ISLAMABAD: The Government of Pakistan and the United Nations in Pakistan Wednesday signed the UN Sustainable Development Framework (UNSDF), also known as the One Programme III (OPIII) 2018-2022 at a ceremony held in the Economic Affairs Division (EAD). Secretary EAD and United Nations Resident Coordinator signed the document along with other UN agencies working in […]
Islamabad, 23rd January 2018 – The United Nations Country Team (UNCT) in Pakistan and Punjab Planning and Development (P&D) Department held a one-day Policy Dialogue on 20th January 2018 in Islamabad. A 15-member senior delegation from P&D Department led by the Chairman P&D Board, Mr. Jehanzeb Khan joined the UNCT Pakistan comprising of UN Heads […]
The United Nations in Pakistan organized an event to celebrate the 72nd Anniversary of the United Nations. All staff members, member states, diplomatic community and government counterparts were invited to partake in the festivities. On the occasion, Mr. Neil Buhne, the UN Resident Coordinator in Pakistan said: “Pakistan has a wealth of diversity among its […]
KARACHI: The Planning and Development Department of the Government of Sindh and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) have launched a Secretariat for the Scaling-Up Nutrition (SUN) initiative in Karachi. The SUN movement brings together people governments, civil society, the United Nations, donors, businesses and researchers in a collective effort to improve nutrition. The […]
Islamabad 11 October, 2016: UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, and UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund, commemorated the UN International Day of the Girl Child on 8 October with a cricket day for girls. The event took place at Pakistan Sweet Homes in Islamabad, and more […]
8th October 2016: Pakistan has shown immense resilience in the face of devastating natural disasters and crippling emergencies, time and time again. Today, we are eleven years from the horrible earthquake in 2005 that took thousands of lives; it turned several towns and villages in Northern Pakistan into graveyards with thousands buried under rubble – […]
ISLAMABAD (07 October 2016) – The United Nations (UN) joins people across the country in lauding the Pakistani Government in unanimously approving the much awaited anti-honour killing and anti-rape bills, as a historic success on Thursday. Both bills were originally laid before the Senate in January 2014 and with review, revision and follow-up, have finally […]
The United Nations family in Pakistan joins tens of millions of people in Pakistan and all around the world in mourning the passing of Abdul Sattar Edhi. When the United Nations was created in 1945 it was to “reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights and in the dignity and worth of the human person” and all […]
ISLAMABAD (20 June 2016) – The United Nations (UN) joins people across the country in strongly condemning the increasing number of killings in the so-called name of ‘honour’ and urges the Pakistani Government to prevent such killings and to bring those responsible to justice. “Every year, hundreds of women and girls are killed in Pakistan […]
Islamabad, June 2: U.S. Agency for International Development Mission Director John Groarke announced today a new U.S. contribution of $21 million in food assistance to feed malnourished individuals in Pakistan. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) will use the U.S. financial contribution to turn approximately 26,000 metric tons of Pakistani government-provided wheat into fortified […]
