UNDP Administrator Helen Clark

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UNDP Administrator visits Chile

Helen Clark began a three-day trip to Chile today, meeting with President Michelle Bachelet and Foreign Minister Mariano Fernandez Amuntategui.  She also spoke to UN Resident Coordinators at the beginning of their annual meeting, stating that until the global recession hit, and notwithstanding the more

Japan to strengthen development partnerships with UNDP

25 November 2009 -- The Government of Japan and the United Nations Development Programme agreed to intensify cooperation for peace-building in Afghanistan and Pakistan during UNDP Administer Helen Clark’s visit to Japan from 24 to 25 November 2009.  During a two-day stay in Japan, Miss Clark h more

Clark meets with Thai officials; visits UNDP-supported project

UNDP Administrator Helen Clark met with Thailand Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and Minister of Foreign Affairs Kasi Piromya this week in Bangkok to discuss climate change in the run up to the Copenhagen negotiations in December. Yesterday, Clark visited a project in Sriracha Municipality of Cho more

Helen Clark: ‘The time is right for Legal Empowerment of the Poor’

On 23 October, Helen Clark participated alongside Mary Robinson, George Soros and others in a high-level roundtable discussion on Legal Empowerment of the Poor, jointly organized by the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and UNDP as part of the European Development Days celebration in Stockholm more

UNDP Administrator wraps up visit to DRC

Women work at an income-generating project in Rutshuru in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Photo: UNDP)Kinshasa - Speaking in Kinshasa after wrapping up a four day official visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo, also known as DRC, UNDP Administrator Helen Clark spoke of need for a peace dividen more

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About Helen Clark
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Helen Clark became the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme in 2009, and is the first woman to lead the organization. She also chairs the United Nations Development Group.

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Haiti - Building Resilience

"Sitting on the sidelines while countries like Haiti are prevented from developing their potential by recurring natural disasters is not an option."

 

Joint blog in the Huffington Post by Helen Clark and Justine Greening, UK Secretary of State for International Development.

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