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United
Nations and its Agencies
Links to UN Organizations
with activities and programmes of relevance to African Science and
Technology
| United
Nations Special Initiative on Africa |
The United Nations Special Initiative
on Africa (UNSIA) was designed to rationalize United Nations assistance
to Africa, including that of the Bretton Woods institutions, through
more effective coordination, synergistic actions, capacity building
and by facilitating genuine partnerships.
http://www.unsia.org
| Integrated
Regional Information Network |
The Integrated
Regional Information Network (IRIN) provides information in a
range of forms. Special reports, specific news items, daily updates,
weekly digests in French, English and Kiswahili are the primary products
and are currently delivered directly by e-mail to some 6,000 subscribers.
IRIN delivers and receives information to and from some of the most
remote and underdeveloped places on earth cheaply and efficiently.
http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/index.phtml
| United
Nations Office for Project Services
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The United Nations Office for Project
Services (UNOPS) offers the International
Cooperation Community a broad range of services, from overall project
management to the provision of single inputs. In responding flexibly
to its clients' demands, UNOPS tailors its services to their particular
needs, applies methods for attaining cost-effective results, and mobilizes
diverse implementing partners.
http://www.unops.org
The World Trade Organization (WTO)
is international organization dealing with the rules of trade between
nations. At its heart are the WTO agreements, negotiated and signed
by the bulk of the world’s trading nations and ratified in their
parliaments. The goal is to help producers of goods and services,
exporters, and importers conduct their business.
http://www.wto.org
| International
Trade Center |
The International Trade Center
(ITC) is a technical cooperation organization of UNCTAD/WTO whose
mission is to support developing and transition economies, and particularly
their business sectors, in their efforts to realize their full potential
for developing exports and improving import operations with the ultimate
goal of achieving sustainable development. ITC deals specifically
with the operational aspects of trade promotion and export development.
http://www.intracen.org
| United
Nations Cyberschoolbus: |
The United Nations
Cyberschoolbus promotes education about international issues and
the United Nations. The vision of this Project is to provide exceptional
educational resources (both online and in print) to students growing
up in a world undergoing increased globalization.
http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus
| United
Nations International Computing Centre |
United Nations International Computing Centre (ICC) provides a
wide range of Computing and Communication Services on a cost-recovery
basis to its users world-wide. ICC assists in exploiting networking
and computing technology, provides information management services
resulting in reduced overall costs, and gives advice and disseminate
information on questions related to information management.
http://www.unicc.org
| Global
Information and Early Warning System on Food and Agriculture
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Global Information and Early Warning System on Food and Agriculture
(GIEWS) provides publication and reports, online databases, and electronic
mailing lists prepared by the FAO Secretariat with information from
official and unofficial sources.
http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/FAOINFO/ECONOMIC/GIEWS/
english/giewse.htm
| Global
Environment Facility |
The Global
Environment Facility (GEF) is a UNDP program established
to forge international cooperation and finance actions to address
four critical threats to the global environment: biodiversity loss,
climate change, degradation of international waters, and ozone depletion. Related
work to stem the pervasive problem of land degradation is also eligible
for GEF funding.
http://www.undp.org/gef
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