UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (UNDP)

Foundation: 1965

Administrator: Helen Elizabeth Clark

Headquarter: New York

Important points related to United Nations Development Programme-

1. United Nations Development Programme advocates for change and connects countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life.

2. United Nations Development Programme provides expert advice, training, and grant support to developing countries, with increasing emphasis on assistance to the least developed countries.

3. United Nations Development Programme is an executive board within the United Nations General Assembly.

4. The United Nations Development Programme Administrator is the third highest-ranking official of the United Nations after the United Nations Secretary-General and Deputy Secretary-General.

5. United Nations Development Programme operates in 177 countries.

6. United Nations Development Programme annually published the Human Development Report, which includes topics on Human Development and the annual Human Development Index.