Posted on 04/04/2003 10:41:32 AM PST by dennisw
Mark Malloch Brown
Since 1 July 1999, Mark Malloch Brown has been the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, the UN’s global development network. He is also the Chair of the United Nations Development Group, a committee consisting of the heads of all UN funds, programmes and departments working on development issues.
During his tenure at UNDP, Mr. Malloch Brown has overseen a comprehensive reform that has been widely recognized as making UNDP more focused, efficient and effective across the 166 countries where it works. His efforts have included a major push to expand UN support to developing countries in areas such as democratic governance and using information and communications technology to support development
At the request of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, Mr. Malloch Brown is also leading the UN system in developing a strategy to help support the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals – eight, time-bound development targets with the overarching goal of halving extreme poverty by 2015 – which were agreed to by world leaders at the UN Millennium Summit of September 2000.
From 1994 to1999 Mr. Malloch Brown served at the World Bank as Vice President for External Affairs and United Nations Affairs. From 1986 to 1994, he was a lead partner in an international consulting firm, where he advised governments, political leaders and corporations.
Mr. Malloch Brown's first exposure to the United Nations was from 1979 to 1983 when he worked for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
As founder of the Economist Development Report, he served as its Editor from 1983 to 1986 after working as a political correspondent with the Economist magazine from 1977 to 1979.
A British citizen, Mr. Malloch Brown received an Honours Degree in History from Magdalene College, Cambridge University, and a Master's Degree in Political Science from the University of Michigan. He is married and has four children.
What exactly is the "U.N."? Is that one of those international organizations they used to have back in the 20th Century?
Must be getting old... could swear I've heard of it, but I just can't place it...
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