UN Assistant Secretary-General/UNDP Asia Pacific Director to visit SL

The United Nations Assistant Secretary-General (ASG)/United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Assistant Administrator/UNDP Regional Bureau Director – Asia and Pacific Kanni Wignaraja will arrive on Monday, 13 December for a five-day official visit to Sri Lanka. 

ASG Kanni Wignaraja is visiting Sri Lanka with the aim of better understanding country priorities and exploring new avenues of support from UNDP to Sri Lanka—particularly focusing on follow-up to the recently concluded UN Climate Change Conference – ‘COP26’, post-COVID-19 socio-economic recovery in the region, and leveraging of more development financing to the country.

The official visit will focus on the human development agenda and the acceleration of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also given COVID-19 socio-economic impacts, while importantly celebrating the human development achievements of Sri Lanka.

During her visit, ASG Wignaraja will meet with High-level Government officials and other partners, and having a first-hand look at some of UNDP-supported work on the ground.

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