Tunisia-Minister of Human Rights Ayachi Hammami meets UNDP Representative Steve Utterwulghe

Minister of Human Rights, Relations with Constitutional Authorities and Civil Society Ayachi Hammami welcomed the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Tunisia  Representative Steve Utterwulghe, during the meeting the ministry expressed readiness to intensify collaboration with the UNDP  in Tunisia to incorporate other areas associated to the sector of economic and social rights of citizens and migrants whose numbers are sharply increasing, given that Tunisia is a transit zone.

Minister Hammami extended his gratitude to the UN organisation for giving protection for the volunteers of the Jesr project to assist marginalised groups affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

For his part, the UNDP Resident Representative examined the different areas of cooperation with Tunisia, since 2011, in the field of democratic transition and the fight against extremism and terrorism.

During the meeting, it was agreed to continue the implementation of the project to support civil society in its contribution to the Agenda 2030 for sustainable development, signed in August 2019.