Haoliang Xu, Associate Administrator of the United Nations Development Program and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, stated that the UN has three pillars, suggesting they are peace and security, human rights, and development. The UN Development Programme supports development in a comprehensive framework while other specialized UN agencies work on specific issues. Kuniko Inoguchi, a member of the House of Councilors of the Liberal Democratic Party, who formerly served as Minister of State, expressed her appreciation for UNDP’s work, saying that development is the cornerstone of peace and that the concepts of human development and human security were advocated by the UN Development Programme. (25/6/2024)
