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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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Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the Statistics Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), was honoured with the 'African Statistics Award' by the African Statistics Fraternity under the leadership of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), on 18 January 2010 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. more... |
The UN Statistical Commission is the apex entity of the global statistical system. It considers and approves international statistical standards and programmes to address emerging issues.
The 41st session of the Commission will be held from 23 to 26 February 2010 at UN Headquarters in New York.
The annotated Provisional agenda has now been posted. more..
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The seminar on “Emerging Trends in Data Communication and Dissemination" is meant to provide a discussion forum for statistical managers to share experiences on new approaches in the way National Statistical Offices and International Agencies disseminate their data to users and engage actively in communication with them. more.. |
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This Forum is one of the special side events organized by the UN Statistics Division on the occasion of the Statistical Commission, to discuss special challenges confronting the global statistical community. This year's topic will explore how the effectiveness of the national statistical systems can be assessed. more.. |
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The lunchtime seminar will provide a forum to discuss measurement issues related to the compilation of property price indices.The recent financial crisis, housing price bubbles and the subsequent collapse of housing markets point to the importance of compiling accurate and comparable property price indices across countries. more.. |
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This lunchtime seminar will present the key outcomes from the recent Conference on Modernization of Statistical Production organized by the Statistics Sweden as well as the experiences of two statistical offices, those of New Zealand and United Kingdom.. more.. |
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This seminar, organized in partnership with UNFPA, will discuss the specific challenges faced by countries emerging from conflicts in the preparation and the conduct of a Population and Housing Census. Three case studies will be presented: the census 2008 in Liberia, the preparation of the 2010 census in Iraq...more.. |
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MDG Report 2009
The Millennium Development Goals Report 2009 was launched in Geneva by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 6 July. The report, which presents the yearly assessment of global progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (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 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. more... |
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MDG Progress Chart 2009
Most of the targets set for progress on the Millennium Development Goals are benchmarked for the period 1990 to 2015 — promising clear and measurable improvement on standards prevailing in 1990 by the end of 2015. The MDG Progress Chart 2009 provides an assessment of progress as of June 2009 towards a number of the key targets relating to each Goal. more... |
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2010 World Population
and Housing Census |
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Programme facilitates the international
exchange and sharing of knowledge and
information on census taking, as well as
provision of guidance to countries, and
monitoring progress on the implementation of the Programme. more... |
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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