UNDP will support Ghana's policies – Acting Resident Representative

General News on Tuesday, January 29, 2019

Source: MFARI – GHANA

2019-01-29

Acting Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Ghana, Ms. Gita Honwana Welch pledged her organization's commitment to working closely with the Government of Ghana to support its development policies, particularly for implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). ).

The UNDP resident representative made the comments when she called on the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, the Hon. Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey (MP) on Monday, January 28, 2019 at her office in Accra.

Update from the Hon. Minister of Reforms at the United Nations, Ms. Gita Welch expressed the organization's gratitude for the unfailing support of the Ministry in the process of unbundling the functions of United Nations Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative. two distinct functions.

The reforms that came into force in January 2019 repositioned UNDP as an integrator to facilitate the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), while significantly contributing to the efforts of the United Nations Development System. for sustainable development.
For her part, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey commended UNDP for its development interventions in Ghana.

The minister was particularly grateful to UNDP for its commitment to reducing inequalities around the world.

Recalling the President's position at the national and global levels in implementing the SDGs, she said, the government, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, is open to any form of badistance when its citizens benefit.

L & # 39; Hon. Ayorkor Botchwey called for strengthening existing relations between Ghana and UNDP for mutual benefits.