INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU, FEBRUARY 1United Nations Resident Coordinator Lisa Simrique Singh presented her credential to President Ramkalawan of the
Republic of Seychelles, on Wednesday.
UN Resident Coordinator Lisa Singh provides qualifications to Mauritian PM
Lisa Singh designated UN
resident coordinator
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres had, earlier in November, appointed her as the UN Resident
Coordinator in Mauritius and Seychelles, with the host Governments approval.Singh had presumed office on 11 November.According to the UN
Sustainable Development Group (UNSDG), Singh brings more than over 25 years of experience in worldwide development in Asia and Africa
continents, including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Cameroon, Chad, Laos, Nepal, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Uganda and Vietnam.Prior to her
consultation as United Nations Resident Coordinator, Lisa Singh worked as UNDP Resident Representative advertisement interim (ai) in Chad
She formerly worked as UNDP Director of Programme and Deputy Resident Representative ai in Mali
She has substantial senior policy knowledge encouraging federal governments on issues of economic change, local integration, sustainable
development and disaster and environment risk resilience.As Senior Economist, she led joint UN collective actions to support federal
governments in the completion of national advancement strategies (Afghanistan and Cameroon) and more just recently with nationwide
socioeconomic reaction planning for COVID-19 (Chad)
Lisa Singh is adept in intergovernmental procedures to consist of management roles in facilitating regional partnership, understanding
brokering, south-south collaboration and funding solutions
As Regional Environment Governance Manager in the Mekong Region based in Cambodia, she played a lead function reinforcing riparian diplomacy
and cross border capacity structure to consist of deal with the private sector and non-government organizations in the Asia Pacific
Singh acquired her masters degree in Economics from Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
She holds a bachelors degree in Liberal Arts (Economics and French) from Mount Holyoke College, Massachusetts, USA
She is multilingual with fluency in English, French and Nepali
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