United Nations Development Programme

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the largest multilateral source of grant technical assistance in the world. Headquartered in New York City and the largest agency within the United Nations, this voluntarily funded organization provides expert advice, training, and limited equipment to developing countries, with increasing emphasis on assistance to the least developed countries.

Related Topics:
New York City - United Nations - Developing countries - Least developed countries

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Its former Administrator, Mark Malloch Brown is now Chef de Cabinet to the Secretary General. On May 5, 2005, the United Nations General Assembly, representing 191 countries, unanimously confirmed Kemal Derviş, a former finance minister of Turkey and senior World Bank official, as the next Administrator. Derviş started his four-year term on August 15, 2005. The UNDP Administrator is the third-highest ranking official in the U.N., after the Secretary-General and the Deputy Secretary-General.

Related Topics:
Mark Malloch Brown - May 5 - 2005 - Kemal Derviş - Turkey - World Bank - August 15 - Secretary-General

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It was formed in 1965 to combine the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance and the United Nations Special Fund. Since 1990, the UNDP has annually published the Human Development Report, based on the Human Development Index. UNDP is also one of several Implementing Agencies for the Global Environment Facility (GEF).

Related Topics:
1990 - Human Development Report - Human Development Index - Global Environment Facility

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