Olufunmilayo Abosede Balogun-Alexander of Nigeria was appointed as the UN Resident Coordinator in Timor-Leste, with the host Government’s approval. She takes up her post on 1 December.
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.
Ban Jiu is one of the estimated 1.25 million people who are living with HIV (PLHIV) in China. He soon realized that public awareness of HIV/AIDS was still limited and that he needed to take the lead on a campaign to increase people’s understanding of this challenge.
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.