COPYRIGHT AND TERMS OF USE

The access to and use of this website, including its subdomains, associated websites, mobile applications and extranets (each a "Site" and collectively, the "Sites") constitutes acceptance by you or the entity you represent of the following terms and conditions of use (the "Terms of Use").

If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, you may not access or use the Sites. Additional terms (including age requirements) (the "Special Terms") may apply to and govern the access to and use of specific Materials or Site Features.

For Social Media Terms of Use please see here.

The United Nations Development Programme ("UNDP") maintains the Sites as a courtesy to those who may choose to access the Sites ("Users"). The information presented herein is for informative purposes only. Unless otherwise specified in any Special Terms, UNDP grants permission to Users to visit the Sites and to download and copy information, documents and materials (collectively, "Materials") from the Sites for the User's personal, non-commercial use, without any right to resell or redistribute them or to compile or create derivative works therefrom, subject to these Terms of Use.

The User may need to register and/or create a User account to access or use certain sections of the Sites, Materials or Site Features. The User may never use another User's account without permission. By registering or creating a User account, the User represents and warrants that the User is of legal age or possesses legal parental or guardian consent.

Unless expressly stated otherwise, the findings, interpretations and conclusions expressed in the Materials on the Sites are those of the various UNDP staff members, consultants and advisers to UNDP who prepared the work and do not necessarily represent the views of UNDP, or its Member States.

Third party content displayed in the Sites may only be used subject to its owner's consent or as otherwise permitted by applicable law.

The Sites may contain bulletin boards, chat rooms, access to mailing lists or other message or communication facilities (collectively, "Site Features"). The User agrees to use the Site Features only to send and receive information, content, messages, and materials that are proper and related to the particular Site Feature. By way of example, and not as a limitation, the User agrees that when using Site Features, he or she shall not do any of the following:

1. Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights of others;
2. Publish, post, distribute or disseminate any defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent or unlawful material or information;
3. Upload or attach files that contain software or other material protected by intellectual property laws unless the User owns or controls the rights thereto;
4. Upload or attach files that contain viruses, corrupted files or any other similar software or programs causing damage to the operation of another's computer;
5. Delete any author attributions, legal notices or proprietary designations or labels in any uploaded file;
6. Circumvent, disable or interfere with the Sites, the Materials or the Site Features;
7. Falsify the origin or source of software or other material contained in an uploaded file; or
8. Advertise or offer to sell any goods or services, or conduct or forward surveys, contests or chain letters.

The User acknowledges that all Site Features and discussion groups are public and not private communications.

By posting, submitting, uploading, or otherwise providing Submissions, the User grants UNDP a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, sub-licensable and transferable license to use, display, distribute, reproduce, modify, remix, translate, transcode, excerpt, adapt, prepare derivative works of and compile, publicly perform and publicly display any or all Submissions in any media format or medium for any purpose whatsoever in connection with UNDP.

UNDP accepts no responsibility or liability in respect of content of any Submission.

The use of the Sites, the Materials and the Site Features is at the User's sole risk. The Sites, the Materials and the Site Features are provided "as is", without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including, without limitation, warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement.

The Sites may contain advice, opinions, and statements of various information providers. UNDP does not represent or endorse the accuracy or reliability of any advice, opinion, statement, or other information provided by any information provider. Reliance upon any such advice, opinion, statement, or other information shall be at the User's own risk.

The Sites may contain links and references to third-party websites. The linked sites are not controlled by UNDP, and UNDP is not responsible for the content of any linked site. UNDP provides these links only as a convenience, and the inclusion of a link does not imply a UNDP endorsement of the linked site.

Under no circumstances shall UNDP be liable for any loss, damage, liability, or expense incurred or suffered that is claimed to have resulted from the use of the Sites.

As a condition of use of the Sites, the User agrees to indemnify UNDP and its affiliates from and against all actions, claims, losses, damages, liabilities, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of the User's use of the Sites, the Materials, or the Site Features.

UNDP periodically adds, changes, improves, and/or updates the Sites, the Materials on the Sites, and the Site Features without notice.

UNDP reserves its exclusive right in its sole discretion to: (i) alter, limit or discontinue the Sites, any Materials or Site Features in any respect; and (ii) modify these general Terms of Use or any Special Terms. UNDP shall have no obligation to take the needs of any User into consideration in connection therewith nor to alert any User of such actions.

UNDP's name, emblem and its abbreviation are the exclusive property of UNDP and are protected under international law. Their unauthorized use is prohibited, and they may not be reproduced or used in any manner without UNDP's prior written permission.

These Terms of Use and any dispute arising therefrom shall be exclusively governed by principles of international law, to the exclusion of any single national or sub-national system of law.

Any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating to these Terms of Use shall be settled by arbitration in accordance with the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules then in force. The arbitral tribunal shall have no authority to award punitive damages.

Nothing herein shall constitute or be considered to be a limitation upon, or a waiver of, the privileges and immunities of UNDP or the United Nations, which are specifically reserved.

Your privacy on the Internet is of utmost importance to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). This privacy statement describes UNDP's policy concerning the gathering and sharing of visitors' information through the UNDP web site. It applies to all "UNDP sites" – that is, all sites within the "UNDP.org" domain name.

Normal website usage
In general, you can browse the UNDP site without telling us who you are or revealing any personal information about yourself. The only information we gather during general browsing is from standard server logs. These include your IP address, domain name, browser type, operating system, and information such as the web site that referred you to us, the files you downloaded, the pages you visit, and the dates/times of those visits.

Collection of personally identifiable information
If you register for a newsletter, log on to certain UNDP sites, request information, provide feedback, apply for a job, join a discussion group or join an electronic mailing list, you will be asked to provide personal information such as your name, postal address and e-mail address. This information is collected only with your knowledge and permission.

Use of cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive containing information about the user. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information while on the site. You are always free to decline our cookies if your browser permits.

Security
We do not sell or share any personally identifiable information volunteered on the UNDP site to any third party without prior consent. UNDP employs a range of techniques and security measures to protect the information maintained on our system from loss, misuse, unauthorised access or disclosure, alteration, or destruction.

If you have any questions or concerns about the UNDP privacy policy please contact us at privacy@undp.org.

Contact us

If you have any questions or concerns about the United Nations Development Programme's Terms of Use or web privacy policy, please use the information at the following URL to contact us: https://www.undp.org/contact-us