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A United Nations development program director says New Zealand is the ideal country to work as a prostitute.
UNDP director of HIV, health and development practice Mandeep Dhaliwal
praised New Zealand's progressive prostitution laws as promoting safety
and slowing the spread of HIV.
The call came alongside a new UN report that compared New Zealand to
Asian and Pacific nations and recommended that they also decriminalise
prostitution.
The report - Sex Work and the Law
- found there was no evidence that criminalising prostitution had
prevented the spread of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.
New South Wales was the only other territory in the region that had
decriminalised sex work and the report noted both areas had "extremely
low or nonexistent" transmission of sexual diseases among prostitutes.
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Friday, October 26, 2012
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
UNDP spokeswoman says: - "the world should not criminalize prostitution"
Read full story on Washngton Times: U.N. report calls for decriminalizing prostitution - Washington Times http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/oct/24/un-report-calls-decriminalizing-prostitution/#ixzz2AEoSYPtk
“Nearly all countries of Asia and the Pacific criminalize some aspects of sex work, … [but] criminalization increases vulnerability to HIV,” said Cherie Hart, a spokeswoman for the U.N. Development Program (UNDP), describing the dangers of contracting the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).
The report called for the decriminalization of prostitution because it found “no evidence from countries of Asia and the Pacific” that outlawing the sex trade has prevented HIV epidemics among sex workers and their clients.
The report also called for euphemisms.
“The terms ‘prostitution’ and ‘prostitute’ have negative connotations and are considered by advocates of sex workers to be stigmatizing,” said the 210-page report, authored by Australian human rights lawyer John Godwin.
“The term ‘sex work’ is preferred,” said the report, issued by the UNDP, the U.N. Population Fund, the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and several nongovernmental organizations across Asia.
“Nearly all countries of Asia and the Pacific criminalize some aspects of sex work, … [but] criminalization increases vulnerability to HIV,” said Cherie Hart, a spokeswoman for the U.N. Development Program (UNDP), describing the dangers of contracting the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).
The report called for the decriminalization of prostitution because it found “no evidence from countries of Asia and the Pacific” that outlawing the sex trade has prevented HIV epidemics among sex workers and their clients.
The report also called for euphemisms.
“The terms ‘prostitution’ and ‘prostitute’ have negative connotations and are considered by advocates of sex workers to be stigmatizing,” said the 210-page report, authored by Australian human rights lawyer John Godwin.
“The term ‘sex work’ is preferred,” said the report, issued by the UNDP, the U.N. Population Fund, the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and several nongovernmental organizations across Asia.
Friday, September 28, 2012
Jens Stoltenberg gives $255.4 Million Norway Taxpayers money a year to UNDP to buy what? A partner who does everything ....and nothing ? No results, no audits, no access to financial expenditures...Way to go Jens !!
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme : Norway and UNDP reaffirm strategic partnership
09/27/2012 | 01:22pm US/Eastern
26 September 2012
Click here to read this @ 4-traders.com : http://www.4-traders.com/news/UNDP-United-Nations-Development-Programme-Norway-and-UNDP-reaffirm-strategic-partnership--15240619/
New York - UNDP Administrator Helen Clark has met with Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and Minister of Development Cooperation Heikki Holmaas in the wings of the UN General Assembly and thanked them for Norway's strong partnership with UNDP.
Prime Minister Stoltenberg co-chairs the UN Commission on Life Saving Commodities for Women and Children which has today released its recommendations for increasing access to life-saving medicines and health supplies in the world's poorest countries, with a focus on reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health.
The Commission's recommendation to stimulate research into new medical commodities for low and middle income countries is of particular interest to UNDP.
""UNDP is currently exploring opportunities to enhance South-South co-operation platforms for innovation and research and development for treating HIV and neglected tropical diseases, and looks forward to engaging further with the Commission," Helen Clark said.
Also high on the agenda of the high-level meetings was Norway and UNDP's quest for inclusive and green growth.
Combatting deforestation has been an issue Norway has addressed through its engagement with the UN-REDD Programme and where UNDP has been an important partner.
Helen Clark said UNDP was encouraged by the progress of UN REDD and looked forward to further cooperation with Norway on deforestation and related issues, including joining forces in making the private sector part of the solution in the sphere of sustainable development.
Having both participated in the Open Dialogue with the High-Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, Minister Holmås and Miss Clark further discussed UNDP's ability to implement a post 2015 agenda with focus on equity and sustainability.
In 2011, Norway was UNDP's third biggest donor with a total contribution of US $255.4.
Click here to read this @ 4-traders.com : http://www.4-traders.com/news/UNDP-United-Nations-Development-Programme-Norway-and-UNDP-reaffirm-strategic-partnership--15240619/
Click here to read this @ 4-traders.com : http://www.4-traders.com/news/UNDP-United-Nations-Development-Programme-Norway-and-UNDP-reaffirm-strategic-partnership--15240619/
New York - UNDP Administrator Helen Clark has met with Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and Minister of Development Cooperation Heikki Holmaas in the wings of the UN General Assembly and thanked them for Norway's strong partnership with UNDP.
Prime Minister Stoltenberg co-chairs the UN Commission on Life Saving Commodities for Women and Children which has today released its recommendations for increasing access to life-saving medicines and health supplies in the world's poorest countries, with a focus on reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health.
The Commission's recommendation to stimulate research into new medical commodities for low and middle income countries is of particular interest to UNDP.
""UNDP is currently exploring opportunities to enhance South-South co-operation platforms for innovation and research and development for treating HIV and neglected tropical diseases, and looks forward to engaging further with the Commission," Helen Clark said.
Also high on the agenda of the high-level meetings was Norway and UNDP's quest for inclusive and green growth.
Combatting deforestation has been an issue Norway has addressed through its engagement with the UN-REDD Programme and where UNDP has been an important partner.
Helen Clark said UNDP was encouraged by the progress of UN REDD and looked forward to further cooperation with Norway on deforestation and related issues, including joining forces in making the private sector part of the solution in the sphere of sustainable development.
Having both participated in the Open Dialogue with the High-Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, Minister Holmås and Miss Clark further discussed UNDP's ability to implement a post 2015 agenda with focus on equity and sustainability.
In 2011, Norway was UNDP's third biggest donor with a total contribution of US $255.4.
Click here to read this @ 4-traders.com : http://www.4-traders.com/news/UNDP-United-Nations-Development-Programme-Norway-and-UNDP-reaffirm-strategic-partnership--15240619/
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