The halls of the United Nations echoed with singing and chanting today
as Helen Clark's arrival as head of the UN Development Programme was marked with
a traditional powhiri.
A delegation led by the Maori King
presented the former Prime Minister to her new UN
family.
Miss Clark told the audience that poverty
reduction would be at the top of her priorities.
Miss
Clark was formally sworn in by the head of the UN Ban Ki-moon in a private
ceremony yesterday.
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