General Assembly Confirms Appointment of Helen Clark to Second Term as UNDP Administrator
Original source: UN
The General Assembly today confirmed the Secretary-General’s appointment of Helen Clark to a second term as Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and also adopted eight consensus texts recommended by its Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary), addressing, among other issues, human resources management, progress in setting up an accountability system and the cost to recover from damage to Headquarters caused by storm Sandy last October.
Ms. Clark will begin her next four-year term on 20 April. She is the former Prime Minister of New Zealand and was first appointed as UNDP Administrator in 2009, becoming the first woman to lead the agency tasked with spearheading efforts to eradicate extreme poverty and promote good governance under its special General Assembly mandate.