The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is a United Nations agency tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human development. The UNDP emphasizes developing local capacity towards long-term self-sufficiency and prosperity.
Kemal Derviş was a Turkish economist and politician who was head of the United Nations Development Programme. He was honored by the government of Japan for having "contributed to mainstreaming Japan's development assistance policy through the United Nations". In 2005,he was ranked 67th in the Top 100 Public Intellectuals Poll conducted by Prospect and Foreign Policy magazines. He was vice president and director of the global economy and development program at the Brookings Institution and part-time professor of international economics at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva.
An under-secretary-general of the United Nations (USG) is a senior official within the United Nations System,normally appointed by the General Assembly on the recommendation of the secretary-general for a renewable term of four years. Under-secretary-general is the third highest rank in the United Nations,after the secretary-general and the deputy secretary-general. The rank is held by the heads of different UN entities,certain high officials of the United Nations Secretariat,and high-level envoys. The United Nations regards the rank as equal to that of a cabinet minister of a member state,and under-secretaries-general have diplomatic immunity under the UN Charter.
Alicia Isabel Adriana Bárcena Ibarra is a Mexican biologist who serves as the Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico. She previously served as the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) until 31 March 2022.
Tharman Shanmugaratnam is a Singaporean statesman and economist who is the president-elect of Singapore. Prior to being president-elect,Tharman served as Senior Minister of Singapore between 2019 and 2023,and Coordinating Minister for Social Policies between 2015 and 2023,and Chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore between 2011 and 2023.
Seve Paeniu is a Tuvaluan politician. Paeniu was elected to the Parliament of Tuvalu in the 2019 Tuvaluan general election to represent the Nukulaelae electorate. He was appointed as the Minister of Finance in the Natano Ministry.
Achim Steiner is a Brazilian-born environmentalist who currently serves as the administrator of the United Nations Development Programme and vice-chair of United Nations Sustainable Development Group.
The United Nations Sustainable Development Group (UNSDG),previously the United Nations Development Group (UNDG),is a consortium of 36 United Nations funds,programmes,specialized agencies,departments and offices that play a role in development. It was created by the Secretary-General of the United Nations in order to improve the effectiveness of United Nations development activities at the country level.
Alan Claude Doss is a British international civil servant who has spent his entire professional life in the service of the United Nations,working on peacekeeping,development and humanitarian assignments in Africa,Asia and Europe as well as at United Nations Headquarters in New York City.
Abdoulie Janneh is a Gambian diplomat and economist. He served as executive secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa from 2005 to 2012. Since leaving the UN,he has worked as executive director of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. In 2018,he was appointed as chairperson of commissioners of the Gambian Truth,Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC).
Rebeca Grynspan Mayufis is a Costa Rican economist who has been serving as Secretary General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) since 13 September 2021.
Geeta Rao Gupta is a leader on gender,women's issues,and HIV/AIDS who is serving as United States Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues since May 2023. She previously served as executive director of the 3D Program for Girls and Women and senior fellow at the United Nations Foundation since 2017. She is frequently consulted on issues related to AIDS prevention and women's vulnerability to HIV and is an advocate for women's economic and social empowerment to fight disease,poverty and hunger.
Winifred Byanyima,is a Ugandan aeronautical engineer,politician,human rights activist,feminist and diplomat. She is the executive director of UNAIDS,effective November 2019.
The Sustainable Development Goals or Global Goals are a collection of seventeen interlinked objectives designed to serve as a "shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet,now and into the future." The SDGs are no poverty;zero hunger;good health and well-being;quality education;gender equality;clean water and sanitation;affordable and clean energy;decent work and economic growth;industry,innovation and infrastructure;reduced inequalities;sustainable cities and communities;responsible consumption and production;climate action;life below water;life on land;peace,justice,and strong institutions;and partnerships for the goals. The SDGs emphasize the interconnected environmental,social and economic aspects of sustainable development by putting sustainability at their center.
Sigrid Agnes Maria Kaag is a Dutch diplomat and politician,who was the leader of the Democrats 66 (D66) from 4 September 2020 until 12 August 2023. She has served as Minister of Finance and first Deputy Prime Minister in the fourth Rutte cabinet since 10 January 2022. She previously served as Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation from 26 October 2017 to 10 August 2021,and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 25 May 2021 to 17 September 2021 in the third Rutte cabinet.
Haoliang Xu is the United Nations(UN) Under-Secretary-General since 2023,Associate Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme(UNDP) since 2023,and Director of Bureau for Policy and Programme Support of UNDP in New York since 2019.
Sir Mark Andrew Lowcock is a British economist and accountant who served as the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator between 2017 and 2021. Prior to his appointment by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on 12 May 2017,Lowcock was the Permanent Secretary of the Department for International Development (DFID) from June 2011 to September 2017. He is currently a visiting professor in practice at the Department of International Development at the London School of Economics and Distinguished Non-Resident Fellow at the Center for Global Development in Washington,DC. He is also a Trustee/Director and vice-chair of The Howard Partnership Trust,a multi-academy trust of schools in Surrey.
Inger Andersen is a Danish economist and environmentalist. In February 2019,she was appointed as the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme.
Sustainable Development Goals and Nigeria is about how Nigeria is implementing the Sustainable Development Goals within the thirty-six states and its Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) consist of seventeen global goals designed as a "blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all". Each of the 17 goals is expected to be achieved by 2030 in every country around the world.
