Maureen Lance

Technical Specialist: International Development, Poverty, Social Protection.. a believer in people as the drivers of change

[Maureen Lance @maureenlance]

👍👍👍

[Polixenia Calagi @PolixeniaCalagi]

It’s happening! @UNDP has signed an agreement to purchase a replacement ship for #FSOSafer to avoid a catastrophic environmental & humanitarian disaster in the Red Sea.

We are starting the operational phase, we are on it! 🚢
https://t.co/sdkHNityef

[Maureen Lance @maureenlance]

Me too! 😊

[Marina Walter (ARCHIVE) @MarinaWalter99]

Kudos to the Administrator for getting this done. This is why I work for @UNDP. 🇺🇳 A major step was reached today to prevent a massive oil spill on #Yemen’s Red Sea coast: @UNDP purchased a vessel to take on oil from the #FSOSafer to prevent a massive ecological disaster.

[State Department Spokesperson 2013-2025 @statedeptspox_a]

We welcome the @UN’s pivotal step to procure a ship onto which the Safer tanker’s oil can be transferred. We urge the international community and private sector to close the funding gap to avert an environmental and humanitarian disaster off Yemen’s coast. https://t.co/aieGansQur

[Achim Steiner @ASteiner]

W/ the vessel now secured, we’re still $34M short of $129M to #StopRedSeaSpill. We are against time to raise funds to begin the salvage operation in the next 8-10 weeks.

The plan is ready & in place - we urgently need pledges to prevent a potential disaster 4 people & planet.

[SwedenUN 🇸🇪 @SwedenUN]

#FSOSafer is a time bomb.
Sweden welcomes these great news and thank @UNDP and @DavidGressly for their efforts to make it happen.

🇸🇪 has contributed $5 million towards the project.

[Maureen Lance @maureenlance]

🙏🙏🙏

[Usman Iqtidar @UIqtidar]

More than a million barrels of crude oil have been sitting on a decaying supertanker in the Red Sea.

The @UN has purchased a huge ship that will head to Yemen to get the oil off the tanker.

Kudos to all the colleagues involved! @UNDP https://t.co/4yJqD0xJvO

[Maureen Lance @maureenlance]

It is an important milestone. #undpatwork

[Stina Amnebjer Mullin (she/her) @stinaamnebjer]

Another example of @UNDP in action! 🇺🇳🇾🇪🌍

[Peter-Derrek Hof @pd_hof]

Milestone in the prevention of a major oil spill in the Red Sea. The purchase of a VLCC to replace the #FSOSafer brings us closer to preventing an environmental & humanitarian disaster. Congratulations to @DavidGressly and @UNDP. Hopefully the ship-to-ship transfer starts in May.

[BlertaAliko @BlertaAliko]

Impressive courageous and critical work @UNDPYemen ! Kudos to the team and UNDP leadership!

[UNDP Washington @UNDPDC]

RT @UN_News_Centre: The #FSOSafer could spark a devastating oil spill in the Red Sea.
@UNDP has signed a deal to buy a replacement vessel to remove the 1 million+ barrels of oil onboard the decaying supertanker.

#StopRedSeaSpill

https://t.co/9thcHravI3

[Maureen Lance @maureenlance]

@UNDPNigeria @YIAGA @inecnigeria @Mo_UNDP Vote wisely Nigerians!

[United Nations @UN]

Women's rights are human rights. They are not negotiable.

Women & girls everywhere deserve a life of dignity & respect.

@UN_Women works to promote gender equality & women's empowerment around the world. https://t.co/9DkJpsy3v9

[UNDP Arab States @UNDPArabStates]

@UNDP and @KSRelief signed a new project that will help to build the capacities of local authorities to enable greater participation of community members, especially youth and women in activities to strengthen social cohesion and sustain local peace #RIHF https://t.co/s87lxsndrQ

[UNDP Arab States @UNDPArabStates]

Dr Abdullah Al Rabeeah,Supervisor General @KSRelief & @UNDP Administrator @Asteiner announced today a new agreement to provide development responses to humanitarian crises whether human-made or natural disasters across the Arab States region & beyond #RIHF https://t.co/s87lxsmFCi

[UNDP Arab States @UNDPArabStates]

In his meeting w @mohdsalj, KSA Ambassador to #Yemen & Supervisor Gen of Saudi Development & Reconstruction Program for #Yemen @SaudiDRPY today @UNDP administrator @Asteiner expressed gratitude for continued support to @UNDP development efforts in #Yemen #RIHF

[Khalida Bouzar @khalida_bouzar]

Glad to see closer collaboration, Yemen needs all support #Yemen. UNDP is in the lead & leaves no one behind..

[This is Yemen @its_yemen]

The Bâb al-Yaman (Yemen Gate) is an iconized entry point through the city walls and is over 700 years old.

[UNDP Arab States @UNDPArabStates]

Speaking at 3rd #RIHF today, @UNDP Administrator @ASteiner: “At a time when 6 out of 7 people worldwide are anxious for the future, we must not limit our thinking about the future in terms of development or development aid, but rather in terms of co-investment in each other.”

[UNDP Arab States @UNDPArabStates]

@UNDPYemen and @KSRelief_EN partnership supported 194 youth were trained in auto mechanics, carpentry, and cell phone/appliance maintenance. Learn more about it https://t.co/7hK8fO75nQ #RIHF

[UNDP Yemen @UNDPYemen]

Today @UNDP globally & @KSrelief renewed our partnership w/an announcement of a joint agreement to provide support to communities in #Yemen and beyond.

@ASteiner and Dr. Abdullah A. Al Rabeeah signed two agreements for #Yemeni livelihoods & social cohesion that will begin soon!