United Nations delegates in the Maldives have called on Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abdulla Shahid.
Details of the meeting, which took place at the Ministry were publicized by the ministry’s official twitter account on Monday.
UN Resident Coordinator to the Maldives, Ms. Shoko Noda, accompanied by WHO Representative Dr. Arvind Mathur, UNICEF Representative Mr. Mohamed El Munir A. Safieldin, calls on Foreign Minister Shahid and discuss ways to further strengthen Maldives collaboration with the UN. pic.twitter.com/qSOi0dVdX8
— MFA Maldives (@MDVForeign) December 3, 2018
At the meeting, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative to the Maldives, Shoko Noda was accompanied by representative of the World Health Organization, Dr. Arvind Mathur and representative of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Mr. Mohamed El Munir A. Safieldin.
RaajjeMV understands that discussions were held on ways to further strengthen Maldives collaboration with the UN.
This meeting comes at a time Maldives relations with the UN had soured during President Abdulla Yameen's administration, which had ignored declarations by UN regarding its human rights abuses.
