Its leading body is the Management Committee, which is composed of 48 people elected by the Economic and Social Council. The seats are distributed by region and the term of office is 3 years. Inter-Agency Advisory Committee, composed of the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the executive heads of relevant participating agencies; The Secretary-General and the four regional bureaux. UNDP also has permanent representative offices in 130 countries and regions. The Director-General is appointed by the Secretary-General of the United Nations and approved by the General Assembly.
The predecessor of the United Nations Development Programme is the expanded technical assistance plan established by 1949 and the special fund for providing pre-investment assistance to large-scale development projects established by 1958. According to the resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, these two organizations merged in 1965 to form today's United Nations Development Programme. The headquarters of UNDP is located in new york, and its organizational structure includes:
(1) The Executive Committee is a decision-making body and consists of 36 member countries. Seven in Asia, eight in Africa, four in Eastern Europe and Asia, five in Latin America, and western European and other countries 12. Members of the Executive Board are elected by the Economic and Social Council on the basis of regional distribution and the representation of major donors and recipients. The term of office is three years, and the Executive Board holds three regular sessions and one annual session each year.
(2) The Secretariat shall handle specific affairs under the leadership of the Administrator in accordance with the policies formulated by the Executive Board. 134 countries have permanent representative offices. The term of office of the director is four years. Helen Clark, the current Administrator, officially became the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme on April 17, 2009. She is the first female manager of this institution. Helen Clark 1950 was born in Hamilton, New Zealand on February 26th. He graduated from the University of Auckland with a bachelor's degree and a master's degree, and then taught in the Department of Political Science of the University of Auckland for 8 years. He has served as Prime Minister, Minister of Housing, Minister of Resource Protection, Minister of Health and Minister of Labor of New Zealand. Helen Clark is also the first female prime minister in New Zealand history.
On August 20 1313, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon officially announced the appointment of Xu Haoliang from China as Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations, Assistant Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme and Director of the Asia-Pacific Bureau of the United Nations Development Programme. Xu Haoliang, 20 10, has served as deputy director of the Bureau of Europe and CIS of the United Nations Development Programme. He also serves as the United Nations Resident Coordinator and the UNDP representative in Kazakhstan. There, he led the formulation of the United Nations Development Assistance Framework from 20 10 to 20 15, vigorously advocated the Millennium Development Goals as an important national policy framework, and established an effective new partnership with this rapidly developing economy. Xu Haoliang served as the UNDP country director in Pakistan, senior deputy representative in East Timor, deputy representative in Iran and other important positions, and worked in UNDP Asia-Pacific Bureau, European Bureau and other departments for many years. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) provides professional advice, training and other support measures to developing countries, and pays more and more attention to assistance to the least developed countries. In order to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and promote global development, the United Nations Development Programme focuses on poverty reduction, AIDS prevention, good governance, energy and environment, social development and crisis prevention and recovery, and incorporates human rights protection, capacity building and women's empowerment into all its projects.
As far as global issues and South-South cooperation are concerned, the main areas of work of the United Nations Development Programme are: strengthening trilateral cooperation among the United Nations Development Programme, China and third countries; Experience sharing of foreign aid system; Dealing with global and regional issues; Increase the participation of the private sector; Share development experiences and achievements through South-South dialogue. Traditional fund
All the funds of the United Nations Development Programme come from voluntary contributions from different partners, including United Nations Member States and other multilateral organizations. Donations from partners will be used for regular funds or other purposes designated by donors. In 20 12, the regular funds of UNDP came from donations from 50 countries, totaling $84 10 billion.
Other funds
In 20 12, the other funds of UNDP reached 3.79 billion dollars, and the funds provided by project countries increased by 5.3% compared with 20 1 1; In addition, the funds provided by many countries have increased to1500 million US dollars. No matter in the fields of silver screen, literature or sports, they are all outstanding in their respective fields. Their talents and contributions are well known at home and abroad.
Although they come from all walks of life, they are deeply concerned about global poverty and development and promise to build a better world: eliminating poverty, fighting diseases, ensuring the sustainable development of the environment, safeguarding human rights and improving women's rights and interests.
They are goodwill ambassadors appointed by the United Nations Development Programme as social celebrities, aiming at arousing people's attention to the global priority development issues, giving voice to the urgent global topic of human development and accelerating the realization of the Millennium Development Goals.
Goodwill ambassadors not only understand and pay attention to global development issues; They are honest and trustworthy, have great social influence, and can drive decision makers, donors, friends around them and people from all walks of life to join development issues such as poverty alleviation.
Being a goodwill ambassador of the United Nations Development Programme is both an opportunity and a responsibility. Goodwill ambassadors are staunch advocates of the development concept of the United Nations. They can not only raise people's awareness of development issues through various activities, but also use their influence to promote the government's decision-making process, raise donations and make contributions to the common development of mankind.
Global Goodwill Ambassadors of the United Nations Development Programme include: famous Spanish actor antonio banderas, Ivorian footballer Didier Drogba, Spanish goalkeeper Igor casillas, Japanese actress Misako Konno, Russian tennis star Sharapova, Brazilian female footballer Marta Silva, Brazilian football legend Ronaldo, French footballer Zidane and Norwegian Crown Prince Hakan Magnus; China's goodwill ambassador is actor Zhou Xun.
Zhou Xun has been the goodwill ambassador of the United Nations Development Programme in China since April 2, 2008. With her public image and influence, she helped the United Nations Development Programme to raise public awareness of sustainable development issues such as climate change and green consumption in China.
On 20 13, Zhou Xun teamed up with film director Du Jiayi to launch a public welfare film short film "2032, The Future We Want". The film shows the vision of people all over China for the next 20 years, and connects the emotions of hundreds of millions of people around the world by sharing their expectations and dreams. As the film was broadcast during the Rio Summit, the global public, including heads of state, heard a strong voice from China.
At the same time, the film reflects the active participation of the people of China in the global activities of "The Future We Want" initiated by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. * * * More than 3 million Chinese people around the world participated in this historic dialogue through Sina Weibo to discuss how to find a safer, fairer, cleaner, greener and more prosperous future world on this increasingly crowded planet. After screening, * * * 232 people from China participated in the filming of the short film, and finally 32 participants appeared in the film. 20 15 10, He Peide, deputy country director of the United Nations Development Programme, announced that Chengdu Giant Panda "celebrated" the birth of twins and became the image ambassador of the United Nations Development Programme. Today, the twins are three months old and have not yet taken a name. 20 16 65438+ 10/7 and 17, 25 zoos in 7 countries jointly launched the "global nomination of image ambassador of UNDP and global recruitment of" UNDP Panda Messenger ".