Marty Meets With Clark To Discuss RI-UNDP

Jakarta (Antara Bali) - Indonesian Foreign Minister 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 Helen Clark in April 2011, according to a release from the Indonesian Foreign Ministry made available to ANTAAR here 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), which have been implemented by UNDP in Indonesia through country program documents, as could be 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 is 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.(*/R-M038)