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UNITED NATIONS PAKISTAN Magazine 1 / 2018 Focus on Assisting Migrants and Refugees Special Feature Climate change and mountains of Pakistan NEWS AND EVENTS ONE UNITED NATIONS MESSAGES FROM Project launched to empower landless Government of Punjab and United ANTÓNIO GUTERRES, farmers in Sindh by improving land Nations Pakistan hold policy dialogue SECRETARY-GENERAL tenancy session in Islamabad OF THE UNITED NATIONS Page 35 Page 76 International Day of Commemoration in VIDEO CORNER Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust Secretary General’s New Year message Page 80 for 2018: An Alert for the World PHOTO ALBUM Page 77 Page 81 The United Nations Pakistan Newsletter is produced by the United Nations Communications Group Editor in Chief: Neil Buhne, Resident Coordinator, United Nations Pakistan and Acting Director, UNIC Deputy Editor and Content Producer: Ishrat Rizvi, National Information Officer, UNIC Sub Editor: Chiara Hartmann, Consultant, UNIC Photos Producer: Umair Khaliq, IT Assistant, UNIC Graphic Designer: Mirko Neri, Consultant, UNIC Contributors: Anam Abbas, Mahira Afzal, Qaiser Afridi, Rizwana Asad, Blinda Chanda, Shaheryar Fazil, Camila Ferro, Saad Gilani, Razi Mujtaba Haider, Shuja Hakim, Mehr Hassan, Mahwish Humayun, Fatima Inayet, Humaira Karim, Imran Khan, Samad Khan, Adresh Laghari, Sameer Luqman, , Abdul Sami Malik , Waqas Rafique, Ishrat Rizvi, Asfar Shah, Maliha Shah, Zikrea Saleh, Asif Shahzad, Maryam Younus. INDEX United Nations Pakistan / Magazine / 1 / 2018 |4| Editor’s note FOCUS ON |9| UNHCR, a pillar in Pakistan since 1979 |20| Disability is not inability: Miraj Bibi’s determination to achieve her UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING |11| Making a difference through the refugee dreams and hosting community programme |5| Managing migration: one of the most |21| Afghan refugee children in Pakistan: the urgent and profound tests of |13| Refugees and the sustainable importance of a birth certificate international cooperation in our time development goals |22| Helping refugee drug addicts |6 | Social justice for migrant workers is in |14| Thirty-six years serving refugees in everyone’s interest Pakistan |23| There is no greater sorrow than the loss of one’s mother |7| With the right policy environment, |15| Livelihoods and skill development migration can yield positive results for all |24| The first Afghan citizen card delivered |17| Falling through the cracks: in Karachi |8| Committed to Afghan refugees, committed undocumented and invisible to Pakistan |49| National training seminar on drug |71| Collective bargaining and negotiation skills, SPECIAL FEATURE: prevention strategy vital tools to ensure good industrial relations CLIMATE CHANGE AND MOUNTAINS OF PAKISTAN |50| Guinness World Record Holder Suhail |72| Tripartite consultative meeting on findings |26| National support for global climate action Mohammad Al Zarooni calls upon of diagnostic study on decent work in UNODC Country Representative Pakistan rural economy in Pakistan |27| Bringing sustainability to the mountains to discuss drug trafficking and abuse |73| Launch of Punjab’s home based workers |28| Mountaineer Samina Baig is UNDP’s |51| Training sessions on the Case survey report National Goodwill Ambassador for Management System (CMS) for Pakistan |73| Skills and Qualification Recognition and prosecutors working on counter-terrorism Labour Market Analysis |29| Strengthening school preparedness for in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa tsunamis POVERTY |52| Handing over of two mobile crime scene |30| The vulnerability of Pakistan’s water investigation units to Balochistan police |74| Economic inequality is harmful for sector to the Impacts of climate change sustainable growth |52| Criminal intelligence analysis workshop in |31| Climate change financial framework Karachi YOUTH |32| Reliable irrigation improves livelihoods in a |53| Training on illicit drug trafficking and |75| Providing 20,000 youth with skills training and employment opportunities remote mountain village diversion of precursors |33| Safe drinking water at the doorstep helps EDUCATION keep girls in school |54| Japan supports education of 15,000 out-of- ONE UNITED NATIONS |34| In northern Pakistan, the provincial school children in Pakistan |76| Government of Punjab and United Nations assembly is championing better |55| Qari Mohammad Iqbal advocate for girls’ Pakistan hold policy dialogue session in monitoring of climate finance Islamabad education in Muzaffargarh ENVIRONMENT / CLIMATE CHANGE NEWS AND EVENTS |56| Turning plastic into art VIDEO CORNER AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY |57| Increasing climate resilience and adaptive |77| Secretary General’s New Year message for |35| Project launched to empower landless capacities of local communities 2018: An Alert for the World farmers in