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Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General (ASG)

Mr. da Silva Angelo will also continue to serve as the Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme and United Nations Resident Coordinator in Sierra Leone.

It is noted that there already exists an agreement in CEB that the functions of the resident coordinator be de linked from those of the UNDP resident representative.

The Special Representative of the Secretary General and the United Nations Resident Coordinator met regularly to coordinate activities and exchange information.

The representative noted the importance of constant dialogue with the resident coordinator from an early stage in the preparations for missions.

In countries with large programmes or complex post conflict situations, there should be a division of labour between the resident coordinator and the UNDP country director, which would give the resident coordinator the latitude and time more effectively to coordinate the United Nations country team and enable him to focus on effective management of joint programmes.

Regional Project Managers Coordinators do not report through Resident Representatives in the countries that host their programmes.

Welcomes the Secretary General's recommendation in the addendum to his report (S 2005 273 Add.2) that the integrated office should be headed by an Executive Representative of the Secretary General and his intention that he she should also serve as the Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme and United Nations Resident Coordinator

The Special Representative of the Secretary General and Head of MINUSTAH, Juan Gabriel Valdes, and the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General and United Nations Resident Coordinator Humanitarian Coordinator, Adama Guindo, hosted the mission.

UNDP has invested and will continue to invest in the training of staff including that of the Resident Representative and the Deputy Resident Representative concerning UNDP privileges and obligations in their capacity as staff of the United Nations.

The Prime Minister and the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General and Resident Coordinator are visiting the provinces to discuss the Millennium Development Goals and start consultations on such a Strategy.

The United Nations integrated office would be headed by my Executive Representative, who would also serve as the UNDP Resident Representative and the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, in order to ensure a cohesive and coordinated approach within the whole United Nations family in Sierra Leone.

The Advisory Committee notes that the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General also acts as UNDP resident representative and is the designated official responsible for the security arrangements concerning the staff of all the United Nations agencies, funds and programmes in Côte d'Ivoire.

Firstly, the resident coordinator should be able to ensure that the UNDAF was fully aligned with the national poverty reduction strategies.

Responding to a comment about strengthening the roles of the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General, the Resident Coordinator and United Nations country teams, the secretariat said that UNICEF supported an enhanced role for the Resident Coordinator and the strong participation of country teams, and would continue to collaborate with United Nations partners.

CEB members are furthermore of the view that the initiative of the UNDP Administrator to appoint UNDP country directors is generally not sufficient to clearly distinguish the roles and responsibilities of the resident coordinator from that of the UNDP resident representative whenever both designations apply to the same person.

On the United Nations side, the missions were led by the Special Representative of the Secretary General, for the west, the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General Resident Coordinator Humanitarian Coordinator, for the north, and the Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator, for the south.

In countries that do not have an assigned field security coordination officer, an international staff member, usually the UNDP deputy resident representative, is appointed as the country security focal point.

The Resident Representative of UNDP in Sri Lanka shared his experience on the Invest in Peace initiative in Sri Lanka, a strategy that focused on revitalizing private investment to promote peace building.

UNDP Ukraine is serving as a co organizer of the Ukrainian conference, and the UNDP Resident Representative in Belarus is co chair of the International Organizing Committee for the Belarus conference.

Strengthening the resident coordinator system

The Mission is headed by the Special Representative of the Secretary General at the Under Secretary General level assisted by a Principal Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General and a Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General (Resident Coordinator Humanitarian Coordinator) at the Assistant Secretary General level.

United Nations country team fortnightly meetings, consisting of heads of agencies, chaired by the United Nations Resident Coordinator, who also serves as the Special Representative of the Secretary General, are frequently attended by senior officials of UNOTIL.

In addition, he will retain his current functions as the United Nations Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative.

These will be presented to the inter agency operations group chaired by the Deputy Resident Representative of UNDP for further discussion, based on which the agencies and UNDP will decide on the capacity needed by them in the substantive and support areas.

c Excludes the Office of the Resident Auditor.

Attended by Project Manager stationed in Iran.

Attended by Project Manager stationed in Iran.

The resident coordinator system had also been strengthened.

At present, Qatar has a 35 member Advisory Council, appointed by the Emir, which shares some of the country's legislative power.

(c) Strengthening of the resident coordinator system and of the role and functioning of the resident coordinator, on the basis of mutual accountability among UNCT members

He raises up the poor out of the dust. Lifts up the needy from the ash heap

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill

Permanent Representative of Australia

Permanent Representative of Chile

Permanent Representative of Colombia

Permanent Representative of Germany

Permanent Representative of Kenya

Permanent Representative of Singapore

The resident country team and the resident coordinator should make it a priority to ensure that all the capacities of the system were geared towards responding to country requirements.

Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

US based Middle East scholar Shadi Hamid commented

The Guidelines on the Functioning of the Resident Coordinator System should be amended accordingly.

The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator should be responsible for the coordination of these mechanisms.