Press Releases
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Four UN agencies to assist 30 countries in transition to a green economy
Tuesday, 19 February 2013
NAIROBI/VIENNA, 19 February 2013 – A new partnership launched today by four UN agencies aims to support 30 countries over the next seven years in building national green economy strategies that will generate new jobs and skills,...more
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Heads of UNIDO and AfDB discuss solutions for global economic growth
Monday, 18 February 2013
TUNIS, 18 February 2013 - UNIDO Director General, Kandeh K. Yumkella, met today with the President of the African Development Bank Group, Donald Kabaruka, to discuss the global agenda of the World Economic Forum (WEF) with a...more
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UNIDO releases latest International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics
Friday, 15 February 2013
VIENNA, 15 February 2013 – The growth rate of world manufacturing output remained low in 2012 due to the prolonged recession in industrialized countries and its negative impact on developing and emerging industrial economies,...more
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UNIDO, CAF sign agreement aimed at promoting environmentally sustainable manufacturing in Latin America
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
VIENNA, 13 February 2013 - Kandeh K. Yumkella, Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), and Enrique García, President of CAF, the Development Bank of Latin America, signed a...more
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Dutch development agency and UNIDO to stimulate business in developing countries
Tuesday, 29 January 2013
THE HAGUE, 29 January 2013 – The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Dutch development aid organization Stichting Nederlandse Vrijwilligers (SNV) signed a cooperation agreement to improve...more
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Industrialization key to Africa’s renaissance, says UNIDO Director General Yumkella
Monday, 28 January 2013
ADDIS ABABA, 28 January 2013 – Africa can realize its economic potential if Africans take the lead in defining the post-2015 development goals, and ensure that private sector wealth and job creation are at the core of the new...more
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Director General Yumkella to participate in World Economic Forum in Davos
Thursday, 24 January 2013
DAVOS, 24 January 2013 – The Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Kandeh K. Yumkella, is playing a leading role in the 43rd annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) taking...more
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African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States support draft resolution on UN Decade of Sustainable Energy for All
Friday, 14 December 2012
MALABO, 14 December 2012 – African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) Group of States voiced support for the United Nations General Assembly’s draft resolution to declare a decade of Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) from 2014 to...more
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Global manufacturing growing at the lowest rate since 2009, according to UNIDO report
Monday, 03 December 2012
VIENNA, 3 December 2012 – World manufacturing growth has remained sluggish in the third quarter of 2012, with output rising by just 2.2 per cent compared to the same quarter in the previous year, the lowest rate since 2009,...more
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UNIDO to help develop Tunisia’s agribusiness value chains with Swiss funding
Wednesday, 28 November 2012
TUNIS, 28 November 2012 – A project to help improve market access for Tunisia’s harissa, Djebba fig and prickly pear produce is being implemented by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and funded by the...more
