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Helen Clark discusses development priorities with Esther Brimmer

Helen Clark met today with Esther Brimmer, new U.S.  Assistant Secretary for International Organizations.  They discussed areas of common concern, including how UNDP and the U.S. can work together in crisis and post-crisis countries where human development is at risk.  They also discussed multilater more

UNDP, Ecuador protect biodiversity and promote development

Copenhagen - UNDP Administrator Helen Clark joined Ecuador’s Foreign Minister Fander Falconi, and Minister of Natural and Cultural Heritage Marie Ferdinand Espinosa today in Copenhagen to announce an initiative to protect Ecuador’s rich biodiversity by leaving 850 million barrels of oi more

Clark ends trip to Kenya; discusses reform agenda, climate change

Helen Clark and Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta leaf through Kenya's Vision 2030 Photo: UNDPNairobi - On the last day of her first official visit to Kenya, UNDP Administrator Helen Clark met with Prime Minister Raila Odinga and discussed the ongoing political and constitutional reform agenda, K more

Salil Shetty named head of Amnesty International

New York - Salil Shetty, the Director of the UN Millennium Campaign has announced that he will be leaving the Campaign to take up the position of Secretary General at Amnesty International. Shetty joined the UN Millennium Campaign in 2003, shortly after it was set up by then United Nations Secr more

UNDP Administrator Helen Clark visits Copenhagen

Tuesday, 15 December, was a full day of events outside the COP15 venue for UNDP Administrator Helen Clark.In the morning she held opening remarks on behalf of the UN at a meeting for some 200 CSOs, local authority leaders and private sector representatives at the Climate Leader Summit side event & 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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