BACKGROUND PAPER on United Nations Development Programme (UNDP ...

3. <strong>BACKGROUND</strong>
The UNDP Administrator is the third highest ranking official in the United Nations
System after the Secretary-General and the Deputy Secretary-General.
He is appointed by the Secretary-General and confirmed by the General Assembly
appointed for a term of four years.
Paul G. Hoffman was appointed as the first Administrator of UNDP in 1966 and
served until retirement in 1972.
David Owen, who led UNDP’s predecessor organization, the Expanded Programme
of Technical Assistance (EPTA), was appointed as Mr. Hoffman’s Co-Administrator.
Rudolph A. Peterson was appointed Administrator in 1972 followed by Bradford
Morse in 1976; William H. Draper lll, 1986; and James Gustave Speth, 1993 to 30
June 1999.
MARK MALLOCH BROWN
UNDP ADMINISTRATOR
Since 1 July 1999, Mark Malloch Brown has been the Administrator of the United
Nations Development Programme, the UN’s global development network. He is also
the Chair of the United Nations Development Group, a committee consisting of the
heads of all UN funds, programmes and departments working on development
issues.
During his tenure at UNDP, Mr Malloch Brown has overseen a comprehensive reform
that has been widely recognized as making UNDP more focused, efficient and
effective across the 166 countries where it works. His efforts have included a major
push to expand UN support to developing countries in areas such as democratic
governance and using information and communications technology to support
development. At the request of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, Mr Malloch
Brown is also leading the UN system in developing a strategy to help support the
achievement of the Millennium Development Goals – eight, time-bound development
targets with the overarching goal of halving extreme poverty by 2015 – which were
agreed to by world leaders at the UN Millennium Summit of September 2000.
From 1994 to1999 Mr Malloch Brown served at the World Bank as Vice President for
External Affairs and United Nations Affairs. From 1986 to 1994, he was a lead
partner in an international consulting firm, where he advised governments, political
leaders and corporations.
Mr Malloch Brown's first exposure to the United Nations was from 1979 to 1983 when
he worked for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
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