Zambia

The following speech was given by UNDP National Economist Elda Chirwa on behalf of the UNDP Zambia Country Director Ms Viola Morgan at the launch of the Localisation of Millennium Development Goals -Project in Petauke on 1 July 2010, in Petauke, Eastern Province.

The following article written by Kapala Chisunka was published in the Daily Mail newspaper on Tuesday 13 July 2010, following the launch of Millennium Development Goals localisation project implemented in Petauke, Eastern Province. The Ministry of Community Development and Social Services -initiative will be put into practise in cooperation with United Nations Development Programme and a consortium of Non-Governmental Organisations. By the end of the project, it is envisioned that 16,000 households, about 34 percent of the total population of Petauke will have benefited.

The Electoral Commission of Zambia is aiming to register an additional 2.5 million voters for the 2011 Presidential, Parliamentary and Local Government Elections. The Mobile Continuous Voter Registration Exercise already underway provides an opportunity for Zambians countrywide to register to vote.