A blog co-authored by Khardiata Lo N’Diaye, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator of Sudan and Sara Nyanti, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, South Sudan.
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.
Outgoing Resident Coordinator in Timor-Leste reflects on the progress the country has made over the last five years in overcoming its long term development challenges and rescuing the Sustainable Development Goals, with the support of the UN country team.
As a former Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Coordinator for UNFPA in Guyana, Wemyss de Florimonte shares her journey toward self-healing and her passion for helping others.
Issa Sanogo, UN's Resident Coordinator in Madagascar, speaks about the UN Joint Programme started in November 2020m in alignment with Madagascar's National Social Protection Strategy, with the overall objective to support the Government in strengthening its social protection system, which is characterized by significant pockets of exclusion.
In Venezuela, FAO, UNICEF, and WFP are implementing a pilot program that seeks to strengthen the resilience of school communities in two municipalities of Falcón state, in the northwest of the country.
In Liberia, to prevent and peacefully manage land-related conflicts, the Government together with UN Women, WFP and UNDP work with support from the Peacebuilding Fund to strengthen coordination on land governance initiatives, implement the land decentralization policy and support alternative dispute resolution mechanisms.
Elena Panova is the UN Resident Coordinator in Egypt charged with coordinating the UN system development activities in the country. In this interview with the Africa Renewal’s Kingsley Ighobor, she discusses the extraordinary planning that went into organising COP27, the effects of climate change in Egypt, and her hopes for COP27.
Ramiz Alakbarov, UN Resident & Humanitarian Coordinator in Afghanistan, explains how the UN team is helping ordinary Afghans, who often bear the brunt of environmental disasters, through coordination and long-term climate adaptation support.