11 Mar 2010 Special Address: Rt Hon. Helen Clark, former Prime Minister of New Zealand

On 11th March 2010, former Prime Minister of New Zealand and now Administrator of the United Nations Development Program the Rt Hon. Helen Clark spoke at GEG.

Helen Clark is the head of the United Nations Development Programme, the third-highest UN position. Prior to her appointment with UNDP, Helen Clark served for nine years as Prime Minister of New Zealand, serving three successive terms from 1999 - 2008. Throughout her tenure as Prime Minister, Helen Clark engaged widely in policy development and advocacy across the international, economic, social and cultural spheres. Before resigning from Parliament in April 2009, Clark was Labour's foreign affairs spokeswoman and MP for the Mount Albert electorate which she had held since 1981.

Between 1987 and 1990, she was a Minister responsible for first, the portfolios of Conservation and Housing, and then Health and Labour. She was Deputy Prime Minister between August 1989 and November 1990.

To listen to Helen Clark's Special Lecture, please click here and here