President Kumaratunga confers with
Bangladeshi Premier and UNDP chief
[September
18, 2005 - 8.00 GMT]
President Chandrika Kumaratunga on Friday (16th September)
met Mr. Kemal Dervis who assumed office as the UNDP Administrator in May
this year. President Kumaratunga congratulated the former Turkish
Finance Minister and senior World Bank official and wished him success
in his new UN role.
The President thanked the UNDP for the assistance to Sri Lanka in the
aftermath of the tsunami disaster in December last year and its
continued support and involvement in Sri Lanka 's recovery from the
natural disaster.
The President and her team of officials discussed the UNDP's support in
Sri Lanka's rural development and the improvement of housing and health
amenities in the estates sector. The CWC leader Arumugam Thondaman was
associated with the President in these discussions.
The President also held one to one discussions with Prime Minister Begum
Khaleda Zia of Bangladesh. During this meeting, at the UN head Quarters,
President Kumaratunga reconfirmed her participation in the South Asian
Association for Regional Cooperation [SAARC] scheduled to be held in
Dhaka in November.
The President thanked Prime Minister Khaleda for Bangladesh's assistance
after the tsunami in December. They also discussed strengthening of the
United Nations.
The Lankan President told the Bangladeshi Prime Minister that her
country would field a candidate for the post of UN Secretary General to
be vacant in December next year.
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