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October 2022

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'Let’s sing, cut no more' - Using music to end FGM in Africa

To mark the International Day of the Girl Child, celebrated annually on 11 October, we highlight the story of two young women who released a multilingual song warning about the risks of female genital mutilation (FGM).

October 2022

Video

'Daughters, water and trees': India's unique campaign for eco-feminism

Earlier this year the United Nations Resident Coordinator in India, Schomby Sharp, visited Piplantri to see how a village has turned a barren land into a beautiful, lush forest. Every time on the birth of a girl child, by planting 111 trees to celebrate the importance of the girl child and women of the village.

Cooperation Framework (or equivalent)

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

October 2022

Story

Superhero Cosplay: A teacher in Bolivia moves others to action in the pandemic and beyond

The UN team in Bolivia shares the story of a teacher who found alternative ways to engage with his students and their families and inspire others to be creative in the classroom and beyond.

Annual UNCT Results Reports

Philippines

October 2022

Resource

System-Wide Evaluation of the Joint SDG Fund: 2019-2022

How to better position the Joint SDG Fund within the UNSDG and the wider development context and better manage the Fund to accelerate UN collaborative action to support developing countries during the Decade of Action.

Joint SDG Fund

2030 Agenda and the SDGs

October 2022

Announcement

Countries bound for COP27 must make climate action ‘the top global priority' - UN Chief

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”.

October 2022

Announcement

Secretary-General appoints Mr. Joseph Scheuer of Luxembourg as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Cambodia

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.

October 2022

Story

Around the world: Daily updates from UN country teams - October 2022

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.

October 2022

Resource

Implementation of General Assembly Resolution 71/243 on the quadrennial comprehensive policy review of operational activities for development of the UN system, 2019: funding compact

The present document is submitted to the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council in accordance with Assembly resolution 72/279. It contains the funding compact, a set of ambitious commitments by Member States and the United Nations Sustainable Development Group to ensure predictable and flexible funding for United Nations development activities.

Development Coordination Office