On 14 September the Foundation in partnership with the Multi-Partner Trust Fund Officereleased Financing the UN Development System: Joint Responsibilities in a World of Disarray (8th edition) with an online event co-sponsored by the Permanent Missions to the UN of Sweden and Jamaica.
‘Let’s be frank, we will get the United Nations that we finance’, said Anna-Karin Eneström Sweden’s Permanent Representative to the UN in New York. Her counterpart, Brian Wallace, the Permanent Representative of Jamaica said that ‘difficulties with concessional and non-concessional funding remains.’
This occasion also celebrated the launch of financingun.report a microsite that will exclusively host the past, current and future reports. It offers interactive figures and graphicsand unique space for sharing future data releases, the latest news and more resources about how the UN financing system works.
Henrik Hammargren and Per Knutsson co-hosted with Jennifer Topping, MTPFO Executive Director. She said; ‘The report is based on all UN sources… it is smart, digestible and (covers) really critical themes like COVID-19 and is evidence-based.’ Project leads from both organisations were proud to share the space with over 190 participants, with many from several UN Missions and country teams. Homi Kharas, Senior Advisor at the Brookings Institute and contributor closed the session saying; ‘We can’t wait for investment perfection before we make these human development investments’.
Watch the launch video.
