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UNDP calls for strengthening strategic cooperation with Baku

1 October 2014 15:38 (UTC+04:00)
UNDP calls for strengthening strategic cooperation with Baku

By Sara Rajabova

Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Helen Clark started her visit to Azerbaijan on October 1.

In a briefing to the press at airport, Clark expressed satisfaction for seeing Azerbaijan as a middle-income country and stressed the importance of strengthening strategic cooperation between the UNDP and Azerbaijan.

The purpose of Clark's visit is to further deepen the existing cooperation in the areas of mutual interest and explore new opportunities for innovative partnerships between Azerbaijan and UNDP, the UNDP Baku office reported.

She will attend the IV Baku International Humanitarian Forum to be held in Baku on October 2-3 and deliver a speech at the opening ceremony of the event. She will meet with high-level government officials, women politicians, the UN Country Team, and representatives of some of the diplomatic missions in the country.

Clark also plans to visit Sumgayit city. She will stop by at the Syslab Center, established in the framework of a joint UNDP and Norwegian government's project.

She will also visit the ASAN Service, created by the State Agency for Public Service and Social Innovation, a unique experience that can be shared with other middle-income as well as low-income countries.

Clark became the UNDP Administrator in April 2009, and is the first woman to lead the organization. She is also the chair of the United Nations Development Group, a committee consisting of the Heads of all UN funds, programs and departments working on development issues. Recognizing her influence as the Head of UNDP agency, Forbes Magazine included Clark to the list of world's 100 most powerful women and "the most powerful woman in the United Nations."

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