REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Marty Natalegawa, met with Helen Clark, an administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), during his visit to UN Headquarter in New York on Friday to discuss the nation`s strategic partnership with that world financing institution. The meeting was seen as a follow-up to discussions held by Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono with Clark in April 2011, according to a release on Saturday.
During the meeting, Marty and Clark also agreed to continue developing the strategic partnership by putting in place development programs in line with Millennium Development Goals (MDG). Such programs have been implemented by UNDP in Indonesia through country program documents, as seen in programs focusing on poverty eradication, the environment, climate change, advancement of democracy, and recovery and handling of the economic crisis.
However, Indonesia and UNDP have seen more significant cooperation in supporting poverty eradication programs and achieving other MDGs programs in Indonesia, the minister said. Marty and Clark also agreed that the objective of the strategic partnership was making maximum use of Indonesia`s potential as a global development partner and in expanding the agenda of development at a global level, as well as within the regions of the world`s developing and least developed countries.
In addition, UNDP`s offer to Indonesia to develop a strategic partnership is based upon reality and internationalrecognition of Indonesian economic development, which remains strong and records continuing growth amidst the ongoing world crisis. This condition, Marty further stressed, would offer more opportunities to Indonesia to continuously contribute to the global partnership for the sake of the development agenda at the global level.
Helen Clark, after being promoted to UNDP administrator in April 2009, was the first woman to hold the prestigious post in the world financing institution. She is a former Prime Minister of New Zealand who had served her country for three terms from 1999 to 2008. Some countries which have developed strategic partnerships with UNDP are Brazil, South Africa, Mexico and Turkey.
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