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Senior Adviser<\/span><\/h2>\n

Sustainable Development Goals<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n
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\"Manoj Basnyat is a Senior Adviser and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Team Coordinator in the Office of the President of the United Nations General Assembly 71st<\/sup> Session. He focuses on LDCs and LLDCs outreach as well as SDG 1 on ending poverty, SDG 2\u00a0on zero hunger and SDG 6 on clean water and sanitation.<\/p>\n

Previously, Manoj was the Special Adviser in the Bureau of Management of the United Nations Development Programme (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵDP). In that role, he assisted in the preparation of the Performance Management and Development arrangements for Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵDP. He supported the Bureau with strategies to accelerate the delivery of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵDP’s technical assistance and resources and in improving the management of development projects and trust funds. He also assisted in preparing the service delivery model of the Bureau.<\/p>\n

Manoj has more than 20 years of development leadership and management experience. In 2004, he served as Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵDP’s Resident Representative, a.i. for an extended period, in Ukraine. He was the Country Director of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵDP in Afghanistan (2008-2012) and Bangladesh (2006-2008) responsible for planning, delivering and managing development assistance that was successfully built around successful partnerships with multiple stakeholders in the international and national community. Manoj was the Deputy Resident Representative of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵDP in Ukraine (2001-2005) and assisted in the delivery of development assistance as its Country Programme Director.<\/p>\n

Prior to that, Manoj served as the Policy Specialist and Deputy Regional Manager for the Sub-regional Resource Facility in Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵDP’s Regional Center in Bratislava, Slovakia<\/p>\n

(1999 – 2001) for the Europe and CIS region and Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵDP’s Regional Center in Colombo (2005 – 2006) for the Asia Pacific region.<\/p>\n

Manoj was the Assistant Resident Representative and Sustainable Development Adviser, as a National Professional Officer, with Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵDP in Nepal (1994-1999) with responsibility for governance, infrastructure and natural resources management.<\/p>\n

Earlier in his career, Manoj served as a development specialist in World Bank-managed urban development projects and the USAID-funded Integrated Rural Development Project in Rapti, Nepal.<\/p>\n

Manoj speaks English, Russian and Nepali.<\/p>\n

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