Chairperson BISP, while welcoming the delegation, briefed in detail about the overall scope and operational aspects of the programme. She also gave brief introduction about the recently formed Poverty Alleviation and Coordination Council (PACC) by the government, to synchronize all the state-run social protection programmes to synergies the efforts of different organizations.
Chairperson emphasized the importance of the programme while correlating its significance with top five United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) including Poverty, zero hunger, good health and well-being quality education and gender equality. Adding further, Chairperson termed the Social Protection and poverty reduction as the foremost priority of the present government. She also shared that the programme is apolitical in nature and multifaceted to address the most vulnerable segment of the society.
In her brief remarks, President UNGA María Fernanda Espinosa appreciated the warm welcome by the senior management of BISP. She also appreciated the work and effort being put in by the organization at the national scale for poverty alleviation and socio-economic activities in the country. Terming the programme as "Revolutionary Programme", she expressed that it is more of a complete strategy for poverty reduction, which will have surely far-reaching impact on the society.-PR