Ms. Clark, who is former Prime Minister of New Zealand and also the Chair of the United Nations Development Support Network, will be visiting Nepal from November 21 to 26.[break]
"The more we are able to inform her about our development needs the more would it boost our efforts to garner support for development construction projects," Acting Foreign Secretary Durga Prasad Bhattarai said in a brief comment to RSS.
Likewise, a senior official at the Ministry said this visit by the UNDP Chief, who has led New Zealand for nine years, would help the sector of women empowerment and also announcement of some special programs in this regard.
Active in Nepal since 1963 to alleviate poverty from the country, the UNDP has been working based on an effective plan and strategy for poverty alleviation.
Lately, it has been running various development projects targeting the rural areas, marginalized and the conflict affected people in the Mid-western and Far-western Development Regions.
Likewise, the organization has also been running program with equal priority for the uplift of the backward and exploited community of the Tarai region.
Currently, the UNDP has been working with a focus on transitional good governance, inclusive development and sustainable livelihoods, restoration of peace, energy, environment and natural disaster management, micro-enterprise development and financial services project.
The UNDP has also been supporting the drafting of a constitution as per the Nepali people´s aspiration through the Centre for Constitutional Dialogue under the special project for participatory constitution building.
During the visit, Ms. Clark will hold separate meetings with the President, the Prime Minister, leaders of major political parties, heads and representatives of diplomatic missions and development partners.
Likewise, she is scheduled to inspect some projects run by the UNDP in Nepal.
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