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Article: UNITED NATIONS: UNITED STATES FEARS IT MAY LOSE TOP POST AT UNDP
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- Inter Press Service English News Wire
- Article date:
- June 15, 1996
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Thalif Deen
Inter Press Service English News Wire
06-15-1996
UNITED NATIONS, Jun. 14 (IPS) -- The United States fears it may
lose the top post in one of the world's largest multilateral
development aid agencies if its funding continues to decline
significantly next year.
The job that is up for grabs is that of administrator of the
U.N. Development Program (UNDP), the largest provider of grant
funding for development.
U.S. Ambassador Madeleine Albright said she wants Washington to
provide at least $79 million for UNDP next year, an increase of $52
million over 1996. Any drastic cuts in funding, she warns, could
jeopardize the administrator's job currently held by U.S. national
Gus Speth.
The ...