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2012 South-South Expo opens in Vienna on 19 November to showcase successful development solutions in energy, climate change
Wednesday, 14 November 2012
VIENNA, 14 November 2012 - The fifth annual Global South-South Development Expo (GSSD Expo) will open at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna on 19 November. The five-day event will showcase and promote concrete innovative solutions...more
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Liberian welding instructors get training in South Africa with funding from Japan
Saturday, 10 November 2012
MIDRAND, South Africa, 10 November 2012 – Welding instructors from three vocational schools in Liberia have successfully completed instructor training courses in South Africa thanks to the support provided to a UNIDO project by...more
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Deputy to UNIDO Director-General visits Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Thursday, 08 November 2012
SKOPJE, 8 November 2012 – The President of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Gjorge Ivanov, met today with Taizo Nishikawa, Deputy to the Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization...more
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UNIDO and Louis Dreyfus Commodities sign an agreement to enhance agribusinesses development
Wednesday, 07 November 2012
VIENNA, 7 November 2012 – The Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Kandeh Yumkella, and the Group Chief Executive Officer of Louis Dreyfus Commodities, Serge Schoen, have signed a...more
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UNIDO asked to design and implement a nationwide agribusiness project in Nigeria
Tuesday, 06 November 2012
ABUJA, 6 November 2012 – Leaders from the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the World Bank, the International Fund for...more
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ECOWAS energy ministers urge UN to declare Sustainable Energy for All decade
Thursday, 01 November 2012
ACCRA, 1 November 2012 – Energy ministers from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have called on the United Nations General Assembly to declare a decade of Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL). “The Energy...more
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UNIDO supports green industrial development in Ghana
Monday, 29 October 2012
ACCRA, 29 October 2012 – The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) will support green industrial development in Ghana through a EUR 1.3 million project, funded by the Republic of Korea. “The project will...more
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UNIDO delegation in Seoul for talks on expanding cooperation with Republic of Korea
Monday, 22 October 2012
SEOUL, 22 October 2012 – A UNIDO delegation arrived in the Republic of Korea today to further expand joint cooperation and discuss possible priorities and themes for moving towards a strategic, medium-term cooperation...more
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Director-General Yumkella receives prestigious Global Leadership award
Tuesday, 16 October 2012
NEW YORK, 16 October 2012 – Kandeh K. Yumkella, the Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), today received the Global Leadership Award. The prestigious international award was...more
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UNIDO and Government of Nigeria organize investment forum in Japan
Thursday, 11 October 2012
TOKYO, 11 October 2012 – Investment opportunities in Nigeria were discussed today at a forum organized by the Government of Nigeria and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization’s Investment and Technology Promotion...more
