The UN Resident Coordinator is responsible for integration and coordination of UN development efforts at the country level and for ensuring that the main thrust of the UN's joint social development effort is geared towards the follow-up to the UN Conferences aimed at poverty alleviation through sustainable, people centered development. In this effort, the UN System in India is working together with the Government to support country-defined priorities and action plans, also in association with Civil Society, Bilateral Organisations and other Development Partners.

A strong focus of the Resident Coordinator's current activities lies in facilitating and promoting the United Nation's Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) process, as India is one of the 18 pilot countries in this initiative. The Resident Coordinator System is also leading the 10  Inter-Agency Working Groups on Primary Education, HIV/AIDS, Child Labour, Gender, Disaster Management Team (DMT), Education,  Population and Development, Water and Environmental Sanitation, Food Security & Nutrition and a Common UN Database. Another important platform for fostering Development Assistance Cooperation in India are the Multi-Bilateral Development Partnership Initiatives on different cross-cutting areas of social development concerns.

• Annual Report 2001 of the Resident Coordinator for India
   
• Annual Report 2000 of the Resident Coordinator for India

Dr. Brenda Gael McSweeney
UN Resident Coordinator
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Ms. Surekha Subarwal
Chief, UN Inter-Agency Support Unit (IASU) and
Manager, Communication and Advocacy
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For further information about the UN Resident Coordinator System in India and the UN System's Operational Activities for Development in India please contact us at:

The UN Resident Coordinator's Office
Post Box No. 3059
New Delhi 110003
India
+91 11 462 88 77 (phone)
+91 11 462 04 88 (fax)