EC, UN launch initiative on migration and development
27 November - Migrant and diaspora groups, NGOs, local authorities, members of the European institutions and UN agencies will gather in Brussels for a "Migration for Development Knowledge Fair" from 1–4 December. UNDP Goodwill Ambassador Maria Sharapova welcomed participants to the Fair.

Latin American ministers discuss social policies in times of crisis
26 November - More than 30 social policy ministers and social authorities from 18 Latin American countries gathered at the United Nations for a two-day meeting to discuss the impact of the current global financial crisis on social policy in the region.

Myanmar: House of memories
25 November - Labutta Township was one the most severely affected areas in Myanmar's Ayeyarwady Delta region. Almost every house in the village of Chit Tea Kone was destroyed during the vicious storm...every house, that is, except one.

Women as emerging stakeholders in Poznan climate change negotiations
20 November - UNDP and the Global Gender and Climate Alliance, in partnership with the Permanent Mission of Finland to the United Nations and Heinrich Böll Foundation North America, commenced the first global effort to ensure that climate change funds target women and men equitably.