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Women have a crucial role to play in overcoming economic crisis – UN Resident Coordinator in Sri Lanka-BY SAMANGIE WETTIMUNY Source:Sundayobserver Sri Lankans faced the Covid-19 pandemic with impressive resilience and energy and so did the United Nations System in the country The 77th anniversary of the United Nations was celebrated on October 24. Sri Lanka has been a UN member state since 1955 and the UN’s work has been expansive over these years. “For more than 60 years, the UN, in partnership with the Government and people of Sri Lanka, has continuously worked to ensure that all Sri Lankan people enjoy better living conditions,” the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Sri Lanka Hanaa Singer-Hamdy in an interview with the Sunday Observer. Despite very impressive growth and social development, South Asia contains 36 percent of the world’s poor and nearly half of the world’s undernourished children. That means urgent action ...