Minister Fantino Champions Canada's Leadership at the United Nations General Assembly

OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 09/29/12 -- Yesterday, the Honourable Julian Fantino, Minister of International Cooperation, concluded a successful trip to the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Minister Fantino pressed for concerted international attention to advance maternal, newborn and child health; food security and nutrition; and responsible natural resource management in developing countries, as well as furthering Canada's diplomatic agenda.
Minister Fantino also encouraged Canadians to join in the global effort to eradicate polio by launching the Pennies and More for Polio Initiative with the Rotary Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Under this initiative, the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will contribute $1 each to the World Health Organization's Global Polio Eradication Initiative for every $1 raised by Rotarians in Canada for polio eradication.

Showing Canada's leadership in advancing food security and nutrition, Minister Fantino and Anthony Lake Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), brought together stakeholders in the Scaling Up Nutrition event convened by the Secretary-General of the United Nations. This event reviewed progress over the past year and inspired further commitments in the fight against undernutrition, which affects the health and potential of millions of people in the developing world, particularly children.

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Wednesday, September 26, 2012

How can Canadians afford Julian Fantino's continuing throwing $134.8 Millions to UNDP without accountability and transparency? Say "STOP" to Canadian government throwing your money away to unaccountable and non transprent UN Agencies like UNDP !

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UNDP - United Nations Development Programme : UNDP thanks Canadian Government

09/26/2012 | 02:39am US/Eastern

25 September 2012

New York - Canada's Minister of International Cooperation Julian Fantino and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Helen Clark met today in the wings of the UN General Assembly to discuss ongoing cooperation and issues of common concern.

Renowned for its leadership in promoting human development at home and internationally, Canada is a long-standing core partner of UNDP and has a strong presence on UNDP's Executive Board. In 2011, Canada disbursed US $134.8 million to UNDP activities mainly in the most vulnerable countries.

Major democratic governance initiatives in Afghanistan and Haiti are notable recipients of Canadian Government support.

During the meeting many issues were raised, including resilience building in fragile settings, democratic governance, gender empowerment, accelerating achievement of the Millennium Development Goals and the post-2015 development agenda.

Helen Clark thanked the minister for Canada's strong support for development.

"As one of our largest contributors, Canada is a critical ally in providing UNDP with a predictable funding base so that we can plan ahead effectively and deliver development results where they matter most," Helen Clark said.

Risk management, cost effectiveness and other approaches to improve programming and coordination are also key priorities for the Canada and UNDP partnership.

Canada is ranked sixth on UNDPs most recent annual Human Development Report.

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Andrew Mitchell - says Helen Clark is up to no good!

1. UNDP’s partnership with the World Bank needs to be more effective, particularly in fragile and crisis-affected countries. 2. UNDP’s near universal mandate means its technical resources are spread very thinly. The Board does not provide strategic direction. HR management is weak. It has a weak results chain. 3. There is limited evidence of active senior management consideration of cost control. Country evidence points to mixed progress on demonstrating cost-efficiency. 4. The Executive Board is politicised and there is a lack of consensus on the key areas for reform. It is not clear that current plans for change will deliver the required depth and breadth of reform. 5. Evidence gathered at country level was highly critical of UNDP’s ability to deliver results. Its delivery can be undermined by staffing issues and bureaucratic processes. 6. Its performance in fragile states is mixed. It has reasonable training and a range of guidance and analytical tools but struggles to fill posts. 7. There is no evidence that the Climate Strategy was directly guiding resource allocation decisions

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"I take the accusations made in the media concerning corruption and breach of fiduciary duty at the Global Fund very seriously and I am sure that the Fund will clarify the matter without delay. Germany is one of the biggest donors to the Global Fund. I have therefore seen to it that a special review will be held. I have frozen all further disbursements to the Fund until matters have been fully clarified, and I will ask a representative of the Fund to come to the BMZ to discuss the matter."

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