Ms Akiko Fujii was appointed Resident Representative for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Uzbekistan in July 2024.
Ms Fujii has worked for UNDP for over twenty five years: as Resident Representative in Maldives; as Deputy Resident Representative in Vietnam, Fiji Multi-Country Office (for Fiji,Federal States of Micronesia, Kiribati,Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Tonga, Tuvalu,Vanuatu) and Jamaica; and in various capacities at offices in Sudan, Tokyo (current UNDP Representation Office in Japan), and Pakistan.
Ms Fujii is strongly committed to the UN’s sustainable development agenda. As a UN senior manager, she has engaged energetically with economic and social issues arising from climate change, managed large scale humanitarian assistance in crisis and conflict situations, and advised on governance systems for achieving fair and sustainable human development for all.