Aissata De, outgoing UNDP Resident Representative, has expressed total gratitude for the exemplary collaboration between Cameroon and her institution during her 10-month mandate.
He made the remark during an audience with the Minister of Economy, Planning and Regional Development, Alamine Ousmane Mey.
Speaking to the press, she mentioned that her mission was centered on the
Presidential plan for reconstruction and development of the North and South West regions and also the stabilization program in the far north.
“We came to reiterate our engagements and collaboration with the Cameroon government and also with the big family of the United Nations. We have been present in Cameroon for a longstanding collaboration. I just mentioned the main mandate that we have in terms of not leaving anyone behind, to support the Cameroon development agenda for the achievement of the sustainable development goals especially in areas where we still have pressure on the population that is in far North West and South West where we still have
challenges we all know. But yet the government has left no one behind.”
Accompanied by the Director of the UNDP Regional Service Center for Africa Mathias Naab, the outgoing UNDP Cameroon resident representative expressed satisfaction over her work done which has given hope to many on the field and wished for a good continuity while she embarks on another mission.
“I have been honored to be here for the last 10 months, it has been intense, and I have been there. I have seen women who delivered in health centers that were completely destroyed. I went to the Far North and in Buea having visited schools that have been rehabilitated and people themselves investing in those facilities. I am leaving Cameroon but I am keeping part of myself here. I am
keeping Cameroon in my heart while in my new functions and I am proud to serve Cameroon,”she said.
Aissata De is leaving Cameroon to stand as the Deputy Director of the UNDP Africa Regional Office in New York.
