The United Nations Development Programme was created in 1965 by merging two earlier UN bodies, the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance and the Special Fund. It is headquartered in New York and works in a large number of countries to support development in areas such as poverty reduction, democratic governance, crisis recovery and the environment. Since 1990 it has published the annual Human Development Report, which introduced the Human Development Index, a ranking of countries by life expectancy, education and income instead of economic output alone. The programme is funded by voluntary contributions from governments, and it also helps coordinate the UN development work within each country it serves.
Before and after
- 21 November 1964Construction of Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge
- 28 November 1964Launch of Mariner 4
- 1965California Dreamin'
- 1965(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
- 1965Founding of United Nations Development Programme
- 1965Publication of Dune
- 1965Construction of Lake Volta
- 1965Founding of International Council on Monuments and Sites
- 1965Establishment of Gir National Park
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- 5 October 1948Founding of International Union for Conservation of Nature
- 5 May 1949Founding of Council of Europe
- 1952Founding of European Parliament
- 1 October 1963Founding of Nigeria
- 1985Introduction of new shekel
- 1990Rise of K-pop
The era
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