Minister of Finance meets with UN Assistant Secretary General Ms. Kanni Wignaraja

December 15, 2021

Pictured here: Minister of Finance Hon. Basil Rajapakse, and Director General of the Department of External Resources, Mr. Ajith Abeysekera meets with UN Assistant Secretary General, UNDP Assistant Administrator and Director of the UNDP Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, Ms. Kanni Wignaraja together with representatives from UNDP in Sri Lanka

Colombo, Sri Lanka, 13December 2021: United Nations Assistant Secretary General, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Assistant Administrator and Director of the UNDP Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, Ms. Kanni Wignaraja met with the Hon. Minister of Finance, Basil Rajapakse this morning. Ms. Kanni Wignaraja conveyed UNDP’s global and country offer, and its experience on innovative development financing and SDG-aligned budgeting.

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