UN Resident Coordinator presents credentials

By A Staff Reporter,Kathmandu, Apr. 5: The United Nations Resident Coordinator in Nepal Hanaa Singer-Hamdy presented her credentials to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ on Tuesday. 

Amid a function held at Prime Minister’s Office Singhadurbar, United Nations Resident Coordinator in Nepal Hanaa Singer-Hamdy presented the letter of credence to Prime Minister Prachanda. 

Upon presenting her credentials Hanaa Singer-Hamdy appreciated Nepal’s contribution to global peace through peacekeeping forces. 

She expressed the UN’s commitment to accompany Nepal on the inclusive and sustainable graduation from the Least Developed Country (LDC) by investing in people, especially strengthening social protection, Disaster Risk Reduction, and climate change mitigation systems by leaving no one behind. She also said the UN stands ready to support the government to complete the peace process and victim-centric transitional justice reform.

Issuing a statement, United Nations and Nepal said United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Hanaa Singer-Hamdy of Egypt as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Nepal with the approval from the Government of Nepal. 

Following the UN Reform in 2019, the Resident Coordinator’s function has been upgraded to be the representative of the UN Secretary General in member states, the statement reads. 

UN Resident Coordinator Hanaa is the highest-ranking official of the UN Development System in Nepal. She leads the UN Country Team and coordinates UN support to Nepal in implementing the 2030 Agenda.

Hanaa has worked for close to 30 years across development and humanitarian contexts at various senior management and strategic leadership roles and has most lately served as the UN Resident Coordinator in Sri Lanka.