Articles by Helen Clark
Helen Clark served as the 37th Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1999 to 1998, and as Ambassador of the UN Development Programme from 2009 to 2017.
More, Not Less, Multilateralism is Needed to Fight the Coronavirus Pandemic
Opinion • elocal Digital Edition • June 2020
by Helen Clark
For the first time this century, the numbers of people living in absolute poverty are rising. The World Food Programme estimates that another 130 million people could be brought to the brink of starvation, leading to a new combined total of 265 million people in that dire predicament. Rates of childhood vaccination and prenatal care are precipitously declining in a number of…
Missing In Action
The lack of a globally co-ordinated response to Covid-19
Opinion • Community Newsfeed • 13 Apr 2020
by Helen Clark
Since January, I have been following international coverage and debate about Covid-19 closely. Looking back over almost three months now, what seems extraordinary is how flat footed the international response has been. An exception to that has been that of the much-maligned World Health Organisation (WHO), which from the outset has endeavoured to provide information and advice as…