Deputy Prime Minister and Union Minister U Than Swe Receives Officials from UN Organizations

Deputy Prime Minister and Union Minister for Foreign Affairs U Than Swe received  Ms. Elena Ajmone Sessera, Resident Representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Ms. Noriko Takagi, UNHCR Representative in Myanmar on 6 February at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nay Pyi Taw.

• During the meeting between the Union Minister and Resident Representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), they exchanged views on matters related to ICRC’s activities, including providing humanitarian assistance in Myanmar.
• During the meeting between the Union Minister and UNHCR Representative in Myanmar, they exchanged views on UNHCR’s ongoing activities in Myanmar and ways and means for further cooperation between the Government of Myanmar and the UNHCR.

Also present at the meetings were senior officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ms. Danielle Parry and Ms. Kyoko Ono, Deputy Heads of Office for UNOCHA and Mr. Christophe Ami Leon Taramarcaz, Deputy Resident Representative of ICRC, it is reported.

Source: The Global New Light of Myanmar (7-2-2024)

• Deputy Prime Minister and Union Minister U Than Swe received officials from UN organizations, they exchanged views on matters related to the facilitation of the provision of humanitarian assistance to needy people in hard-to-reach areas, ICRC’s activities, including providing humanitarian assistance in Myanmar and means for further cooperation between the Government of Myanmar and the UNHCR.