The Resident Coordinator Office

The United Nations Resident Coordinator Office supports the work of the UN Resident Coordinator. The UN Resident Coordinator leads the UN Country Team in consultations with the Government to define and agree on the UN strategic response to the Government’s development priorities. This response is captured in the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) 2023-2027. Over the next five years, the UNSDCF will help to leverage Pacific countries in four interlinked areas, Planet, People, Prosperity, and Peace, to ensure that:

• no one is left behind,
• people are equal and free to exercise their fundamental rights,
• gender equality and peace are promoted,
• nations and communities are enabled to become resilient to existential threats allowing them to live in harmony within the blue continent.

The UNSDCF is a results framework that describes the collective vision and response of the UN system to national development priorities. The UNSDCF describes how the UN Country Team will contribute to the achievement of development results based on a common country analysis and the UN comparative advantage. The office coordinates activities related to common programming including Agenda 2030, joint programmes, joint programming activities and development coordination work. This is done in conformity with the objectives and priorities of the Government, and the mandates and objectives of the United Nations agencies.

The UN Resident Coordinator Office has five core functions:

• Strategic Planning
• Economics
• Partnerships and development finance
• Data and results management & reporting
• Communications and advocacy