[WSIS CS-Plenary] UN News - UNDP director is now Annan's head of staff

[mclauglm at po.muohio.edu]

Thanks, Robert, for sharing this information. For those who are 
troubled by such things, Mr. Malloch Brown has been a key figure in 
the UN Global Compact, private-public partnerships (which have no 
mechanisms for accountability despite his frequent use of the term), 
and in the UN move toward market-led development. Which, I would 
suggest, means that all in all very little has changed. Mr. Malloch 
Brown is simply more acceptable to the US and other Western countries 
than is Mr. Rizal. If interested, see the following urls for remarks 
by Mr. Malloch Brown:

http://www.globalagendamagazine.com/2003/markmallochbrown.asp

http://www.europaworld.org/issue8/theuncanhelworlbus/01100.htm (The 
UN Can Help World Business)

Best wishes to all for peace in the New Year,

Lisa


At 9:38 AM -0500 1/4/05, Robert Guerra wrote:
>Seeing UNDP is a key UN organization - involved in the MDG's, the 
>WSIS finance group, and many other things... - i thought it 
>important to made sure people knew of this recent development....
>
>regards
>
>Robert
>
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>3 January 2005 - Saying that 2005 offered the United Nations a 
>critical opportunity to push through a new round of reforms, 
>Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced today that he had chosen the 
>UN's top development official to be his new chief of staff, who 
>would play a key role in carrying out a series of measures to 
>enhance the effectiveness of the world body.
>
>http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=12955&Cr=Millennium&Cr1=goals
>
>
>
>UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has chosen a new chief of staff to 
>help reform the world body, as it deals with corruption claims and 
>strained US ties.
>
>The new chief, Mark Malloch Brown, will keep his present job as head 
>of the UN Development Programme.
>
>The 51-year-old Briton is replacing Mr Annan's long-time confidante, 
>Iqbal Riza, whose resignation was announced last month amid UN staff 
>unrest.
>
>Mr Malloch Brown acknowledged the UN was facing a difficult period. ...
>
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4144035.stm
>
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>Robert Guerra <rguerra at privaterra.org>
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