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10 November 2009
UNDP, Spain sign new multi-year strategic partnership

UNDP Administrator Helen Clark and Spain's Secretary of State for International Cooperation signed a multi-year Strategic Partnership Agreement for close to €400 million.
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04 November 2009
Helen Clark: Effective alliances between state and market are required

UNDP Administrator Helen Clark called for a more effective alliance between the State and the market during a lecture delivered at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile.
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03 November 2009
UNDP Administrator visits Chile

Helen Clark began a three day trip to Chile, meeting with President Michelle Bachelet and Foreign Minister Mariano Fernandez Amuntategui.

23 October 2009
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.

21 October 2009
UNDP, Norway pledge to reduce armed violence

UNDP Administrator Helen Clark met with Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre to discuss ways in which Norway and UNDP could work together to reduce armed violence, which kills more than 2,000 people every day worldwide, most of whom are civilians.
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07 October 2009
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 in Bangkok. She also visited a project aimed at improving the livelihoods of local fishermen by increasing the population of blue swimmer crabs.

05 October 2009
UN's response to help countries battered by disasters across Asia

UN Development Programme Administrator Helen Clark said today that in reaction to the widespread disasters that struck Asia and the Pacific last week, the United Nations is responding with rapid support teams in Bhutan, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, the Philippines, Samoa and Tonga to support governments helping millions of people hit by a relentless barrage of tropical storms, earthquakes and tsunamis.
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29 September 2009
Helen Clark meets Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif

UNDP Administrator Helen Clark met yesterday with Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif on the second day of her official trip to Egypt.

02 September 2009
UNDP, UNFPA, Germany promote sexual and reproductive health

UNDP Administrator Helen Clark spoke out forcefully today on sexual and reproductive heath and development at a forum in Berlin co-hosted by the UN Population Fund and the German government.

01 September 2009
Gender, climate change linked together in Danish torch ceremony

UNDP Administrator Helen Clark made a commitment to focus on gender and climate change as she received a MDG3 Torch from Danish Minister of Development Cooperation Ulla Toernaes.

30 August 2009
UNDP Administrator begins trip to European capitals

Helen Clark's trip began in The Hague where she met with Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, Minister for Development Bert Koenders, and members of the Dutch Parliament.

23 July 2009
UNDP Administrator makes second visit to Washington

Helen Clark kicked off the Women's Foreign Policy Group's “Women in Power” luncheon series, and met with senators and Obama Administration officials.

16 July 2009
Helen Clark to engage global community on development challenges

UNDP Administrator Helen Clark spent much of the past ten days in Geneva participating in a wide variety of intergovernmental meetings, speaking with heads of UN organizations and engaging with representatives from several partner governments from the North and the South.


25 June 2009
UNDP Administrator concludes visit to Washington, DC

Helen Clark met with members of Congress and their staffs, the Obama administration, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, and representatives from the U.S.-based NGO community.

18 June 2009
UNDP Administrator meets volunteers diffusing conflict in DRC

Helen Clark has joined government ministers and community leaders to launch a new UNV-supported volunteering initiative aimed at spreading a message of peace.



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