FILE PHOTO: Achim Steiner speaks in Bodo, Nigeria, June 2, 2016. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday named an environmental and politics expert, Achim Steiner of Germany, to head the U.N. Development Programme, replacing former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark, who steps down on Wednesday.
The U.N. agency works in 170 countries and territories to try and wipe out poverty, reduce inequalities and exclusion and promote sustainable development. In 2015 the agency received $4.5 billion in voluntary funding.
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