United Nation Country Team

September
2-4 Sept	The 3rd High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF 3) (Min. of Finance invited).	Accra, Ghana
08-Sep	International Literacy Day
16-Sep	Opening of the UN General Assembly
21-Sep	International Day of Peace
25-Sep	High-level meeting on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)	TBD
…..Sept	Submission of CRC (Convention on the Rights of the Child) Report for Bhutan	Geneva
October
16-Oct	World Food Day
17-Oct	International Day for Eradication of Poverty
24-Oct	United Nations Day (Commemoration in Bhutan)
November
11-Nov	Children’s Day
25-Nov	International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
29 Nov -2 Dec	Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus	Doha, Qatar
December
1-Dec	World AIDS Day
3-Dec	International Day of Disabled Persons
5-Dec	International Volunteers Day
10-Dec	Commemorative special session on Human Rights Day (60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

UN Exchange Rate for December 2008

US $1 = Nu 49.80

The UN country team includes UN agencies working in Bhutan.

Mr. Nicholas Rosellini
Resident Coordinator, UN / Resident Representative, UNDP
nicholas.rosellini @undp.org

Ms. Gepke Hingst
Representative, UNICEF
ghingst@unicef.org

Dr. Ei Kubota
Representative, WHO
wrbhu@searo.who.int

Mr. Leo van der Velden
Representative, WFP
leo.vandervelden@wfp.org

Mr. Gary Lewis
Representative, Regional Office for South Asia
UNODC
gary.lewis@unodc.org

Mr. Bakhodir Burkhanov
Deputy Resident Representative, UNDP
bakhodir.burkhanov@undp.org

Mr. Phintsho Dorji
Assistant Representative, FAO
phintsho.dorji@undp.org

Mr. Yeshey Dorji
Assistant Resident Representative, UNFPA
yeshey.dorji@undp.org

Ms. Sunita Giri
Coordination Officer
RC Support Unit
sunita.giri@undp.org

Lise Abildgaard Sorensen
Coordination Officer
RC Support Unit
lise.sorensen@undp.org

United Nations House,
Post Box -162, Dremton Lam,
Thimphu,
Bhutan

Telephone: (975 2) 322424
Fax : (975 2) 322657