Resident Coordinator
United Nations Resident Coordinator’s Message
Welcome to the website of the United Nations Country Team (UNCT) in Guyana. This website serves as a platform for timely, reliable and reciprocal information sharing on the contributions and...
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The UN Resident Coordinator The Resident Coordinator System was conceived by the UN General Assembly to enhance the effective and efficient functioning of the United Nations System at the country level.…
Opening remarks at the Government of Guyana/UN Midterm Review 2014 delivered by Ms. Khadija Musa - Resident Coordinator
I would like to welcome you all to this two and a half year progress review meeting of the Guyana United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF for short).The UNDAF was…
President meets with new UNDP team on biodiversity, new environment dept
President David Granger on Thursday met with a technical team from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to discuss the management of Guyana’s biodiversity wealth within the Government’s ‘green’ agenda,…
New UN Rep pledges to build on relations with Guyana
PRESIDENT David Granger on Wednesday met with the new representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Ms Mikiko Tanaka, at the Ministry of the Presidency. Ms Tanaka, who has…
United Nations Development Programme
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
UNDP has been operating in Guyana since 1966 supporting the peoples of Guyana in pursuit of national goals and objectives as articulated by the Government in its national development strategic frameworks. What do we want to accomplish? UNDP Guyana works generally to fight poverty through supporting human development in a sustainable way....
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United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
Overall Mandate Through a series of goals, resolutions and declarations adopted by Member Nations of the United Nations, the world has a set of commitments, actions and goals to stop and reverse the spread of HIV and scale up the universal access. UNAIDS is an innovative United Nations partnership that leads...
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United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
UNICEF is mandated by the UN General Assembly to advocate for the protection of children’s rights, to help meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential. UNICEF is guided by the Convention on the Rights of the Child and strives to establish children’s rights...
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Ms. Alison Drayton - UNFPA Director/Representative – Sub-Regional Office for the Caribbean
Alison Drayton has worked in UNDP for fifteen years in a series of functions both globally and in our region, most recently at RBLAC as Senior Advisor. In that capacity she led the formulation of Regional Human Development Report focused on multi-dimensional progress in the Caribbean for which Alison provided...
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IOM - International Organization for Migration - Regional Coordinator Officer for the Caribbean and Chief of Mission in Guyana
Rui Olivieira Reis Rui Olivieira Reis joined the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in 2000. He was assigned to Georgetown, Guyana as the Chief of Mission in July 2009. Previously Rui Olivieira Reis served as Head of Office in Angola, and Programme Manager and Technical Chief Engineer in East Timor. He...
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