UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Representative in Tanzania, Alvaro Rodriguez has called on the government to enhance the anti-poaching campaign, as the vice threatens to retard the tourism industry in the country.
Rodriguez made the call in Dar es Salaam yesterday when he and other envoys from Turkey, Ireland, and Switzerland met with Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa.
The envoy also said that the UN was ready to support the country’s five-year national development plan.
He also said that UNDP has been in the forefront in making Tanzania resilient to natural disasters, achieve economic growth, good governance and promote gender issues.
The Turkish ambassador to Tanzania, Yesemin Eralp told the prime minister that her country was ready to encourage its investors to come and invest in the agriculture, energy, health and construction sectors.
She also suggested on the need for Tanzania to open its embassy in Ankara to reinforce bilateral ties.
“We have the financial and technological muscle, so if we open industries in Tanzania we will create job opportunities,” she said.
Irish Ambassador Fionnuala Gilsenan said her country has been supporting Tanzania in agriculture through the Agricultural Sector Development Strategy (ASDS), government budget support and on the issue of food nutrition and fortification.
“We also plan to start supporting issues of women rights, family planning and anti-child marriages,” she said.
“We embarked in the area of food nutrition and fortification as poor nutrition leads to disabilities among children. When we started we covered only 46 percent of under-five children, but now the problem has dropped to 36 percent,” she said.
She urged the premier to take the issues seriously by involving regional and district commissioners countrywide for the campaign to materialise.
On her part, Swiss ambassador to Tanzania, Florence Tinguely Mattli, said her country was determined to improve bilateral relations which have existed for more than 50 years.
She said Switzerland has been supporting Tanzania in a number of areas, including in prevention and combating of corruption and awareness campaigns to build people’s understanding of different issues.
Majaliwa assured the envoys that Tanzania will continue to work closely with them and their countries for the benefit of Tanzanians and the world at large.
ENDS Rodriguez has called on the government to enhance the anti-poaching campaign, as the vice threatens to retard the tourism industry in the country.
Rodriguez made the call in Dar es Salaam yesterday when he and other envoys from Turkey, Ireland, and Switzerland met with Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa.
The envoy also said that the UN was ready to support the country’s five-year national development plan.
He also said that UNDP has been in the forefront in making Tanzania resilient to natural disasters, achieve economic growth, good governance and promote gender issues.
The Turkish ambassador to Tanzania, Yesemin Eralp told the prime minister that her country was ready to encourage its investors to come and invest in the agriculture, energy, health and construction sectors.
She also suggested on the need for Tanzania to open its embassy in Ankara to reinforce bilateral ties.
“We have the financial and technological muscle, so if we open industries in Tanzania we will create job opportunities,” she said.
Irish Ambassador Fionnuala Gilsenan said her country has been supporting Tanzania in agriculture through the Agricultural Sector Development Strategy (ASDS), government budget support and on the issue of food nutrition and fortification.
“We also plan to start supporting issues of women rights, family planning and anti-child marriages,” she said.
“We embarked in the area of food nutrition and fortification as poor nutrition leads to disabilities among children. When we started we covered only 46 percent of under-five children, but now the problem has dropped to 36 percent,” she said.
She urged the premier to take the issues seriously by involving regional and district commissioners countrywide for the campaign to materialise.
On her part, Swiss ambassador to Tanzania, Florence Tinguely Mattli, said her country was determined to improve bilateral relations which have existed for more than 50 years.
She said Switzerland has been supporting Tanzania in a number of areas, including in prevention and combating of corruption and awareness campaigns to build people’s understanding of different issues.
Majaliwa assured the envoys that Tanzania will continue to work closely with them and their countries for the benefit of Tanzanians and the world at large.
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