Top UN official on Malawi visit to access floods aftermath

June 14, 2015 Fazilla Tembo – Nyasa Times 3 Comments

The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Administrator, Hellen Clark, will visit Malawi for three days beginning on Monday to assess the aftermath of the floods which caused widespread destruction and displaced thousands of people.

Calrk on flood-hit Malawi
Calrk on flood-hit Malawi visit
Families displaced by recent floods in Malawi arrive with belongings at a primary school in the Chief Mulolo area of Nsanje district on January 18, 2015 ©Amos Gumulira (AFP)
Families displaced by recent floods in Malawi arrive with belongings at a primary school in the Chief Mulolo area of Nsanje district on January 18, 2015 ©Amos Gumulira (AFP)

.According to a statement from UNDP Malawi Office on Sunday, Clark will meet President Peter Mutharika to discuss the UN’s support towards critical reform processes, inclusive growth and national development planning processes.

“The discussions will also look at the post 2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) which will be considered for the adoption by the UN General Assembly in September this year to succeed the Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s),” it said.

She will engage with senior government officials, parliamentarians and Civil Society Organizations (CSO’s) in high level discussions on key development issues in the country.

The administrator will also participate in the launch of the Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) report on Malawi’s floods where she will hold a public lecture, it said.

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