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06-22-2011, 06:20 PM
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) representative in the DR, Valerie Julliand, said yesterday that the decision not to renew the contracts of the Human Development Office coordinators, Miguel Ceara Hatton and Pavel Isa Contreras, came about as a result of their failure to follow regulations on public statements that she said compromised the independence of the organization. According to Diario Libre, Julliand said that the decision to rescind the contracts that end next 30 June was taken after "their reiterated failure to comply with the rules of conduct related to statements that could compromise the independence and impartiality of the organization." Nonetheless, she did not specify which public statements had violated these rules. She reported that they would be recruiting to fill these two vacancies. She added that the Human Development Office was still working, and that "there has been no dismantling, disarticulation or closure as has erroneously been said." She denied that this decision was due to supposed pressures. "Their work in the UNDP did not correspond to the interests of any particular party, economic or other sort," she said, reading a statement at a press conference without answering questions from reporters.
Yesterday, Isa, in a statement, said that the office "carried out an academic work that tried to contribute to the design of public policies and questioned the political, economic and social order... The actions of the manager of the UNDP in the Dominican Republic tried to smother this analysis and its publication and the team was not willing to censor itself."
New reports by the team that has been critical of the government's performance would have been released during months leading into the 2012 presidential election.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#7)
Yesterday, Isa, in a statement, said that the office "carried out an academic work that tried to contribute to the design of public policies and questioned the political, economic and social order... The actions of the manager of the UNDP in the Dominican Republic tried to smother this analysis and its publication and the team was not willing to censor itself."
New reports by the team that has been critical of the government's performance would have been released during months leading into the 2012 presidential election.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#7)