KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The newly appointed United Nations Improvement Programme (UNDP) for Jamaica, Kishan Khoday, Friday offered his credentials to Overseas Affairs and Overseas Commerce Minister Kamina Johnson Smith.
The Canadian nationwide can even symbolize UNDP in Belize, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, The Bahamas, and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
In welcoming the brand new Resident Consultant, Johnson Smith highlighted the fruitful cooperation between Jamaica and the UN group, notably in poverty discount, local weather change, catastrophe threat administration, coral reef safety, and advancing gender equality.
She mentioned these efforts are pivotal for attaining the Sustainable Improvement Targets by 2030, showcasing the depth of the multilateral partnership and shared dedication to a sustainable future.
Khoday pledged persevering with help for Jamaica’s improvement aspirations anchored on an inclusive and sustainable method that leaves nobody behind.
He mentioned that by means of UNDP’s present Nation Programme (CP) in Jamaica (2022-2026), UNDP presents a strategic method to combating multidimensional poverty and advancing local weather resilient, nature-based pathways, leveraging UNDP’s capacities in innovation, digitalization, and sustainable finance.
“As we close to the fiftieth anniversary of UNDP’s presence in Jamaica, I look ahead to constructing on our long-standing historical past and increasing cooperation in a method that builds resilience to multidimensional crises and the numerous urgent challenges going through native communities throughout Jamaica and the area.
“This consists of our partnerships in Jamaica for social inclusion and resilience; citizen security, justice, and the rule of legislation; gender equality and neighborhood empowerment; local weather resilience and pure useful resource safety,” he added.
Khoday has served with UNDP for 25 years, coordinating over one billion US {dollars} in-country programming to assist companions and communities worldwide advance inclusive and sustainable improvement pathways.
A UINDP assertion mentioned this included excursions of obligation with UNDP Nation Places of work in China, Saudi Arabia, and Indonesia and with UNDP’s regional places of work for the Center East and North Africa based mostly in Egypt and Jordan.
Earlier than becoming a member of the UN, Khoday, a scientist and legal professional, he has labored with authorities and neighborhood organizations in his residence international locations of Canada and India on poverty discount, ecological resilience, and neighborhood empowerment.
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