UNDP Afghanistan launches Dari and Pashto Websites
UNDP Afghanistan Dari and Pashto websites launched by Ms. Fadzai Gwaradzimba, UNDP Chief, South and West Asia Division, Regional Bureau of Asia and the Pacific (RBAP) today 28 May 2008. Following UNDP audiences’ demand which includes governmental partners, media, academia, university students and Afghan public in getting more information on UNDP activities in local languages, UNDP Afghanistan launched its websites in two Afghan local languages when this information was only available in the English website www.undp.org.af before.
This is the first United Nations public website in Afghan local languages which provide information on UNDP mission in Afghanistan, its activities, news and publications, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), funding, procurement process and other related information.
“Expanding access to information is at the heart of UNDP’s continuing efforts to contribute to human development and to enlarging people’s choices through knowledge sharing. I am delighted that UNDP Afghanistan is now able to provide Afghan people with online information on UNDP activities in their native languages. I believe that this will in some small way contribute to building trust and mutual understanding as a broader swathe of our partners learn more about who we are and what we do in Afghanistan. I also hope that, in time, this will help increase our standards of commitment and accountability as our partners begin to use this platform to share their views about UNDP’s work,” said Fadzai Gwaradzimba who is on an internal oversight mission to UNDP Afghanistan.
www.undp.org.af/dari and www.undp.org.af/pashto links lead UNDP website visitors to get access to Dari and Pashto versions of the website. Should you require more information about this press release, please contact Fezeh Hosseini, Public Information Officer, UNDP Afghanistan, at fezeh.hosseini@undp.org