India has stressed that eradication of poverty and inclusive growth should be the “singular guiding” objective of the activities of the UNDP particularly in the post-2015 development agenda.
India’s Ambassador to the UN Asoke Kumar Mukerji said that the United Nations Development Programme’s strategic plan has given an explicit vision, the eradication of poverty and inclusive growth.
“This has to be the singular guiding objective of UNDP’s activities, as well as the critical benchmark of assessment, as the organisation proceeds forward in the implementation of the strategic plan, especially in developing countries,” Mukerji said at the first regular session 2014 of the Executive Board of UNDP.
UNDP Executive Board is made up of representatives from 36 countries around the world who serve on a rotating basis.
Through its Bureau, consisting of representatives from five regional groups, the Board oversees and supports the activities of UNDP, ensuring that the organisation remains responsive to the evolving needs of programme countries.
Mukerji said that for the UN development system as well as for the post-2015 development agenda to succeed, the starting premise has to be rooted in the “D of UNDP” and strongly anchored on issues of “development” alone.
“If we were to lose sight of this defining objective, and cloud ourselves with extraneous issues by trying to somehow connect them with development, we might end up doing the development agenda a great disservice,” Mukerji said.
He said given the mandate of the UNDP’s Global Programme, it is a “bit disconcerting” to note that even the phrase “poverty eradication” did not find mention in any of the five priorities of UNDP’s draft of the global programme. Read more..
India’s Ambassador to the UN Asoke Kumar Mukerji said that the United Nations Development Programme’s strategic plan has given an explicit vision, the eradication of poverty and inclusive growth.
“This has to be the singular guiding objective of UNDP’s activities, as well as the critical benchmark of assessment, as the organisation proceeds forward in the implementation of the strategic plan, especially in developing countries,” Mukerji said at the first regular session 2014 of the Executive Board of UNDP.
UNDP Executive Board is made up of representatives from 36 countries around the world who serve on a rotating basis.
Through its Bureau, consisting of representatives from five regional groups, the Board oversees and supports the activities of UNDP, ensuring that the organisation remains responsive to the evolving needs of programme countries.
Mukerji said that for the UN development system as well as for the post-2015 development agenda to succeed, the starting premise has to be rooted in the “D of UNDP” and strongly anchored on issues of “development” alone.
“If we were to lose sight of this defining objective, and cloud ourselves with extraneous issues by trying to somehow connect them with development, we might end up doing the development agenda a great disservice,” Mukerji said.
He said given the mandate of the UNDP’s Global Programme, it is a “bit disconcerting” to note that even the phrase “poverty eradication” did not find mention in any of the five priorities of UNDP’s draft of the global programme. Read more..
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