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Latest UNSD Brochure:
Advancing the Global
Statistical System-
UNSD's major
work areas
and accomplishments
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The Statistics Division is committed
to the advancement of the global statistical system. We compile
and disseminate global statistical information, develop standards
and norms for statistical activities, and support countries’ efforts
to strengthen their national statistical systems. We facilitate
the coordination of international statistical activities and
support the functioning of the UN Statistical Commission as the apex
entity of the global statistical system. For more, see .
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The Millennium Development Goals Report 2009 will be launched in Geneva by the Secretary-General on 6 July. The report, which presents the yearly assessment of global progress towards the MDGs, is prepared by the Statistics Division of DESA on the basis of inputs provided by the members of the Inter-agency and Expert Group on MDG Indicators. Less than six years away from the 2015 deadline to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the report warns that despite many successes, overall progress has been too slow for most of the targets to be met by 2015. And major advances in the fight against poverty and hunger have begun to slow or even reverse as a result of the global economic and food crises. |
On 22 June 2009, Ms. Keiko Osaki-Tomita took up her new appointment as Chief of the Demographic and Social Statistics Branch of the United Nations Statistics Division in New York. She will lead the Statistics Division’s work programme on population and housing censuses, vital registration, demographic and social data collection and dissemination and will oversee the development of a comprehensive social statistics programme. more... |
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WARNING - CONFIDENCE SCHEMES AND SCAMS |
The United Nations Statistics Division is aware of various schemes, being circulated via e-mails, from the Internet web sites, and via regular mail or fax, falsely stating that they are issued by or associated with the United Nations or its officials.
These schemes may seek to extract money and in some cases personal details from the recipients of such correspondence.
Such schemes are fraudulent, for further information please read the position of the UN on this page http://www.un.org/fraud/. |
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