3.1
THE UN IN UZBEKISTAN
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The six resident UN agencies in Uzbekistan are
listed below. In addition, The World Bank is part
of the UN family in Uzbekistan and an active
member of the UN Country Team. The United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was
also active until 2006, when its Uzbekistan office
closed. A Joint United Nations Programme on
HIV/AIDS country office was established in
2005 in order to facilitate and support joint,
coherent actions of all partners in the fight
against HIV/AIDS. The resident UN agencies in
Uzbekistan are:
1. United Nations Children’s Fund;
2. United Nations Development Programme;
3. United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization;
4. United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime;
5. United Nations Population Fund; and
6. World Health Organization.
The UN country team develops its programmes
within the United Nations Development
Assistance Framework (UNDAF). The UN
Resident Coordinator’s Office in Uzbekistan has
three full-time staff members, funded with
approximately $80,000 of pre-allocated core
resources per year. To support preparation of the
UNDAF, Common Country Assessments were
prepared in 2001 and 2003. The first Uzbekistan
UNDAF (2005–2009) was prepared in close
consultation with the government, civil society
and the international community. It is guided by
national priorities, the MDGs and international
conventions to which Uzbekistan is party, and
focuses on strengthening capacity at national and
local levels. The overall objectives of the
UNDAF are to:
1. Develop successful strategies in order to improve
living standards throughout the country;
2. Enhance basic services in the country, specifically
with regard to health and education services;
3. Further harmonize national legislation with
relevant international UN instruments;
4. Build the capacities of, and partnerships
between, government and civil society; and
5. Mainstream human rights and gender issues.
There are four joint programmes in Uzbekistan,
and UNDP is involved in two of them: support
to the Mahalla gender advisers, with parallel
funding from UNDP, United Nations Children’s
Fund (UNICEF) and United Nations Population
Fund (UNFPA); and the fight against HIV/
AIDS, with UN agencies, The World Bank and
national partners though the Joint United
Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
Programme Acceleration Funds. In addition,
UNICEF is undertaking two other joint
programmes, one related to health (with
16. This sections draws on the draft of Uzbekistan UNDAF Mid-Term Review (United Nations Country Team, 2008).
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