Navasardyan Of The United Nations Speaks Tomorrow At American University of Nigeria’s Workshop

Head of the regional office of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Mr. Arman Navasardyan, will tomorrow, September 3 will speak at the AUN Library at 5 p.m. on “Humanitarian Coordination Architecture and Importance in the Context of North East Nigeria.”
He was invited by the American University of Nigeria (AUN) in Yola, capital of Adamawa state for its scheduled workshop on Humanitarian Assistance and Coordination.
A statement from the office of the Executive Director of Communications and Public Relations of AUN, Mr. Daniel Okereke described Mr. Navasardyan as an expert with 20 years’ experience all over the world in disaster relief and emergency preparedness.
“Most recently, Mr. Navasardyan, a citizen of Armenia, has led UN humanitarian efforts in South Sudan and Uganda.  Prior to the UN, he worked for Oxfam, Care International, Médecins Sans Frontières, the Red Cross, and the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.”
The statement said that the American University of Nigeria, in partnership with the Adamawa Peace Initiative, has been at the forefront of the humanitarian response to the Boko Haram-created refugee crisis in northeast Nigeria.
It recalled that only yesterday, the United States Agency for International Aid (USAID) announced an $801,000 grant to support AUN’s project to educate IDPs.
It said that the group had earlier launched a One Billion Naira Insurgency Appeal Fund to raise money for humanitarian assistance to thousands of  IDPs in the state.
“Before his engagement in Nigeria, Mr. Navasardyan coordinated humanitarian sectors in the sovereign state of South Sudan, Uganda, Sri Lanka, Yemen, Pakistan, Syria, and several other crisis-ridden countries. “He was working for Oxfam GB, Care International, Médecins Sans Frontières, and the Red Cross in his native Armenia and elsewhere,” the statement said.
It said that Mr. Navasardyan holds a Master’s degree in Economics from the Armenian State University of Economics, a diplomatic rank of Second Secretary from the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Federation, specializing in humanitarian diplomacy, and P-4 rank in the United Nations system. [myad]