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Chinese envoy calls on UNDP to strengthen support for South-South cooperation

Xinhua, June 5, 2015 Adjust font size:

A Chinese envoy to the United Nations on Thursday called on the United Nations Development Program(UNDP) to strengthen support for South-South cooperation.

"We encourage UNDP to give full play to its unique role in coordinating activities within the UN development system to strengthen support for South-South cooperation at both policy and resource levels, while lending further support to the UN Office for South-South Cooperation so that it could fully implement its mandate," said Wang Min, China's deputy permanent representative to the UN.

Wang made the remarks during a speech at the 2015 Annual Session of UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS Executive Board.

On the issue of funding, "the Chinese delegation express concern about further decline in core resources as indicated in the Annual Report of the Administrator," said Wang.

"We are of the view that adequate volume and a sound mix of resources are critical to the ability of UNDP to implement the post-2015 development agenda," said Wang.

"We hope UNDP will intensify its effort in resource mobilization and find innovative ways of financing, actively develop new partnerships, improve management and continuously raise the utilization rate of funds and increase transparency regarding their use," he said.

"In the same breath, we also call on developed countries to increase total core contributions and improve the flexibility of non-core resources, while honoring their ODA (official development assistance) commitments in earnest," said Wang.

The year 2015 is an important year given the fact that in September the General Assembly will convene a UN Development Summit to adopt the Post-2015 Development Agenda which will map out the way forward and set priorities for future cooperation in development.

Against this backdrop, Wang said that "we hope that UNDP will stay focused on poverty reduction, leverage its advantages, give due regard to the varied development needs and challenges of different types of program countries and provide effective assistance to developing countries as they strive for sustainable development." Endi