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| UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Representative in Tanzania, Alvaro Rodriguez. |
Rodriguez made the call in Dar es Salaam yesterday when he and
other envoys from Turkey, Ireland, and
Switzerland met with Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa.
Switzerland met with Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa.
The envoy also said that the UN was ready to support the country’s five-year national development plan.
He also said that UNDP has been in the forefront in making Tanzania
resilient to natural disasters, achieve economic growth, good
governance and promote gender issues.
The Turkish ambassador to Tanzania, Yesemin Eralp told the prime
minister that her country was ready to encourage its investors to come
and invest in the agriculture, energy, health and construction sectors.
She also suggested on the need for Tanzania to open its embassy in Ankara to reinforce bilateral ties.
“We have the financial and technological muscle, so if we open
industries in Tanzania we will create job opportunities,” she said.
Irish Ambassador Fionnuala Gilsenan said her country has been
supporting Tanzania in agriculture through the Agricultural Sector
Development Strategy (ASDS), government budget support and on the issue
of food nutrition and fortification.
“We also plan to start supporting issues of women rights, family planning and anti-child marriages,” she said.
“We embarked in the area of food nutrition and fortification as
poor nutrition leads to disabilities among children. When we started we
covered only 46 percent of under-five children, but now the problem has
dropped to 36 percent,” she said.
She urged the premier to take the issues seriously by involving
regional and district commissioners countrywide for the campaign to
materialise.
On her part, Swiss ambassador to Tanzania, Florence Tinguely
Mattli, said her country was determined to improve bilateral relations
which have existed for more than 50 years.
She said Switzerland has been supporting Tanzania in a number of
areas, including in prevention and combating of corruption and awareness
campaigns to build people’s understanding of different issues.
Majaliwa assured the envoys that Tanzania will continue to work
closely with them and their countries for the benefit of Tanzanians and
the world at large.
ENDS Rodriguez has called on the government to enhance the
anti-poaching campaign, as the vice threatens to retard the tourism
industry in the country.
Rodriguez made the call in Dar es Salaam yesterday when he and
other envoys from Turkey, Ireland, and Switzerland met with Prime
Minister Kassim Majaliwa.
The envoy also said that the UN was ready to support the country’s five-year national development plan.
He also said that UNDP has been in the forefront in making Tanzania
resilient to natural disasters, achieve economic growth, good
governance and promote gender issues.
The Turkish ambassador to Tanzania, Yesemin Eralp told the prime
minister that her country was ready to encourage its investors to come
and invest in the agriculture, energy, health and construction sectors.
She also suggested on the need for Tanzania to open its embassy in Ankara to reinforce bilateral ties.
“We have the financial and technological muscle, so if we open
industries in Tanzania we will create job opportunities,” she said.
Irish Ambassador Fionnuala Gilsenan said her country has been
supporting Tanzania in agriculture through the Agricultural Sector
Development Strategy (ASDS), government budget support and on the issue
of food nutrition and fortification.
“We also plan to start supporting issues of women rights, family planning and anti-child marriages,” she said.
“We embarked in the area of food nutrition and fortification as
poor nutrition leads to disabilities among children. When we started we
covered only 46 percent of under-five children, but now the problem has
dropped to 36 percent,” she said.
She urged the premier to take the issues seriously by involving
regional and district commissioners countrywide for the campaign to
materialise.
On her part, Swiss ambassador to Tanzania, Florence Tinguely
Mattli, said her country was determined to improve bilateral relations
which have existed for more than 50 years.
She said Switzerland has been supporting Tanzania in a number of
areas, including in prevention and combating of corruption and awareness
campaigns to build people’s understanding of different issues.
Majaliwa assured the envoys that Tanzania will continue to work
closely with them and their countries for the benefit of Tanzanians and
the world at large.
