Fighting pandemic and strengthening healthcare in east Africa The European Union-Intergovernmental Authority on Development (EU-IGAD) COVID-19 Response programme has benefitted millions across 7 countries in east…
Building capacity to protect tigers in Bangladesh Years of being hunted by poachers and a decreasing habitat due to deforestation threaten the survival of Royal Bengal tigers. Here’s how one man's passion…
Helping displaced communities rebuild Decades of instability have caused untold suffering for people across the Central African Republic. In the first of a three-part series, we explore how a…
Assistance that matters As insurgent attacks intensify across a country struggling with a legacy of conflict, including the persistent threat of mines and explosive remnants of…
Statement to the Second Regular Session of the Executive Board 2018 Statement by Grete Faremo, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UNOPS, to UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS Executive Board Second Regular Session, New York –…
Statement to the Annual Session of the Executive Board 2019 Statement by Grete Faremo, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UNOPS, to UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS Executive Board Annual Session, New York – 7 June…
"Bringing the ocean to the most connected generation in history" Opening remarks by Grete Faremo, Under Secretary General and Executive Director of UNOPS at the UN Ocean Conference Side Event, 8 June 2017
Launch of the Africa Energy Transition Partnership Remarks by Jorge Moreira da Silva, UN Under-Secretary-General and UNOPS Executive Director, at the 'Launch of the Africa Energy Transition Partnership'…
Our Ocean 2020: UNOPS supports ocean preservation efforts In partnership with the government of Palau, UNOPS will support arrangements for the 2020 Our Ocean conference – an annual event that aims to catalyze…
UNOPS welcomes the announcement of Acting Executive Director UNOPS welcomes United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres’ appointment of Jens Wandel as Acting Executive Director.