UNDP country office not closing

The Office of the United Nations Resident / Humanitarian Coordinator in Sri Lanka in a statement clarified that the UNDP country office in Sri Lanka is not closing.

It is only the Colombo office of UNDP’s Regional Center for Asia and the Pacific, which provides policy advice and services for countries throughout Asia and the Pacific, which is closing.

All UNDP programs for Sri Lanka will continue, as will the vital work of the other agencies throughout Sri Lanka, including the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Labour Organization (ILO), UNAIDS, the United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organization (UNESCO), the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), the UN Centre for Human Settlements (UNHABITAT), the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), World Food Programme (WFP), and the World Health Organization (WHO); and those agencies that work as part of the UN Country Team, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank.