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UNDP
is the UN's global development network, advocating for change and
connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help
people build a better life. UNDP is on the ground in 166 countries,
working with them on their own solutions to global and national
development challenges. As they develop local capacity, they draw on
the people of UNDP and its wide range of partners.
At
the United Nations Millennium Summit in September 2000, world
leaders pledged to achieve the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
, including the overarching goal of cutting poverty in half by 2015.
UNDP's work in Pakistan is now very much focused on supporting
national efforts towards achieving the MDGs. UNDP and the rest of the
UN Country Team are currently assisting the Government in reviewing
the eight Goals, adapting the targets and indicators to the country,
and preparing the first MDG Report, which will appear later this
year, to benchmark progress, raise awareness, and help focus
national debate on specific development priorities. Civil society's
participation in the MDG reporting process will be facilitated in
different ways. One example is UNDP's effort to sensitize the
elected cadre on the MDGs, in connection with training and capacity
building programmes for 120,000 district councilors, including
40,000 women.
UNDP's focus is helping countries build and share solutions to the
challenges of:
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Democratic Governance
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Poverty Reduction
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Crisis Prevention and Recovery
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Energy and Environment
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HIV/AIDS
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