Helen Clark
Helen Clark
Helen Elizabeth Clark ONZ SSIis the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, and was the 37th Prime Minister of New Zealand. As Prime Minister she served three consecutive terms from 1999 to 2008 and was the first woman elected at a general election as the Prime Minister, and was the fifth longest serving person to hold that office. She has been Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, the third-highest UN position, since 2009. In April 2016, she declared...
NationalityNew Zealander
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth26 February 1950
CityHamilton, New Zealand
New Zealand's been pretty quiet on human rights issues, which we will be taking rather more interest in, and in international labor issues.
There is also a marked global trend towards sustainable agriculture, building on traditional methods which use fewer chemical inputs, carefully manage soil and water resources, and work hand-in-hand with nature.
We are confident that the Mir space station poses no risk to New Zealand,
We're engaged in a lot of discussions, they are ongoing, they are constructive and I'm positive about them.
would now be able to resume friendly diplomatic relations.
Further talks to progress arrangements around forming a government are likely to be held in the coming week.
I have left it there. I accepted the pilot's apology when it was offered to me.
I got interest rates down - 15 and a half per cent in 1988 to seven and a half when I left, ... Madam!
I have every confidence that this government... will be durable and will enable us to offer strong progressive and stable government,
I don't accept that stereotype. I do see my style as being one of strong leadership.
Having reached the top he retained those characteristics of modesty and humility in victory which endeared him to us all and brought him respect from his greatest rivals,
He was a role model for New Zealanders for his ability to set clear goals and in his dedication in achieving them,
To have two big and powerful countries like the United States and Britain to walk outside the framework... there is going to be lot of soul searching now at the United Nations' Security Council, and within NATO, and within the European Union about what this means for the future,
You have a plan, a set of objectives, you get the plan agreed, its now up to the governments to put it into action,