Maputo, 15 February 2007 – Building upon the experience gained and progress made during the implementation of the previous Country Programme from 2002 to 2006, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has signed its Country Programme Action Plan (CPAP) for the period 2007-2009 with the Government of Mozambique.

Maputo, 22 February 2007 – Water levels have been increasing due to heavy rains along the Zambezi river and its major tributaries in the central region of Mozambique. Currently, the Mozambique’s National Institute for Disaster Management (INGC) estimates that approximately 139.944 people have been displaced due to the floods.

Maputo, 20 November 2006 – The Mozambican Government signed on Friday, 17 November 2006, a Project document with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP Mozambique) regarding the support to the implementation of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) in Mozambique.

Maputo, 10 November 2006 - Witnessed by high level Government officials, donor community, civil society organizations, private sector and media representatives, UNDP Mozambique yesterday launched the Human Development Report 2006 in Maputo. Titled Beyond scarcity: power, poverty and the global water crisis, the report ranks Mozambique at 168 in the Human Development Index out of 177 countries surveyed, which posts the country above Angola, Sierra Leone and Swaziland but below Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea.

Maputo, 6 November 2006 – The proliferation of illicit small arms in Mozambique, especially in the main urban centers, has become one of the main factors of insecurity for citizens and their assets. This situation may change for the worse due to a weak policy environment and the existing legal framework.

Maputo, 4 August 2006 – In partnership with the Governments of Italy, Sweden, Canada and Portugal, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) provided assistance to the Mozambican 2003 municipal elections and 2004 general ones. The European Union also supported the electoral process directly through the state budget.

Maputo, 6 April 2006 – Hundreds of citizens, including victims of landmines, deminers and other action mine workers took part in a massive demonstration on Tuesday, 4 April, in the main avenues of the Mozambican capital Maputo. Organized by the Mozambican National Institute for Demining, the march was intended to commemorate the International Day for Mines Awareness and Support for Mine Action established by 60th session of the UN General Assembly to be an opportunity to sustain public awareness about the problem of landmines and explosive remnants of war and the efforts to eliminate them.

Maputo, 19 April 2006 – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is embarking on a new pilot management experience in Mozambique with the appointment of Ms. Anna Soumaré Coulibaly, from Mali, as Country Director.

Maputo, 22 August 2005
The National Survey on Governance and Corruption, carried out in 2004 and recently presented to the public in Maputo describes criminality as the one of three major problems in Mozambique. Conducted in the context of the reforms in the public sector, the survey considers unemployment and the high cost of living as the other two major concerns of the Mozambican society.

Maputo, 25 April 2005 - The Small Grants Programme was established in 1992, as an outcome of the Rio Earth Summit. As it was intended, the Small Grants Programme has since then embodied the very essence of sustainable development by intervening at the grassroots level, adopting local solutions to global environmental concerns.