{"id":142068,"date":"2015-04-01T12:42:30","date_gmt":"2015-04-01T07:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=142068"},"modified":"2015-04-01T12:42:30","modified_gmt":"2015-04-01T07:12:30","slug":"un-assistant-secretary-general-to-visit-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/un-assistant-secretary-general-to-visit-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Assistant Secretary-General To Visit Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Haoliang Xu, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General, Chair, United Nations Development Group Asia-Pacific and UNDP Assistant Administrator &amp; Director, Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific will be visiting Sri Lanka from April 4-10, 2015.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_142069\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Haoliang-Xu-Portrait-Picture.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-142069\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-142069\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Haoliang-Xu-Portrait-Picture-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Haoliang Xu Portrait Picture\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Haoliang-Xu-Portrait-Picture-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Haoliang-Xu-Portrait-Picture-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-142069\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Haoliang Xu Portrait Picture<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;During the visit, which will be his second visit to the island, Mr. Xu is expected to meet and exchange views with high-level Government officials, development partners and the civil society on learning more about the emerging development needs and expectations of Sri Lanka in a new political environment whilst ascertaining the future direction of UNDP support along with other members of the UN family, in particular strengthening UNDP\u2019s role as a key development partner in Sri Lanka. Mr. Xu will also engage in a policy dialogue with eminent civil society representatives on Sri Lanka\u2019s development outlook.&#8221; the UN said today.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Further, Mr. Xu will also undertake a visit to North Central and Northern provinces, where he will meet with Government officials, representatives from Community Based Organizations and beneficiaries and gain a first-hand understanding of the development priorities in the districts and further support needs. He will also visit UNDP supported livelihood development projects on the ground in these provinces.&#8221; the UN further said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":142069,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UN Assistant Secretary-General To Visit Sri Lanka - Colombo Telegraph<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/un-assistant-secretary-general-to-visit-sri-lanka\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UN Assistant Secretary-General To Visit Sri Lanka - 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