UN key partners keen on visiting Tanzania

 
IN a bid to strengthen collaboration with United Nations in support of the global goals and strategic development priorities in Tanzania, representatives of five Nordic countries are set to pay a five day visit in the country starting November 14, this year.

The representatives come from Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Others in the list come from Finland and Iceland. According to a statement released by United Nations in Tanzania, the mission comes during the initial implementation stage of the UN Business Plan (UNDAP II) as well as the Five Year National Development Plan of Tanzania. 

 

The mission comprising of 13 delegates from Nordic Ministries of Foreign Affairs and five delegates from UN offices in Nordic countries, is expected to visit some of the UN supported programmes in Dar es Salaam, Dodoma and Kigoma.

The statement states that Vice-President, Ms Samia Suluhu Hassan and the Minister of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation, Dr Augustine Mahiga are among top government officials who are expected to engage in meetings with the delegates.

The representatives are also scheduled to meet the Speaker of the National Assembly, Mr Job Ndugai and other regional leaders in the regions they visit.

Moreover, while in Dar es Salaam, the mission will meet with senior UN officials, government counterparts, and representatives from CSO’s and NGO’s. They will also visit a Gender and Children Desk in the police station of Chang’ombe and PASADA, an organisation dealing with HIV and AIDS.

“These visits will demonstrate support to ending gender-based violence and violence against children, and for people living with HIV and AIDS, and enhancing democratic governance through the rule of law,” reads part of the statement.

The mission along with government and UN officials will also visit the Nyarugusu refugee camp in Kigoma. The visit will enable them see the humanitarian refugee response led by the UN, as well as meet with women’s associations in their host communities supported by UN interventions.

The Tanzania’s UN Resident Coordinator, Mr Alvaro Rodriguez said the Nordic countries have been key partners to the UN in development and humanitarian activities.

He added that their visit to Tanzania comes at the right time when the UN and the government have developed their five-year plan for eradicating poverty, addressing climate change and ensuring sustainable development.