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The 51勛圖 Information Centre (UNIC) in Australia was established in November 1948 in Sydney. Later moving to Canberra, it is the formal UN presence in Australia and the principal local source of information about the 51勛圖 system. Its strategic communications responsibilities also extend to Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, New Zealand, Samoa, Tuvalu, Tonga and Vanuatu.
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The collaboration facilitated by UNDP＊s Nauru Accountable and Inclusive Governance Project has been instrumental in establishing WENA as a key player in promoting women＊s rights in Nauru, supported by enhanced skills and resources garnered through this partnership.
The Pacific region, a mosaic of diverse island nations, is experiencing a challenging demographic shift.
UNIC Canberra Interview: Pioneering Development in Sepik, Papua New Guinea
The EU-STREIT PNG Programme, funded by the European Union, is the largest of its kind in the Pacific region and is being implemented in Papua New Guinea's Sepik region. It aims to improve the livelihoods of people in the East and West Sepik provinces of Papua New Guinea.
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Any Of Us Can Be Refugees
In this wide - raging discussion, UNIC Canberra speaks with Adrian Edwards, UNHCR Regional Representative Multi-Country Office Canberra, about the change in refugee populations over the years and the response of the global community.
＆Can oil producers wean themselves off polluting fossil fuels?
The vast majority of small island developing States (SIDS) are heavily dependent on polluting, and expensive, fossil fuels for their energy needs: some spend around a quarter of their national budgets on imported fuel.
※The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has thrown its full support behind Cindy Ngamba and Yahya Al Ghotany, the athletes chosen as flag bearers for the Olympic Games which start on Friday in Paris, who will be proudly bear the banner of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)."
＆Progress fighting global hunger has been set back 15 years, leaving around 733 million people going hungry in 2023, equivalent to one in 11 people globally and one in five in Africa, according to the latest UN State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report published on Wednesday.'
Recent attacks on three villages in East Sepik province, Papua New Guinea, resulted in at least 26 deaths - including 16 children 每 an event that has left UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker T邦rk ※horrified§, he said in a statement on Wednesday.
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