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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

World leaders vow to fight poverty at UN Summit

(Photo: UNDP/Luis Pereira) World leaders vowed at the United Nations headquarters in New York to reduce global poverty, two-thirds into the 15-year global plan to achieve the more

People's voices must be heard in fight against poverty

New York – The global fight against poverty can only be won with the help of the world’s citizens, the head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) stressed during a meeting with leaders of advocacy and policy organizations in New York. “The threats of today’s multiple crises to achieving more

Community organizations key to fighting HIV/AIDS in Burkina Faso

 Signing in new visitors at the Association Trait d'Union des Jeunes du Burkina FasoOn the last day of her official visit to Burkina Faso, UNDP Administrator Helen Clark visited one of 176 UNDP supported community HIV/AIDS associations and spoke with sex workers about their concerns for the future.& 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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