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I am pleased to share with you the 2022 UN Results
Report for the Kingdom of Eswatini, which highlights
the collective achievements of the UN Country Team
against strategic areas of support in the ongoing
implementation of the 2021-2025 United Nations
Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework
(Cooperation Framework). The priorities towards the
2030 Agenda under this Cooperation Framework were
agreed with the Government and premised on a detailed
context analysis conducted in 2020.
Two years into the implementation cycle, the global
and country contexts have continued to evolve in ways
that could not have been foreseen. The Cooperation
Framework was developed and launched at the height
of the COVID-19 pandemic and the full impacts of the
devastation - globally, nationally and locally - would
only become evident as the disease and the lockdowns
it forced began to ease. The interactions between the
COVID-19 impacts and other factors have ensured
a slow recovery. After the unprecedented 2021 civil
unrest, the Kingdom has experienced intermittent
protests and disruptions in 2022.
Cyclone Eloise caused further devastation in 2021
while the ongoing Ukraine- Russian war led to a rise in
fuel and food prices. The Government and people of
Eswatini have demonstrated considerable resilience
as they have strived to return the country towards
normalcy.
Against this backdrop, the United Nations in Eswatini
worked with Government, development partners and
other stakeholders to sustainably support prosperity,
peace, and protection of the planet, while leaving no
one behind.
Together, the UN invested USD 21,723,317 in various
programmes spanning across four key outcomes areas:
(i) Promoting Sustainable and Inclusive Economic
Growth; (ii) Investing in Human Resources and Social
Development; (iii) Accountable Governance, Justice and
Human Rights and (iv) Strengthening Natural Resources
Management, Climate Resilience and Environmental
Sustainability.
On behalf of the UN Country Team and myself, I pay
tribute to the strong partnership and support we have
enjoyed from His Majesty the King and the Government
of Eswatini. I sincerely applaud the cooperation and
the leadership availed by His Majesty's Government
through the focal point Ministry of Economic Planning
and Development as well as by other ministries and
departments. I commend the Government on its newly
drawn-up Eswatini National Development Plan for
2023/24-2027/28 - a key vision for the country.
I also wish to extend heartfelt appreciation to all
development partners for their financial support
whether directly to the UN in Eswatini, to the
Government, or more generally to Agenda 2030. This
support has enabled us to reclaim some of the ground
lost in our race to 2030. I am particularly delighted
that, through the International Development Partners'
Platform (IDPP) launched in 2022, the UN Country Team
and development partners in Eswatini have a dedicated
space to share and coordinate development policy and
programming in support of the Kingdom.
As we turn the page into 2023, mid-point in the
Cooperation Framework cycle, the UN country team
Cooperation Framework implementation structures,
and build our preparedness to respond to emergencies.
Through the updated Common Country Analysis and the
Joint Work Plans for 2023, we will continue adapting to
the changing development landscape.
Top among the priorities, through alignment to the new
Eswatini National Development Plan, will be increased
focus on and investment in young people, supporting
stronger positioning for investments, follow up to global
summits and events (Education Summit, Food Systems
Summit and COP 27 and COP 28), and preparations
for the 2023 Global SDG Summit of the Future. The
UN will continue to remain mindful and responsive to
the national and global contours as they affect the
development agenda. I thank the entire UN Country
Team - resident and non-resident - for the great effort
in 2022. We look forward to delivering more and better
for the people of Eswatini.
George Wachira,
in Eswatini reassures the government and people of Siyabonga bekunene.
Eswatini of its unwavering commitment to support
peace, prosperity, and the planet in the beautiful
kingdom of Eswatini. Based on lessons learned in
2022, we will further strengthen the functionality of
UN Resident Coordinator,
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