30 September 2008
UNDP Administrator: Climate Change is Becoming “Another Threatening Source of Inequality”
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26 September 2008: In his address to the thirty-second meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Group of 77, Kemal Derviş, Administrator of the UN Development Programme (UNDP), outlined the development challenges and opportunities created by the current global economic environment, and the role of the UN and UNDP’s own support to programme […]

Statement by Kemal Derviş. Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme 26 September 2008: In his address to the thirty-second
meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Group of 77, Kemal Derviş,
Administrator of the UN Development Programme (UNDP), outlined the development
challenges and opportunities created by the current global economic
environment, and the role of the UN and UNDP’s own support to programme
countries.

He emphasized the importance of multilateral approaches to deal with
global challenges and the role of multilateral institutions. Dervis then described
the role of South-South cooperation in meeting development and economic
challenges, noting that South-South financial flows provide more options to
programme countries in support of their development needs and efforts, and
indicating UNDP’s commitment to deliver on the promise of sharing South-South
solutions.
He underlined that the current economic and financial events
threaten to undo progress achieved towards achieving the Millennium Development
Goals and warned that climate change is becoming “another threatening source of
inequality.” He stressed that efforts to tackle climate change need to be
integrated into the development agenda to benefit development and the fight
against poverty. [The
Statement
]

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