UNDP Administrator announces departure
The Secretary-General has accepted Mr. Derviş's decision. This decision is entirely due to personal and family reasons. Kemal Derviş is deeply grateful to the Secretary-General and the Deputy Secretary-General for their support. He also wants to express deep gratitude to his colleagues and all staff in UNDP as well as in the UN Development Group (UNDG) for their support and friendship since he took office in 2005.
UNDP programmes in support of the developing countries have grown substantially over the last four years and there has been solid progress in the "Delivering as One" agenda concerning the UN's development work as a whole at the country level.
UNDP has been able to mobilize greater resources for development programmes and, last June, has obtained full Executive Board endorsement of a new Strategic Plan.
Kemal Derviş said "I have no doubt that UNDP will go from strength to strength in serving the developing countries thanks to the trust it has earned worldwide and the remarkable skills and dedication of UNDP staff."
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Stephane Dujarric, at +1 212 906 5072, Stephane.dujarric@undp.org
Christina LoNigro, at +1 212 906 5301, christina.lonigro@undp.org
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