Himal Press 
KATHMANDU: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Hanaa Singer-Hamdy of Egypt as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Nepal.
Singer-Hamdy took up her post on January 1, according to an announcement posted on the website of the United Nations Development Coordination Office.
“Ms Singer-Hamdy has worked for close to 30 years across development and humanitarian contexts at various senior management and strategic leadership roles,” the office said.
She served as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Sri Lanka from 2018 to 2022. “Under her leadership, the UN in Sri Lanka continued its partnership with the government in responding to complex economic and political challenges including the 2019 Easter Bombings, COVID-19 pandemic, and subsequent deterioration in macroeconomic stability and debt sustainability,” it added.
Prior to this, Singer-Hamdy held several senior management positions in UNICEF offices across the world, including as the Associate Regional Director in Geneva and as Country Representative for Syria, Nepal, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan.
As the chief of UNICEF in Nepal, she pioneered strategic programs for scaling up sanitation, adolescents, and multisectoral nutrition programs, establishing strategic new alliances resulting in the government adopting national action plans.
Singer-Hamdy has said she is delighted to be back after 10 years to begin her new role as the UN Resident Coordinator.
Namaste Nepal
I am delighted to be back after 10 years to begin my role as your Resident Coordinator.Looking forward 2 leading the @UN_Nepal team to advance the #GlobalGoals, #UNSDCF & ensure irreversible #LDCGraduation for Nepal by leaving no one behind.https://t.co/odNkvR0i2c— Hanaa Singer-Hamdy (@SingerHanaa) January 6, 2023
