New UN Resident Coordinator

New UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative, Subinay Nandy, presented his credentials to the government today at the External Affairs Ministry.

Subinay Nandy

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Nandy as his designated representative in Sri Lanka.

As the most senior UN official in the country Nandy will lead the UN Country Team of 20 resident and non-resident UN agencies.

Nandy has almost 20 years of experience with the United Nations. Most recently, he served as UNDP Country Director in the People's Republic of China, where he led the development of UNDP's new programme, as well as developing a new strategic partnership on global development issues, and leading UNDP's support to the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. From 2004 to 2007 Nandy was UNDP Country Director in Vietnam. In addition to developing and expanding UNDP's support to Vietnam, he played a leading role in the development of the 'One UN' approach. In recognition of his support to Vietnam Nandy was awarded the President's Friendship Award.

Nandy also held the position of Chief of the Regional Programme and Policy Division in the UNDP Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific in New York. He served as Deputy Resident Representative in Turkmenistan, and Assistant Resident Representative in Bangladesh - where he started his UNDP career as National Programme Officer.