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UN honours Prof. Mohan Munasinghe

Professor Mohan Munasinghe, who shared the 2007 Nobel Prize for Peace, was honoured by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) with a special award presented by Haoliang Xu, Assistant Administrator, UNDP, on behalf of Helen Clarke, UNDP Administrator.

The plaque was bestowed for outstanding contributions to sustainable, inclusive and resilient development and assisting UNDP build empowered lives and resilient nations in the Asia-Pacific Region, during the recent meeting of the UNDP Distinguished Advisory Panel in Bangkok. Mr. Xu also visited Sri Lanka in April 2015 for discussions with senior government ministers and officials. Professor Munasinghe is Founder Chairman of the Munasinghe Institute for Development (MIND), Colombo; Distinguished guest professor, Peking University, China; and Senior Advisor to the Government of Sri Lanka.