Nigeria has urged the international community to provide “adequate, predictable and sustainable” funding for the United Nations Resident Coordinator System, saying the mechanism is essential for effective development coordination and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.
The call was made in Nigeria’s National Statement on Agenda Item 138 – “Proposed Programme Budget for 2027: Resident Coordinator System” – delivered by Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Olumuyiwa Enitan Abel, during the 10th plenary of the Fifth Committee at the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
Abel stressed that a well‑resourced Resident Coordinator System is a shared objective for advancing multilateralism and improving the UN development system’s effectiveness. He said that adequate, predictable and sustainable financing is vital for maintaining core coordination capacities, retaining institutional expertise and enabling Resident Coordinators to fulfil the responsibilities entrusted to them by member states.
The statement highlighted Africa’s heavy reliance on the system, noting that 53 of the 132 Resident Coordinator offices worldwide are located on the continent, representing about 40 percent of its global footprint. Nigeria said this extensive presence underscores the system’s role in helping African countries implement national development priorities, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the African Union’s Agenda 2063.
In its appeal, Nigeria called on Global North countries to honour their development assistance commitments and urged major donor nations to sustain and substantially increase their core contributions to the UN development system through predictable, sustained and multi‑year funding.
<small>Source: Daily Post Nigeria — read the original story there.</small>
