The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) reconfirms its strong commitment and support to the transitional process through its continued support to Yemen’s update to the Voter Registry, Constitutional Referendum and post-Referendum elections by the signing of an agreement in the amount of 27 million SEK (approximately US $4 million) with the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) for the implementation of the Support to the Elections during the Transitional Period (SETP) project in Yemen.

KAMPALA, 17 December 2012 (IRIN) - Hundreds of millions of dollars in donor aid have been withheld from Uganda in recent months, threatening post-war rehabilitation in the northern region and key public investments across the country.

Keith Muhakanizi, deputy secretary to the Treasury, told IRIN that donors, under a Joint Budget Support Framework (JBSF) - including the World Bank, European Union, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Sweden and the United Kingdom - have suspended "about US$260 million", or 6 percent of the annual budget for at least six months.

During meeting with H.E. Minister Wais Ahmad Barmak, Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development, Mr. Petersam Nabi Swedish Ambassador to Afghanistan said his country will provide an amount of USD 3.3 million for the National Solidarity Program (NSP) of the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) to be spent for the implementation of uplift projects in the local areas of the country.

The exercise organized on 27 and 28 November to evaluate the functioning of the Tsunami Warning System for the North East Atlantic, Mediterranean and Adjacent Seas has taken place as scheduled. This real-time simulation, based on four scenarios in which earthquakes provoked tsunamis in different regions, demonstrated that the communication system for sending and receiving alert messages to concerned national authorities, worked smoothly.

Press release
29 November 2012
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Defence

The Government has taken a decision on a Swedish contribution of almost SEK 16 million to the fund established to finance the build-up the Afghan National Army (ANA). The aim is to help build up security forces primarily in northern Afghanistan, the area of the country where Sweden is active.

Matadi, 20 novembre 2012 - Le parquet de grande instance et l’auditorat militaire de garnison de Matadi, province du Bas-Congo, ont reçu le 20 novembre 2012 dans leurs enceintes respectives, des équipements et du matériel de bureau, dans le cadre du Projet suédois de lutte contre les violences sexuelles.

The European Union is making a contribution of approximately €19.0 million to the payment of the October salaries and pensions of around 84,200 Palestinian civil servants and pensioners in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. This contribution, which is channelled through the PEGASE[1] mechanism, is being funded by the European Commission (€13.8 million), the Government of Sweden (SEK 35.0 million or c.€4.0 million) and the Government of the Netherlands (c.€1.2 million earmarked specifically to the PA salaries in the Justice sector).

Press Briefing Notes Friday 12th October 2012 Spokesperson: Jumbe Omari Jumbe

IOM and the Government of Zimbabwe will today (12/10) inaugurate the newly refurbished Nyamapanda Temporary Reception Centre (NTRC) located on the Zimbabwe-Mozambique border, some 300 km east of the Zimbabwean capital, Harare.

The centre comprises an IOM operations office, an immigration office, a kitchen, a warehouse, a nursing building, an entertainment area, a water borehole and accommodation tents mounted on concrete slabs.

In honor of the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves’ second anniversary, the United States is pleased to announce that total investment in support of the Alliance and clean cookstoves has reached up to $114 million. This investment represents a nearly $10 million increase over the past year and will help the Alliance achieve its goal of enabling 100 million homes to adopt clean and efficient stoves and fuels by 2020.