The UN Resident Coordinator Office
In 2018, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the resolution ---- that envisioned the most comprehensive reform in the history of the UN development system.
With the backdrop of the 2030 Agenda, the reform aims to reposition the UN development system as a more transparent, coordinated, accountable, and effective development partner to the Member States.
The UN Resident Coordinator, who is the highest-ranking development official to represent the UN system in the country, leads the UN Country Team, as the designated representative of the UN Secretary-General for development operations.
The Resident Coordinator's Office (RCO) provides assistance to the Resident Coordinator. The office is responsible for coordinating development coordination work, joint programming initiatives, Agenda 2030 and joint programs. This is carried out in accordance with the goals and priorities set forth by the government as well as the mandates and goals of the UN agencies.
The UN Resident Coordinator in Maldives
Niels Scott has recently served as UN Resident Coordinator (RC) a.i. for Armenia, UN RC for Liberia, UN RC a.i. for Burundi and before that for Indonesia. Earlier Niels served as the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Head of Office for Libya, UN RC
and UNDP Resident Representative for Georgia. He has also served as Chief of the Humanitarian Coordination Support Section for OCHA and previously as OCHA’s Chief of the Disaster and Vulnerability Policy Section. Also with OCHA, Niels was interim Head of Office in Haiti during the 2010 earthquake response and Head of Office for Côte d'Ivoire during the 2011 internal conflict. Niels served with the UN Mission in Sudan as Head of their Regional Office for Darfur and as Head of the OCHA Darfur Cell. Niels worked with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies for 15 years as Operations Coordinator; Representative for Haiti; Head of the Regional Delegation for West and Central Africa; Head of Delegation in Georgia; Deputy Head of the Regional Delegation for Central Asia, Relief Coordinator in FYROM and Logistics Officer in Croatia; Niels also served with the ICRC as Programme Coordinator in Vukovar. Niels
previously held positions in the non-governmental and private sector.
