Capacity Development Assistance for Developing Countries

Featuring H. E. Ambassador Mohan Pieris, Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations. Ambassador Mohan Pieris, President’s Counsel, has been serving as the Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in New York since January 2021. Prior to his appointment, Ambassador Pieris held the positions of the Chief Justice, Attorney General, Senior Legal Advisor to the Cabinet, Legal Consultant to the Central Bank, and Legal Adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Sri Lanka.

EGM to explain the concept behind the LDC graduation toolkit; solicit feedback and establish possible partnerships

APD provides the following capacity development assistance under the Peace and Development Fund:

EAPD provides the following capacity development assistance under the Peace and Development Fund

EAPD provides the following capacity development assistance under the Regular Progamme of Technical Cooperation:

EAPD provides the following capacity development assistance under the Development Account 11th tranche in these countries:

EAPD provides the following capacity development assistance to LDCs under the Peace and Development Fund in these countries:

EAPD provides the following interdivisional capacity development assistance under the Peace and Development Fund in these countries: 

The Development Research Branch (DRB) organized a seminar on emerging opportunities and challenges for data scientists in using big data. Prof. Xiao-Li Meng of Harvard University, founding editor-in-chief of Harvard Data Science Review, spoke about the trade-offs data scientists face in dealing with the expanding universe of data.