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UN United Arab Emirates Country Team

Resident Coordinator Office
Katherine Lester
Head of Resident Coordinator's Office
lesterk@un.org
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UN Entities in United Arab Emirates
ICAO
Sorin-Dan Onitiu
Manager MID Flight Procedure Programme (MID FPP), ICAO Technical Cooperation Bureau (TCB)
sonitiu@icao.int
ITC
Lilia Hachem Naas
Chief Office for the Middle East and North Africa (OMENA)
naas@intracen.org
UNFCCC
Muhammad Taimur Gandapur
Global Team Lead, UNFCCC Regional Collaboration Centers
MGandapur@unfccc.int
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UN Key Documents

UNDAF/United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (CP)

UNDAF / CF START DATE
01 January 2023
UNDAF / CF END DATE
31 December 2023
START OF NEW CF CYCLE
01 January 2024

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Final UNCT-SWAP report
15 December 2023
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Annual UNCT Results Reports
01 April 2023
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Annual UNCT Results Reports
30 March 2022
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Annual UNCT Results Reports
28 June 2021
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Latest news and updates

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Announcement
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Secretary-General appoints Ms. Bérangère Boëll-Yousfi of France as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in the United Arab Emirates
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Story
27 April 2023
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28 June 2022
The SDGs: Action starts with learning in the United Arab Emirates
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Story
12 May 2022
COVID-19 forces a relief rethink at world’s largest humanitarian hub
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Story
25 October 2021
Multilateralism ‘struggling’ to solve world challenges
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Announcement
23 October 2021
The United Nations Observes the 76th Anniversary at Expo 2020 in Dubai 
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Announcement
27 September 2021
The United Nations joins Expo 2020 in Dubai for six months of “Connecting Minds, Creating the Future”
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Resource
02 October 2020
United Arab Emirates-UN Partnership Proposal: Building Back Better Beyond COVID-19
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