New York – India on January 15 reaffirmed Delhi’s “steadfast commitment to the goals of gender equality, the empowerment of women and gender mainstreaming enshrined in the mandate of UN Women,” with the handling over of another installment of $1 million towards the UN budget for women.
Indian Ambassador Hardeep Singh Puri, Permanent Representative of India to the UN, handed over a check of $1 million towards the Government of India’s contribution to the core voluntary budget of UN Women (United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women) for the financial year 2012- 2013, according to officials.
“This contribution constitutes the third installment of India’s multi-year pledge to provide five million US dollars as core predictable funding to UN Women’s resources, and takes our existing contribution to $3 million to UN Women, so far,” said a statement from the Permanent Representative’s office.
The check was received on behalf of UN Women by Michele Bachelet, Under Secretary General and Executive Director of UN Women.
Ambassador Puri also reiterated the Government of India’s steadfast commitment to the goals of gender equality, the empowerment of women and gender mainstreaming enshrined in the mandate of UN Women.
India is one of the founding members of the Executive Board of the UN Women, and is presently serving on the UN Women Executive Board.