The Resident Coordinator in Georgia leads a multifaceted effort to empower women and girls. From combatting domestic violence to promoting women's leadership in politics and business, the UN supports Georgia in building a more inclusive and gender-equal society.
Resident Coordinator of the UN in Việt Nam, Pauline Tamesis, and Representative of UN Women in Việt Nam, Caroline Nyamayemombe, discuss this year’s theme for International Women’s Day: ‘Invest in women: Accelerate progress’
The Resident Coordinator in Afghanistan leads a critical effort to support Afghan women. With a focus on healthcare, education, economic empowerment, and climate resilience, the UN team invests in women-led solutions for a stronger, more inclusive Afghanistan.
Many Arab countries are already accelerating efforts around key transformations — from clean energy, food systems, to digitization, social protection reforms and economic diversification. We need to ramp up action around policies and investments that can drive transformative change.
The UN Office on Drugs and Crime is supporting biodiversity-rich countries like Tanzania and Uganda to improve their forensic capacity to counter wildlife crime and illegal wildlife trade.
Our UN teams are on the ground in 162 countries and territories, coordinating joint programmes and tackling a range of priorities and initiatives — from climate action and food security to gender equality and safety of civilians.
Fake social media accounts spreading disinformation; a flood of hate messages against both Rohingya refugees and the UN; a local uprising against refugees arriving in Indonesia’s westernmost province of Aceh. This was the reality that we at the UN in Indonesia were confronted with, in the middle of November last year, when rickety boats filled with Rohingya refugees fleeing insecurity and overcrowding at refugee camps in Bangladesh started arriving on Indonesia’s shores.
Peace in Ukraine still seems to be a distant prospect, but thousands of UN staff continue to support the population, even in frontline towns coming under daily attack.
UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed met with the Asia Pacific Regional Collaborative Platform in Thailand earlier this week, and called for accelerated action, innovation, and strategic investments to address multi-pronged challenges in the region.
The Asia-Pacific region has demonstrated how a long-term vision can be transformed into reality. We know that more and better progress is possible – if we mobilize at speed, at scale; and if we do so together.
