Statement by Jorge Moreira da Silva, UN Under-Secretary-General and UNOPS Executive Director, following his visit to Gaza with Sigrid Kaag, Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza.

Joint statement on behalf of humanitarian actors in Gaza.

The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) is the UN's yearly conference to assess progress in dealing with climate change. UNOPS Executive Director Jorge Moreira da Silva will speak at and participate in a number of events at COP28. UNOPS will also host several side events at its pavilion in the Blue Zone.

Statement by Jorge Moreira da Silva, UN Under-Secretary-General and UNOPS Executive Director, on the situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

In Yemen, the rehabilitation of key public health facilities is enabling doctors to provide better care.

The World Bank’s International Development Association approved an additional $150 million grant to support the second phase of the Yemen Emergency Human Capital Project.

With funding from the government of Japan, UNOPS will rehabilitate roads in the city of Aden, helping connect more than half a million people to public services.

Rehabilitated infrastructure provides improved access to essential water services and supplies for more than 1,000 households.

UNOPS and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) will help build and equip the facility in the West Bank

With funding from the government of Japan, UNOPS worked with Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health to strengthen health services and provide a reliable energy supply to several public hospitals.

At the Arab Forum for Sustainable Development in Beirut, a UNOPS-hosted session explored the transformative role of sustainable procurement.

UNOPS and the government of Japan will support the uninterrupted provision of critical services in the State of Palestine, with more than $2 million from the Japanese Supplementary Budget.