User:UN Jordan

This user page was created by the Office of the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Jordan.

The Office of the Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator is represented and led by the Resident Coordinator (RC). The RC is the designated representative of the Secretary General for development interventions, and at times also humanitarian interventions, at the national level. It is usually the United Nations Development Programme Resident Representative in the country who assumes the RC function. The RC’s role in the country is multifaceted, and their responsibilities include:

• Ensuring the coordination of all UN operational activities;
• Assuming leadership within the UN System;
• Assuming the UN Humanitarian Coordinator (HC) role in case of an emergency and coordinating the UN country-level response to humanitarian crises;
• Encouraging and facilitating stronger coordination and coherence for UN activities, and promoting the UN global agenda, including the UN reform, at country level;
• Assuming responsibility for all common UN projects and initiatives designed to reflect corporate UN priorities;
• Reporting on an annual basis on all UN activities to the Secretary General.
• The RC is supported by the Resident Coordinators Office (RCO), which assists in the organization and management of UN agency collaboration and ensures that coordination mechanisms are in place. The RC system strives to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of UN assistance provision at the country level. The complementarities of the UN agencies combined with a division of labor based on agency mandates constitute the basis for strengthened coordination.

In Jordan, the RC is also the Humanitarian Coordinator (HC), UNDP Resident Representative, UNFPA Representative and the Designated Official for Security.