UNDP UAE | United Nations UAE Resident Coordinator System

United Nations UAE Resident Coordinator System

Current UN Resident Coordinator

the Resident Coordinator System (RCS):

The resident coordinator system (RCS) encompasses all organizations of the UN system dealing with operational activities for development, regardless of their formal presence in the country. The resident coordinator is the designated representative of the Secretary-General and leader of the UN country team. The Bretton Woods institutions and other international organizations, as appropriate, are encouraged to be closely associated with the RCS/country teams. UNDP is the manager and funder of the RCS.

The Resident Coordinator (RC):

The RC is designated by the Secretary-General after consultation with ACC members and upon recommendation by the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). His/her specific responsibilities and duties are detailed in the RC job description attached to these guidelines. The RC is responsible to the Secretary-General for discharging his/her functions. The RC reports to the Secretary-General through the Administrator.

The RC is normally the UNDP resident representative, in accordance with the established legislation of the General Assembly. The RC, on behalf of the UNS and in consultation with country representatives of organizations of the UNS, assumes overall responsibility for, and coordination of, the operational activities for development of the UNS carried out at the country level. This is done in conformity with the objectives and priorities of the Government and mandates and objectives of the UNS organizations.

The Resident Coordinator System in UAE

In recent years, several UN agencies have set up major operations in the UAE and hosted in Dubai Humanitarian City. Some of these agencies are operating under the Basic Agreement between UNDP and the Government of UAE and are generally relying upon UNDP for logistical support.

Currently, there are 12 UN agencies with presence in the UAE. UNDP and FAO have country representations in Abu Dhabi, the capital, while UNICEF, UNHCR and UNIFEM have staffs that are accommodated in the UNDP CO (the UN House). WFP, UNDSS, OCHA, OCHA-IRIN, UNHCR, UNOPS and UNU have activities initiated from Dubai but mainly to serve other countries in the region and beyond the region. Non-resident UN agencies have activities in the country and is generally implemented in cooperation with UNDP.

In Qatar, UNDP resumed its activities in 2006, after signing a MoU between UNDP and State of Qatar, and the UNDP-UAE country office is managing Qatar’s activities. FAO and UNESCO operate in Qatar, the first has a country presence and the second has a sub-regional office. In 2007 UNODC established a sub-regional office and OHCHR will have their sub regional office set up in 2008.

United Nations Country Team Members in UAE

Organization	UNCT Members
	United Nations Development Programme \| Mr. Khaled Alloush, D.O. UNDP Resident Representative, United Nations Resident Coordinator.

	United Nations Office for Project Services \| Mr. Philip Lewis, Regional Director.

	United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs \| Mr. Abdul-Haq Amiri, Head of Office.

	United Nations World Food Programme \| Mr. Finbarr Curran, WFP Director

	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations \| Dr. Kayan Jaff, FAO Representative.

	United Nations University \| Dr. Walid Saleh, Regional Coordinator.

	The United Nations Children's Fund \| Mr. Tarek Shayya, OIC.

	International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group) \| Mr. Mouayed Makhlouf, OIC.