Nay Htun Assistant Secretary-General United Nations Assistant Administrator for Asia-Pacific United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Nay Htun has served as the Assistant Administrator and Regional Director of the Bureau for Asia and the Pacific at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) since 1994, with the rank of UN Assistant Secretary-General. In the current cycle, the bureau is providing approximately US$1.2 billion of grant development assistance through 24 Country Offices.

For sixteen years he was Deputy Executive Director with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). From May 1990 to August 1992 he was seconded to the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland, where he served as Director of Programme and Special Advisor and helped organise the Earth Summit. His responsibilities included liaising with business and industry, and in particular, with the Business Council for Sustainable Development (BCSD); the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC); and international industrial associations.

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