The Global Goals for Sustainable Development
The Sustainable Development Goals aim to end poverty by 2030. World leaders have set a plan of action for people, planet and prosperity. Eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest global challenge ...
UNDP, (2016)
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The State of Children in Asian Cities- Issue No. 141 (January 2016)
The year 2015 has been momentous for the global humanitarian community. This is because this year, three important frameworks/commitments were promulgated which will guide the trajectory of global humanitarianism in the foreseeable future. These are ...
UNICEF, (2016)
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Nepal Update July 2016
Rural women constitute 43 percent of the total 83 percent population living in the rural areas of Nepal. As in many developing countries, women have played an important and often unrecognized role in the agriculture sector in Nepal that sustains near...
FAO, (2016)
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Accelerating Progress Towards the Economic Empowerment of Rural Women
Rural women constitute 43 percent of the total 83 percent population living in the rural areas of Nepal. As in many developing countries, women have played an important and often unrecognized role in the agriculture sector in Nepal that sustains near...
UNWOMEN, FAO, WFP, (2016)
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Progress Of The World's Women: Transforming Economies Realizing Rights (2015-2016)
Twenty years after the landmark Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, and at a time when the global community is defining the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the post-2015 era, the global consensus on the need to achieve gender equali...
UNWOMEN, (2016)
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2016 Health SDG Profile: Nepal WHO
A new summary measure of health service coverage, a composite service coverage index, is currently under development:16 indicators are derived from four main areas of work are reproductive, maternal,newborn and child health, infectious diseases,nonco...
WHO, (2016)
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Financing for Gender Equality in the Context of the Sustainable Development Goals
This paper identifies a series of macro-level tools to create a supportive environment and generate the resources to promote Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to gender equality. A key argument is that financing for gender equality can be ...
UNWOMEN, (2016)
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Financing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
The “supremely ambitious and transformative vision” embodied in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development includes a goal to achieve gender equality for all women and girls and a re-commitment to governments’ human rights obligations.At the same ti...
UNWOMEN, (2016)
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Country Programme Nepal (2013-2017)
Standard Project Report 2016
World Food Programme in Nepal, State of (NP)
WFP has two ongoing projects that serve Bhutanese refugees in Nepal: the country programme (CP) 200319 and the protracted relief and recovery operation (PRRO) 200787. These projects aim to prevent undernutrition and enable year-round access to food f...
WFP, (2017)
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National socioeconomic surveys in forestry
Forests can provide important provisioning, supporting, regulating and cultural servicesfor households and communities. They are often important sources of food, fodder andconstruction materials, as well as sources of energy and medicines. Generally,...
CPF-FAO, (2016)
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SDGs Roadshow Started in Nepalgunj
On the occasion of the 71st UN Day today, the UN Country Team in Nepal has launched a nationwide ‘SDGs Roadshow’ as a campaign to raise awareness on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), starting from Nepalgunj.
The Roadshow was participated by ...
UN, (2016)
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Migration Initiatives 2016: Migration Governance And Sustainable Development
On 27 September 2015, the international community agreed on an ambitious agenda comprising 17 goals and 169 targets to reduce poverty and inequality, and achieve social, economic and environmentally sustainable development by the year 2030. An import...
IOM, (2015)
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Sustainable Development Goals
The Sustainable Development Goals aim to end poverty by 2030. World leaders have set a plan of action for people, planet and prosperity. Eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest global challenge ...
UN, (2016)
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Annual Report 2015–2016
The Annual Report documents UN Women’s work to foster women’s empowerment and gender equality around the world. It highlights some of the organization’s initiatives during the year and provides summary financial statements, a list of new programmes a...
UNWOMEN, (2016)
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The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2016
On 1 January 2016, the world officially began implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development—the trans formative plan of action based on 17 Sustainable Development Goals—to address urgent global challenges over the next 15 years. This ...
UN, (2016)
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Nepal And The Millennium Development Goals Final Status Report 2000-2015
This final status report assesses the status of achievement of the eight MDGs based on the data available in 2015. This assessment is based on periodic reports and studies on MDG implementation over the past one and a half decade. Its overall finding...
UNDP, (2016)
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UNDP Nepal Annual Report 2016
2016 was a year of new beginnings in Nepal. After a tumultuous 2015 marked by two earthquakes in April and May, the country spent last year looking forward and setting the stage for significant changes. The National Reconstruction Authority was opera...
UNDP, (2016)
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Basic Profile of Child Marriage in Nepal
Child marriage is recognized as a major development issue that affects girls in many developing countries. The practice has been linked to a number of health risks, higher fertility, and lower education attainment, among others. The negative impact o...
WB, (2016)
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UNDP Support to the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Ocean Governance
The world ocean contributes substantially to human development, including to the provision of food security, transport, energy supply, tourism and many of the planet’s most critical ecosystem services (carbon and nutrient cycling, climate regulation,...
UNDP, (2016)
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UNDP Support to the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 15: Protect, Restore and Promote Sustainable Use of Terrestrial Ecosystems
Efforts to eradicate poverty, reduce inequalities and advance inclusive growth are directly linked to how we manage our planet’s terrestrial ecosystems and the goods and services that they provide. Terrestrial ecosystems– the different landscapes tha...
UNDP, (2016)
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UNDP Support to the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Whilst the world in general has become more prosperous and more peaceful in recent decades, inequalities are growing in many countries and there remain significant pockets of extreme poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. Lessons learned fr...
