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The Crown Prince visiting Burundi

His Royal Highness The Crown Prince is visiting Burundi as goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The visit, which starts on 29 October, will be focusing on the UN millennium goals.

August 9, 2007

The millennium goals cannot be reached unless there is lasting peace in countries formerly torn by conflict. Peace and security are crucial to achieving sustainable development. In Burundi today, poverty represents one of the greatest threats to lasting peace and stability.

Many fear that old conflicts will be rekindled unless there is improvement in the living conditions and everyday lives of ordinary people. The many refugees returning home after the war pose a great challenge. Re-integration and the rebuilding of local communities are fundamental steps in the transition from relief to development. The UN Peacebuilding Commission and Fund supports Burundi in its efforts to implement its strategy for peace.

The Crown Prince will be visiting several projects that are working to promote the peace process, and thereby lay the foundation for a stable peace in Burundi.

Crown Prince Haakon speaks at the opening of a new maternal clinic in Kamdi (Photo: Kristian Andersen, UNDP)
Liberia has many strong women. Photo: Christian Lagaard, The Royal Court.
Used plastic bottles are cut into smaller pieces and sold as plastic for recycling purposes. Photo: UNDP
Crown Prince Haakon fishing with local fishermen in the Okavango delta (Photo: Ida Fjeldbraaten, The Royal Court)
Crown Prince Haakon visitsTanzania for UNDP. Here at the Hungumalva market in Mwanza (Photo: Knut Falch, Scanpix)
Crown Prince Haakon attends a session at the World Economic Forum (Photo: Arnd Wiegmann, Reuters)
Global Dignity Day at Ruseløkka School in October 2009 (Photo: Sven Gjeruldsen, The Royal Court)
Crown Prince Haakon visited Zambia on behalf of UNDP October 2013, and comments on his work as a UNDP goodwill ambassador and the UN Development Goals. (Photo: Christian Lagaard, The Royal Court of Norway)