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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Serif Pro",serif">Dear friends of ICIMOD,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Serif Pro",serif">On behalf of the Director General, Dr. Pema Gyamtsho and the ICIMOD family, we would like to wish you a very happy new year. May 2022 be a year of happiness, good health,
 and prosperity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Serif Pro",serif">We are grateful for your continuing support and cooperation, and we hope to further strengthen our partnership in the coming year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Serif Pro",serif">With best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#535353">Suyog Maskey</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#A6A6A6"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#6C6C6C">Administrative Associate</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#D9D9D9"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#6C6C6C">Strategic Cooperation Unit<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#535353">International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span><a href="http://www.icimod.org/"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#6C6C6C">www.icimod.org</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;color:gray"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.0pt;line-height:115%"><a href="https://www.icimod.org/who-we-are/the-pulse-of-the-planet/"><b><span style="line-height:115%;color:#595959">Protect the pulse.</span></b></a><b><span style="color:#595959"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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