UNDP, (2016)
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Zero Hunger: The Heart of the 2030 Agenda
WFP provides food assistance in emergencies and works with governments, UN agencies, non-governmental organizations, companies and individuals to tackle the underlying causes of hunger, build self-reliance and improve food security. Funded entirely b...
WFP, (2016)
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UNDP Support to the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 1
The world has achieved remarkable gains in human development over the past two decades. Extreme poverty has significantly reduced, access to primary education and health outcomes has improved, and substantial inroads have been made in promoting gende...
UNDP, (2016)
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UNDP Support to the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 10: Reducing Inequality within and Among Countries
The world is more unequal today than at any point since the 1940s.Income and wealth inequality within many countries has soared, crippling efforts to realize development outcomes and expand the opportunities and abilities of people, particularly the ...
UNDP, (2016)
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UNDP Support to the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 6: Sustainable Management of Water and Sanitation
The world has achieved remarkable gains in human development over the past two decades. Extreme poverty has significantly reduced, access to primary education and health outcomes has improved, and substantial inroads have been made in promoting gende...
UNDP, (2016)
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UNDP Support to the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 8: Promoting Inclusive and Sustainable Economic Growth
Inequalities in income and other non-income outcomes, including health conditions, educational attainment and employment opportunities, are important determinants of economic growth and well-being. The most disadvantaged and vulnerable often lead sho...
UNDP, (2016)
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UN Joint Statement For International Women's Day 2016: Planet 50-50 By 2030- Step It Up For Gender Equality
Today, on International Women’s Day, we join governments and activists across the world to
celebrate acts of courage and determination by ordinary women who have played an extraordinary role in the history of their countries, communities and familie...
UN, (2016)
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United Nations General Assembly: Critical Milestones Towards Coherent, Efficient and Inclusive Follow-up and Review at the Global Level
Meeting at a special summit at the United Nations in September 2015, world leaders committed themselves to an ambitious global agenda, “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, with the overarching Goal of eradicating pov...
UN, (2016)
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International Literacy Day 2016 "Reading the Past.Writing the Future"
"Lifelong Learning" Open Photography Competition. General Guidelines
Sustainable Development Goal 4 “Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all” is one of the 17 goals adopted by world leaders for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Lifelong learning i...
GON,UNESCO, (2016)
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The UN Constitutional:
A Newsletter on United Nations Constitutional Support
“The UN Constitutional” team is pleased to present the fifth issue of its newsletter featuring articles by constitutional experts, reports from the field, and a digest of recent constitutions-related publications. In this edition,former Nepali Consti...
UNDP, (2016)
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My SDGs, My Responsibility - A Youth Guide For Sustainable Development In Nepal
This guide was produced in consultation with a diverse range of Nepali youth
and teaches about Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs are
identified as priorities for everyone across the globe to focus on, to build a better world for us all...
UNFPA, YUWA, (2016)
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My SDGs, my responsibility
In 2000, representatives from the (then) 189 Member States met to adopt goals for the world called Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The eight MDGs were to be achieved by the year 2015.
Many of the targets of the MDGs were met by 2015, but th...
UNFPA, (2016)
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National Reproductive Health Commodity Security Strategy- 2015
Nepal is a co-signatory to the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in 1994, and has committed itself to improve the reproductive health status of people throughout the nation. The National
Reproductive Health Strategy of N...
UNFPA, (2015)
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TeleFood Projects
Project objective:
1. The development objective of the project is improved food security, nutrition and livelihoods through enhanced conservation and sustainable use of pollinators; and
2. The immediate objective is to harness the benefits of polli...
FAO, (2016)
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Government of Finland Agrees to Provide One Million Euro for UNICEF to Build Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene Systems in Communities and Schools
Over the years Nepal has made significant strides in achieving its Water, Sanitation and Hygiene targets. However, with the devastating earthquake, we along with the Government of Nepal and UNICEF Nepal are working to build back better and achieve no...
UNICEF, (2016)
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UN Newsletter - Vol. 60 (July-August 2016)
UN Newsletter is the 60th volume of UN Newsletter Nepal, July- August 2016. This newsletter consists of the following headlines:
1. Chief of UN Volunteers Development Program visits Nepal
2. Interview with UN Staff
3. SDG Quiz
4. Health and Dig...
UNIC, (2016)
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UN Newsletter-Vol. 61 (Oct-Nov 2016)
The UN country team conducted various awareness programne on the need to achieve sustainable Development Goals.They also conducted The Impact Marathon Series’ mission is to change the world through the power of running. The aim of their marathon even...
UN, (2016)
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Economic And Social Survey Of Asia And The Pacific 2016: Nurturing Productivity for Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development
The year 2016 represents a historic milestone in global development policy making as it marks the beginning of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development which, with its 17 Sustainable Development Goals and many targets, provides a comprehensive and...
UNESCAP, (2016)
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Building Food And Nutrition Security Through Sustainable Agricultural Development
Nepal and FAO have enjoyed close cooperation since the country joined FAO in 1951. During more than 65 years of partnership, FAO has implemented significant number of projects and programs, ranging from policy advice and capacity development to techn...
FAO, (2016)
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Sustainable Development Goals: 2016-2030 National (Preliminary) Report
Sustainable Development has been a global agenda since the last 25 years. The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) based on Millennium Declaration in the year 2000 by the United Nations (UN) has set foundation for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ...
GoN, UNDP, (2015)
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HEALTH IN THE SDGs ERA
Sustainable Development Goals ensures healthy life for all at all ages.It achieve the universal health coverage including financial risk protection,access to quality essential health care service,medicine and vaccines for all. MDGs unfinished and exp...
WHO, (2016)
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