un.org/sustainabledev…

The #climatecrisis is posing a threat to the sustainable futures of + 660M youth in the #AsiaPac region. #YouthCoLab's new report, joint partnership w UN Development & Citi Foundation, provides insights on how climate change is impacting young social entrepreneurs undp.org/publications/c…

Threats against journalists are threats against fundamental freedoms. Now, more than ever, we need facts. Defending journalism is standing up for democracy. Wednesday is the International Day to #EndImpunity for Crimes Against Journalists. on.unesco.org/2BTKq2s via UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳

Discussing development challenges associated with UXO contamination and follow-up to the CCM together w/ Legacies of War & UNDP Lao PDR, supporting affected communities, the national UXO programme and the need to continuously condemn the use of cluster munitions, by any actor!

👉🏽 Check out laopdr.un.org/en/205715-join… by UN in Lao PDR in close collaboration w/ the Macroeconomic Research Institute at LASES, a joint 🇱🇦🇺🇳programme under the Joint SDG Fund 🇺🇳 spotlighting the impact on vulnerable groups and SDGoals of the current food, fuel, and financial crises.

The biggest international climate event of the year is just around the corner. It will take place in Egypt and bring together 35,000 people. Here are 3 things you need to know about #COP27, according to UN Development's Cassie Flynn.

great to be part of opening of Lao Digital Week 2022. Digital economy and dig government are priorities of Lao Govt and UNDP UNDP Lao PDR UNDP Youth UNDP Digital, AI and Innovation Hub

Honored to exchange views on the engagement of the Humanitarian Army unit 58 with the Minister of Defense of Lao PDR. We hope to continue the collaboration on UXO survey and clearances for #SDG18 UNDP Lao PDR

Looks dumb, right? This is how we design cities. HT 21st Century City #CarDependency

Full house at MoNRE - UN in Lao PDR - World Bank East Asia Pacific event today on #COP27 & carbon financing and a pleasure to co-chair with H.E. Bounkham Vorachit and Mr. Alex Kremer, #worldbank country manager, at which we promised inclusive UN-WB support to Lao PDR on #ClimateActionNow!

#Wetlands are our most valuable ecosystem with critical services for #biodiversity, health, water security & climate adaptation. But we are losing wetlands 3x faster than forests. We must accelerate actions for the conservation & #restoration of them. via Convention on Wetlands

This flooded forest acts as the central lifeline for more than 2 million Cambodians living along its banks. Our new story is a 5-part multimedia series featuring this unique ecosystem, its residents, and conservation efforts in the flooded forest: stories.climateandforests-undp.org/voices-from-th…

One year is 365 days too many

H.E. Saleumxay, DPM & FM shares priorities of 🇱🇦with fellows 🇧🇩 & 🇳🇵of the #LDC graduating cohort of 2021 w/ insights in the planning for a smooth LDC transition in 2026, supported by United Nations ESCAP, UN DCO ASG UN Sustainable Development Group 🇺🇳, UN in Lao PDR, UN in Bangladesh & United Nations in Nepal in coop. w/ @UNHighRep

At the 4th #MRCSummit Ministerial Meeting, UN in Lao PDR expressed concern and offered technical support to ensure the Luang Prabang Dam and #Mekong hydropower projects contribute to regional sustainable development, without compromising livelihoods, environment, and heritage.

For countless people living across Myanmar today, rising prices, lack of jobs and incomes, and insecurity, means day-to-day survival has become a routine struggle. Putting food on the table and meeting very basic needs is not a given. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

Secretary-General António Guterres strongly condemns the Taliban’s decision to ban Afghan women from working with the United Nations in Afghanistan.  This is a violation of the inalienable fundamental human rights of women. 👇👇 un.org/sg/en/content/…