Delegation from UNDP Visits OIC to Discuss Cooperation Prospects

  A high-level delegation from the United Nations Development Program visited the General Secretariat today, Sunday, August 3rd, and held meetings that included the Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian, Social and Cultural Affairs Ambassador Tarig Ali Bakheet, and Dr Ahmad Kawesa Sengendo, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Affairs. 

The UNDP delegation included H.E. Ms Nahid Hussein, UNDP Resident Representative for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), H.E. Ms Zena Ali Ahmad, UNDP Resident Representative for Yemen, and other Senior Officers from the UNDP Missions in KSA and Yemen.

The meetings discussed avenues of bilateral cooperation between the OIC and UNDP in the humanitarian and economic domains and explored ways and means to materialize the partnership. 

Both sides stressed the need to promote policy and strategy alignment to enhance humanitarian assistance and build stronger resilience for vulnerable communities in the OIC countries.