The Iran Project: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in the Islamic Republic of Iran and Digikala have joined forces to boost livelihoods of Lake Urmia basin inhabitants. The area is home to approximately 5 million people, many dependent on agriculture and natural resources. The initiative promotes domestic economic diversification and ...

FNA - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held separate meetings here in Tehran on Monday with new Senegalese ambassador to Tehran as well as the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) envoy. During the meeting, Senegal's new ambassador to Tehran submitted a copy of his credentials to the Iranian top diplomat. Zarif also held a meeting ...

Financial Tribune - The third phase of the Conservation of Asiatic Cheetah Project, whose draft plan is soon to be reviewed by the Department of Environment and the United Nations Development Program, aims to adopt all alternative methods of breeding the wild cat besides programs to protect it in its habitat. The CACP is a program jointly undertaken ...

IRNA The United Nations Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative Gary Lewis in a message on Sunday congratulated the Iranian nation on successful holding of the 12th presidential election. Congratulations to people and gov't of Iran on a successful election. UN looks forward to expanding cooperation for a better future, Lewis wrote on ...

What is the Project About The Conservation of Asiatic Cheetah Project (CACP) is a long standing initiative between Irans Department of Environment, UNDP and a number of committed international partners, namely the Wildlife Conservation Society, Panthera, Cheetah Conservation Fund and IUCNs Cat Specialist Group. Phase I of the project was co-...

According to the 2015 Human Development Report (HDR), The Islamic Republic of Irans Human Development Index (HDI) value for 2014 is currently 0.766. This places Iran in the high human development category. Its rank is 69th out of 188 countries and territories. Irans HDI value for 2013 was 0.749 positioning the country at 75 out of 187 countries ...

Iran is a vast art gallery, says Gary Lewis, UNDP Resident Representative and UN Resident Coordinator in Iran.   Iranian art today is an extension of the rich ancient art and culture having its origins in the Elamite (pre-Iranian civilization centered in the far west and southwest of what is now modern-day Iran), Achaemenid (550330 BC, also ...

Bushehr, May 6, IRNA The UN Resident Coordinator in Iran Gary Lewis said the UNDP malaria control plan has acted more successfully than its global model, so can serve as a model for the world. Lewis told the World Malaria Day seminar that 53 years ago those suffering from malaria accounted for one third of the population and now the figure has ...