MUMBAI: India, in partnership with the New Zealand government and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) is to ink on Wednesday a deal that aims to push all sides toward the development of the global south. The UNDP said in a statement that “the agreement seeks to take cooperation and partnership between the two entities to the next level by enhancing south-south cooperation in support of other developing countries.” New Zealand's Helen Clark, former prime minister and now ambassador, will meet senior leaders including External Affairs Minister S M Krishna, Minister of Rural Development Jairam Ramesh, Minister of Environment and Forests Jayanthi Natarajan besides Minister of Tribal Affairs and Panchayati Raj, V Chandra Singh Deo. “To commemorate India's leadership in embracing the human development approach Helen Clark will present the inaugural India Human Development Awards instituted by UNDP and the Planning Commission. “Titled Manav Vikas, the awards are in recognition of India's rich body of work in national, state and district Human Development Reports (HDR) and its emergence as the world's largest producer of sub-national HDRs,” the UNDP said. BM ShortURL: http://goo.gl/N6D5G Tags: Global South, India, New Zealand, UNDP Section: Human Rights, Latest News, Oceana, South Asia
