COLOMBO, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations on Monday said it is adapting and refocusing its work in Sri Lanka with evolving global and national development priorities.
United Nations Resident Coordinator and United Nations Development Program Resident Representative, Una McCauley said that this year the UN has scaled up its interventions to support the Sri Lankan government's peacebuilding, reconciliation and governance agendas, to tackle the impacts of climate change, promote universal norms and values, localize the Sustainable Development Goals and engage young people to be potential drivers of change in society.
She was speaking at a function held at the UN compound in Colombo to mark UN Day 2016.
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