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World in crises needs strong multilateral system, says UNDP chief

UNDP Administrator Helen Clark addresses Executive Board of UNDP/UNFPA New York   “Providing citizens with better employment opportunities, quality education, and the chance to benefit more from and contribute more meaningfully to their country’s progress and to decisions which have an more

UNDP report: "People are healthier, wealthier and better educated"

Fishermen from West Bengal and Orissa, India, work together to bring in the sea’s harvest. Photo: Saikat Mukherjee/UNDP People in most of the world have experienced major advances in the past decades, according to the 2010 Human Development Report launched today at the United Nations. Look more

Bangladesh: UN Development chief highlights anti-poverty progress

UN Development Chief Highlights Bangladesh Anti-Poverty Progress and Climate Change ActionsUNDP Administrator Helen Clark (seated in front row, fourth from right) is in Bangladesh to highlight the country’s progress  in achieving development goals.(Photo: UNDP)Dhaka – United Nations De more

Helen Clark meets with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

Helen Clark and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met in Washington on Wednesday morning, June 30 to discuss a wide range of development issues. Topics included ways to leverage the UN summit of world leaders in September to  reenergize the international community around the Millenniu more

Transforming environmental disaster into development opportunities

Today UNDP chief Helen Clark traveled with Montenegro's Minister of Tourism, Predrag Nenezic, to the town of Mojkovac to view the town’s transformation after a massive cleanup of a toxic mine and the potential for eco and adventure tourism in the surrounding mountains.  With support from UNDP, more

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