New Delhi, Aug. 2 -- The Ministry of External Affairs launched the first set of four projects under the India-UN Global Capacity Building Initiative on August 1, 2025. The launch was led by Secretary (West), Tanmaya Lal, and attended by Heads of Missions from the participating countries, UN Resident Coordinator Shombi Sharp, senior MEA officials, and representatives from various UN agencies in India.

This initiative, announced in September 2023 during the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly in the presence of External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar, aims to strengthen South-South cooperation in advancing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Since then, the MEA and the UN country team in India have jointly worked to identify and ...