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Emmanuel Maduike

750 Northern Avenue #20

Clarkston GA 30021 USA

May 29, 2007

Re: The Associates Experts Programme

Dear Sir or Madam:

I am sending you my application for the Associates Experts Programme.

As you can see from my application I have several years experience as a business analyst (BA) during which I acquired many transferable skills. However, in 2003 I decided to switch focus and follow my passion for a career in international development.

As a volunteer for CARE USA, I worked as an Organizational Liaison Officer for various CARE USA/NGO partnerships. By the end of 2006 I was accepted onto a UN internship progamme in the Office of the High Representative of the Least Developed Countries, Land Locked Developing Countries, and Small Island Developing States (UNOHRLLS). I was exposed to the political, economic, and social dynamics of development as well as the unique set of challenges facing the group of Land Locked Developing Countries. I worked on the Almaty Programme of Action, a Tran's continental project that focused on developing the transportation networks within land locked developing countries. This gave me first hand experience in the global drive to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and I had the privilege to attend several meetings between world leaders and ministers.

I was enthused by the dynamism of the United Nations system, and soon decided that I would like to have a career at the forefront of the world's battle against poverty and underdevelopment. Economic and social progress on a global scale is a deep rooted passion of mine, which is why the Associate Experts Programme in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) at the United Nations will provide an opportunity for me to contribute to this very important mandate of the UN.

The United Nations is in a unique position in the march toward world peace. This is due to the fact that through agencies like DESA it can encourage policies and implement development projects that work to uplift the economic and social profile of people every where. The Associate Experts Progamme will enable an aspiring