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Deputy Secretary-General calls on US graduates to become full ‘global citizens’

United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Mark Malloch Brown today called on New York University (NYU) graduates to fully engage with the world as true “global citizens” and live up to the words of former United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt by casting aside isolationism.

General Assembly confirms second 4-year term for UN’s chief development official

The United Nations General Assembly today confirmed Mark Malloch Brown to a further four-year term as the head of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) beginning on 1 July.

Annan asks General Assembly to confirm another term for chief UN development official

Secretary-General Kofi Annan has asked the General Assembly to confirm the appointment of Mark Malloch Brown for another four-year term as the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), beginning 1 July.

UNDP chief says Millennium Development Goals constitute a new global deal

The Millennium Development Goals adopted by world leaders meeting at the United Nations in 2000 constitute a "new global deal" between developed and developing countries, the Administrator of the UN Development Programme (UNDP), Mark Malloch Brown, said today in Kampala.

Donors agree on need for urgency in reconstructing Afghanistan, UN official says

Stressing the need to capitalize on the current attention to Afghanistan in order to fund its recovery, the top United Nations development official today reported widespread agreement among donors on the urgency of this task.