Former New Zealand Prime Minister Clark on Multilateralism and COVID-19
Former Prime Minister of New Zealand and previous United Nations Development Program Administrator Helen Clark shared her experiences and how it relates to addressing the COVID-19 pandemic.
About This Event
While the world has been grappling with COVID-19 over the past several months, global leadership and multilateral action and cooperation has been absent amid the public health and economic threat. Countries have addressed the crisis alone, while global leaders have urged the G20 to consider the global dimension of the threat and tackle these twin issues cooperatively. Former Prime Minister of New Zealand and previous United Nations Development Program Administrator, Helen Clark, shares her experience working across government and development and explains why leadership and multilateralism are critical in addressing this pandemic.
About the Speakers
Helen Clark
Former Prime Minister of New Zealand
Helen Clark is the former Prime Minister of New Zealand and the former administrator of the UN Development Programme (UNDP). She was the first woman to lead the UNDP and simultaneously chaired the UN Development Group. She continues to be a strong voice for sustainable development, climate action, gender equality, women’s leadership, peace and justice, and action on pressing global health issues.
Distinguished Fellow, Global Food and Agriculture
Catherine Bertini served as executive director of the UN World Food Program, the world’s largest international humanitarian agency, from 1992 to 2002 prior to joining the Council. She was named the World Food Prize laureate in 2003 for her groundbreaking leadership there.