Magdy Martínez-Solimán

Magdy Martínez-Solimán is assistant secretary-general of the U.N. and assistant administrator of the U.N. Development Program, where he leads the Bureau for Policy and Program Support. He was U.N. resident coordinator in Mexico, executive director of the U.N. Democracy Fund and UNDP’s global governance practice manager. He has been working for the United Nations for 18 years in Senegal, Bangladesh, Burundi and Togo, and has previously held senior responsibilities in the Spanish government. He is a lawyer by training.

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The 100-day dash for climate action

over 10 years ago // Magdy Martínez-Solimán on climate action

How can the U.N. Development Program do its part to ensure an ambitious agreement will be achieved in December's U.N. climate conference in Paris? UNDP's policy and program support chief explains in this guest commentary.

Teamwork crucial to accelerate progress on MDGs

over 11 years ago // #MDGMomentum

How will we address the unmet MDGs in post-2015? In an opinion for our #MDGMomentum campaign, a top UNDP official discusses how cooperating and directing resources and knowledge to where they can have the biggest impact helped Tanzanian cassava farmers.

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