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Latest Press Releases
Central banks focus on the unbanked
February 2010
[Port Vila, Vanuatu - February 26] Central banks have made a commitment to support each other in building more inclusive financial systems. This was agreed during a two day meeting of senior representatives of central banks from Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Samoa and Fiji facilitated by the Pacific Financial Inclusion Programme (PFIP) and Alliance of Financial Inclusion (AFI). Th...
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Core Group of Pacific Peace Builders to Get Induction Training Soon
February 2010
[February 26 – Nadi] What is peace? What are the linkages between peace, conflict and development? How can gender and human rights be addressed through peace building projects? These are some of the questions that will be answered in an induction workshop for a core group of Pacific peace builders scheduled for May. The induction workshop is part of a peace building project supported ...
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Mobile money gets coverage in Vanuatu
February 2010
[Port Vila, Vanuatu - February 25] Mobile phones offer huge potential to change the way we send and save money. The provision of financial services, often referred to as “mobile money” has leapt on to the world stage in the past few years. In just three years since it was launched by Safari.com, over eight million Kenyans are transferring money and making payments from their mobile wal...
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February 2010
[Port Vila, Vanuatu - February 26] Central banks have made a commitment to support each other in building more inclusive financial systems. This was agreed during a two day meeting of senior representatives of central banks from Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Samoa and Fiji facilitated by the Pacific Financial Inclusion Programme (PFIP) and Alliance of Financial Inclusion (AFI). Th...
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Core Group of Pacific Peace Builders to Get Induction Training Soon
February 2010
[February 26 – Nadi] What is peace? What are the linkages between peace, conflict and development? How can gender and human rights be addressed through peace building projects? These are some of the questions that will be answered in an induction workshop for a core group of Pacific peace builders scheduled for May. The induction workshop is part of a peace building project supported ...
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Mobile money gets coverage in Vanuatu
February 2010
[Port Vila, Vanuatu - February 25] Mobile phones offer huge potential to change the way we send and save money. The provision of financial services, often referred to as “mobile money” has leapt on to the world stage in the past few years. In just three years since it was launched by Safari.com, over eight million Kenyans are transferring money and making payments from their mobile wal...
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Latest Presentations
Sub Regional MDG-Based Workshop for North Pacific Countries
June 2007
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High Level Regional Consultation on HIV and the Law, Human Rights and Ethics
April 2007
A three day High Level Consultation on HIV and the Law, Ethics and Human Rights held in Auckland, New Zealand from April 11 – 13 brought together Attorney Generals, Ministers of Justice, Health Ministers, Parliamentarians and senior government officials from 15 Pacific Island countries. The consultation, organized by the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) Pacific Centre, Pac...
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Presentations on MDG-based planning and the Development of a Pro-poor Policy and Budgeting Framework
October 2006
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June 2007
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High Level Regional Consultation on HIV and the Law, Human Rights and Ethics
April 2007
A three day High Level Consultation on HIV and the Law, Ethics and Human Rights held in Auckland, New Zealand from April 11 – 13 brought together Attorney Generals, Ministers of Justice, Health Ministers, Parliamentarians and senior government officials from 15 Pacific Island countries. The consultation, organized by the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) Pacific Centre, Pac...
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Presentations on MDG-based planning and the Development of a Pro-poor Policy and Budgeting Framework
October 2006
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Latest Speeches
Moving the Development Agenda Forward in Today's World
February 2010
Speech by Helen Clark, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme at the Lowy Institute for International Policy’s Distinguished Speaker Series on Friday 12 February, 2010, Sydney, Australia Thank you for inviting me to address you this afternoon as part of the Distinguished Speaker series. Although it is not quite yet seven years old, I know that the Lowy Institute for ...
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Media and CSO Dialogue: Communicating a Culture of Peace
September 2009
Speech by Garry Wiseman, Manager Pacific Centre on September 21, International Day of Peace Introduction On behalf of the UNDP Pacific Centre I am pleased to be here with you on this Monday morning to celebrate International Day of Peace. I would like to thank Sharon Bhagwan Rolls for inviting me and recognize that we are not only celebrating the day of peace but for us in the UN we actua...
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Opening remarks by Mr Ajay Chhibber at the Climate Change Side Event
August 2009
Honorable Ministers and Senior Representatives of Government; Members of the Diplomatic Corps; Distinguished Panel of Presenters; Ladies and Gentlemen: I am honoured that the United Nations has been invited by the Pacific Island Forum Secretariat and the Australian Government to organise a side-event on Climate Change at this year’s Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting. Thi...
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February 2010
Speech by Helen Clark, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme at the Lowy Institute for International Policy’s Distinguished Speaker Series on Friday 12 February, 2010, Sydney, Australia Thank you for inviting me to address you this afternoon as part of the Distinguished Speaker series. Although it is not quite yet seven years old, I know that the Lowy Institute for ...
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Media and CSO Dialogue: Communicating a Culture of Peace
September 2009
Speech by Garry Wiseman, Manager Pacific Centre on September 21, International Day of Peace Introduction On behalf of the UNDP Pacific Centre I am pleased to be here with you on this Monday morning to celebrate International Day of Peace. I would like to thank Sharon Bhagwan Rolls for inviting me and recognize that we are not only celebrating the day of peace but for us in the UN we actua...
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Opening remarks by Mr Ajay Chhibber at the Climate Change Side Event
August 2009
Honorable Ministers and Senior Representatives of Government; Members of the Diplomatic Corps; Distinguished Panel of Presenters; Ladies and Gentlemen: I am honoured that the United Nations has been invited by the Pacific Island Forum Secretariat and the Australian Government to organise a side-event on Climate Change at this year’s Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting. Thi...
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