CELEBRATING WOMEN LEADERS
DC Celebrating Women Leaders Luncheon
Helen Clark, UN Development Programme Administrator

Transcript | Article | Honorary Committee

Washington, DC—On July 23, 2009, the Women's Foreign Policy Group launched its Women in Power Series with a luncheon featuring Helen Clark, United Nations Development Programme Administrator and former Prime Minister of New Zealand. The Administrator spoke on the Development Challenge in the Middle of the Global Recession to an audience of WFPG members and guests, including numerous ambassadors and officials from government, NGOs, international organizations, and corporations. Kimberly Dozier, CBS News Correspondent, presided as Mistress of Ceremonies and moderated the question and answer session.

In her speech, the Administrator discussed the impact of the economic downturn on the developing world, the challenges that lie ahead, and the response needed from the international community. She outlined how the situation has been exacerbated by an extraordinary convergence of crises, including increased food and oil prices, swine flu, and climate change. While UNDP's core funders continue to hold the line, she pointed out that funding for the organization was constrained even before the economic crisis. Ms. Clark noted that she has the same budget at UNDP for five billion people in 166 countries as she had to provide health care for only four million New Zealanders. She acknowledged the not un-encouraging progress on some of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), but emphasized the critical need to increase development support. Read more


 

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Helen Clark, United Nations Development Programmed Administrator

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WFPG Board Vice Chair Gail Leftwich Kitch and WFPG President Patricia Ellis
present UN Development Programme Administrator Helen Clark with a certificate of
appreciation for her leadership in international affairs and her contribution
as a role model for future women leaders.


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Anne Mulcahy and Bianna Golodryga with

WFPG Board Members and WFPG President Patricia Ellis


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Helen Clark and Event Mistress of Ceremonies Kimberly Dozier with WFPG Board Members

Luncheon Speakers
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CBS News Correspondent Kimberly Dozier alt UNDP Administrator Helen Clark alt WFPG Board Vice Chair Gail Leftwich Kitch

Ambassadors, VIPs, Members, and Guests
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  Gail Leftwich Kitch and Patricia Ellis

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Kimberly Dozier, Ambassador Renee Jones-Bos of the Netherlands and Helen Clark

  Helen Clark arriving with Paolo Galli of the UNDP Washington Office

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Ambassador Houda Ezra Nonoo of Bahrain
and Helen Clark

  Patricia Ellis introducing Helen Clark to
Ambassador Giovanni Castellaneta of Italy

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Academy for Educational Development President
Stephen Moseley and Ambassador Abdoulaye
Diop of Mali

  Paula Dobriansky, Ambassador Abdoulaye Diop of Mali,
Dawn Ferguson and Ambassador Roy N.Ferguson of
New Zealand, Patricia Ellis, and
Gerald Anderson and Nerissa Cook of the State Department

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Anita Botti of the State Department


  Helen Clark addressing WFPG members and guests

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Women in Power Luncheon Reception



  Ambassador Renee Jones-Bos of the Netherlands
speaking with a guest

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WFPG Board Secretary Donna Constantinople and
WFPG Board Member Theresa Loar


  Helen Clark speaking with Harriet Fulbright

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WFPG Board Secretary Donna Constantinople and
WFPG Board Member Theresa Loar with guests

  Amanda Ellis of The World Bank speaking with a guest

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WFPG Board Treasurer Dawn Calabia with Maria Montanez of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney

  Helen Clark speaking with WFPG Board Members Debbie Dingell and Gail Leftwich Kitch