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.
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.
Ulrika Richardson, the most senior UN humanitarian official in Haiti, visited a number of cholera treatment centres in the country’s capital, Port-au-Prince, where she met medical staff treating patients with the disease.
United Nations Resident Coordinators from across all regions came together in a series of interactive sessions with the Secretary-General, the Deputy Secretary-General, UN Sustainable Development Group Principals and Member State representatives to take stock on progress and challenges four years into sweeping UN development system reforms.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Joseph Scheuer of Luxembourg as the UN Resident Coordinator in Cambodia, with the host Government’s approval. He took up his post on 1st October.
As government representatives begin to finalize the agenda for the COP27 climate change conference in Egypt next month, the UN chief told journalists in NY that the work ahead is “as immense as the climate impacts we are seeing around the world”.
Our UN teams are on the ground in 162 countries and territories, coordinating joint programmes and tackling a range of multi-faceted priorities and key initiatives on a daily basis — from climate action to gender equality and food security.
