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Helen Clark

What is the point of the United Nations? It has a multi-billion dollar budget and a broad mandate to better the human condition, but does the UN fail the people who need it most?

What is the point of the United Nations? It has a multi-billion dollar budget, a sprawling bureaucracy and a broad mandate to better the human condition, but when the going gets tough, does the UN have an effective response? HARDtalk speaks to the United Nation's third most senior official, Helen Clark, boss of the UN Development Programme. Is the UN failing the people who need it most?

30 minutes

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Sat 14 Jun 201407:30GMT
BBC News except UK & UK HD

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Credits

PresenterStephen Sackur
Interviewed GuestHelen Clark

Broadcasts

  • Fri 13 Jun 201403:30GMT
    BBC News except UK & UK HD
  • Fri 13 Jun 201408:30GMT
    BBC News except UK & UK HD
  • Fri 13 Jun 201419:30GMT
    BBC News except UK & UK HD
  • Sat 14 Jun 201407:30GMT
    BBC News except UK & UK HD