Sindh by improving land tenancy |77| Congratulations Pakistan for Winning ELECTORAL ASSISTANCE |36| Satellite data to be used in monitoring and Commendation Award at GCIP Global managing drought in Pakistan |58| ‘Project for electoral assistance’ Week, USA agreement signed |37| Using the food balance sheet to improve |78| Finding our paths: Pakistani women tell their food security GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT stories of empowerment through decent |38| Developing market systems in Balochistan |59| Mainstreaming gender in statistical processes work |39| Japan supports efforts towards Foot and HEALTH |78| World Employment Social Outlook Report Mouth Disease control and restoring |60| Agreement for education and training of UN 2018 livelihoods in FATA Peacekeepers on HIV and AIDS |78| The Sentient Land |40| New study: Investments to end hunger can |61| World Leprosy Day: Visit to the oldest |79| German-funded scholarships give young improve economy leprosy hospital in Pakistan refugees hope and an education CULTURAL HERITAGE |63| Developing a 100 days action plan for HIV |79| UNHCR’s Voluntary Repatriation Centre |41| Taxila Museum gets a makeover Prevention Peshawar DISASTER RISK REDUCTION |64| Fighting Anaemia, saving mothers |79| Helping rebuilding lives in FATA |42| US$4 million agreement signed to support |65| Mission of human resources on health crisis-affected areas of FATA and HUMAN RIGHTS MESSAGES FROM ANTÓNIO GUTERRES, Balochistan |66| UN Chief, Antonio Guterres’ tribute to SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS |43| Working together to build emergency Pakistani Rights Activist Asma Jahangir |80| International Day of Commemoration in logistics response capacity in Pakistan |66| Empowering adolescents through freedom Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust |44| Building capacities to better respond to of expression and participation |80| International Day of Women And Girls in emergencies Science INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT / ECONOMY |45| First aid and firefighting training |68| Pakistani innovator wins GCIP Global |80| World Radio Day |46| Pakistan Evidence and Learning Platform Commendation Award (PELP) launched |69| Pakistan industry gets its first batch of PHOTO ALBUM DRUGS AND CRIME Certified Energy Managers trained |81| Photo album |47| Strengthen regional cooperation to combat LABOUR drugs and crime in West and Central Asia |70| Eleventh batch of national labour |48| Workshop on world drug problem inspectors’ training program completed recommendations EDITOR’S NOTE Editor’s Note lion migrant workers, many of whom Ambassador for Pakistan by UNDP this face exploitation, discrimination and month. As the first Pakistani woman to violence and lack even the most basic have climbed Mount Everest, Ms. Baig protections. This is particularly true for will lead efforts to raise awareness and women, who make up 44 per cent of partnerships around the Sustainable migrant workers. Development goals related to climate This issue also has a special focus change and environmental protection. on the challenges related to climate In this issue we also share informa- change and what efforts have been tion on several development activities accomplished in the country, following undertaken by different UN agencies the Paris agreement signed in 2015. 17 in the areas of employment, green of the 18 hottest years ever recorded growth, drug and crime prevention, have occurred since 2000 highlighting gender equality, and education. In oth- the need to take swift action. In Paki- er news, we are pleased to share news stan, climate change has contributed stories about the projects about sign- to devastating floods in 2010, as well ing the agreement to empower more The first issue of the United Nations Pa- as to drought in Balochistan and flash than 20,000 youth in Sindh and Khyber kistan magazine for 2018 focuses on flooding in Chitral. The glaciers in Paki- Pakhtunkhwa; supporting media pro- migration and refugees. stan’s north are particularly vulnerable, fessionals to foster peaceful democrat- The United Nations Secretary-General’s a vulnerability passed on to the mil- ic discourse in Pakistan, and a project report ‘Making Migration Work for All’, lions who depend on their meltwater that will assist 15,000 out of school released in January to the UN General to water their crops. Initiatives such as children in the country to achieve quality Assembly shares the vision of how to improving preparedness for tsunamis, primary education. better manage migration for the bene- providing communities with sustaina- fit of all- the migrants themselves and ble sources of income through returns I would like to express my gratitude to their host communities and societies for sustainably harvested products, the members of the UN Communica- of origin.
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