Question: Recently, Nepal Government signed the United Nations Development assistant plan. This plan is for –
(a) 2017-2021
(b) 2018-2022
(c) 2018-2021
(d) 2018-2025
Answer: (b)
Related Facts:
- On September 1st, 2017, the Government of Nepal has signed a USD 635 million United Nations Development assistant plan for year 2018-2022.
- The National Planning Commission, apex advisory body of the Government of Nepal, and the United Nations Country Team (UNCT) in Nepal signed the the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF).
- The framework will prepare the lay out the country’s development strategy for the next five years.
- The package involving 26 individual UN agencies, spans interventions aimed at assisting in four broad areas.
- These four broad areas are: inclusive economic growth; social development; resilience, climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction; and governance, rule of law and human rights.
- The framework will contribute to our ambition to achieve the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development.
- It is broadly aligned without national priorities as envisioned by the Government of Nepal.
- The United Nations was founded on October 24, 1945.
- The number of current member countries of the United Nations is 193.
Reference:
http://nepal.unfpa.org/en/news/govt-un-nepal-sign-5-year-development-assistance-framework
http://www.newsstate.com/world-news/nepal-signs-united-nations-development-assistance-plan-undaf-article-36797.html
http://ptinews.com/news/9035111_Nepal-signs-UN-development-assistance-plan.html