UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
Washington Liaison Office

Helen Clark Makes First Visit to Washington
As UNDP Administrator

Last week, Clark met with officials from the Obama Administration, the House and Senate and major NGOs
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Helen Clark delivering the keynote address at Pacific Night in Washington

NOTEWORTHY
NEW PUBLICATION:

National Human Development Report for Lebanon



In Beirut today, UNDP launched the fourth National Human Development Report for Lebanon – Toward a Citizen´s State.

The report explores the relationship between citizens and the state, institutions, the constitution and the law. Toward a Citizen's State also focuses on socioeconomic rights, including rights to education, health and employment, addressing the issues of poverty and social exclusion.

In addition, the report includes a gender development index, which measures inequalities between men and women, and a gender empowerment measure, which focuses on women´s opportunities.
READ REPORT SUMMARY HERE.

Contact cara.santos@undp.org for full report

UNDP Responds to Humanitarian Crisis in Pakistan

UNDP is working with the provincial government in Pakistan´s North West Frontier Province to respond to a wave of internally displaced persons (IDPs), who have fled violence and insecurity there.

Support includes creating an information hotline, conducting needs assessments, and starting long-term recovery. MORE

State Department Conference on Sudan Focuses International Support on Comprehensive Peace Agreement

UNDP´s Melkert, Haq Attend, Point to Progress and Ongoing Concerns

Read exceprts from Melkert´s statement, HERE.

UNDP-Supported Iraqi News Agency Nominated
For Prestigious Award

UNDP is proud to announce that one of its key projects in Iraq, Aswat al-Iraq (Voices of Iraq), an independent Iraqi news agency, has been nominated for the prestigious One World Broadcasting Trust´s Special Award. MORE