Without water 💧 there is no life. Water is essential to society and the economy. It is used in manufacturing and energy production. Water has spiritual and symbolic meanings. It can also be a vehicle for peace Blue Peace 💧 🕊️#Worldwaterday 👉bit.ly/311Kxpc

🇨🇭 is proud to continue its successful cooperation with UNFPA – our main partner for improving sexual and reproductive health and rights of adolescents and young adults, including in humanitarian contexts. #SRHR #SwissContribution

Successful conclusion to the Executive Board of UN Development UNFPA UNOPS! 👏🏻 8 decisions adopted w/huge thanks 2 facilitators from Costa Rica @ the UN 🇨🇷 Greece to the United Nations 🇬🇷Guatemala en la ONU 🇬🇹Ambassador James Larsen 🇦🇺🇺🇳 🇦🇺Bangladesh@UN 🇧🇩The Gambian Permanent Mission To The UN 🇬🇲SwitzerlandUN🇨🇭Colombia at the United Nations in New York 🇨🇴 BGMissionUNNY 🇧🇬🇪🇺🇺🇦 🇧🇬Broken link hijacking POC 🇳🇱GeorgiaUN🇬🇪👏🏻

#Switzerland fully supports the reform of the United Nations Development System. Constructive exchange today between SDC-Director Patricia Danzi & Robert Piper 🇺🇳🗽🇨🇭Pascale Baeriswyl Excited about the leadership role of Resident Coordinators around the globe! 🌎

SDC Director Patricia Danzi touched base with the sustainable development & humanitarian affairs team in New York🗽 1️⃣7️⃣ #SDGs 3️⃣0️⃣+ topics 5️⃣0️⃣+ agenda items in #ECOSOC and #GeneralAssembly 4️⃣UN funds and programs 1️⃣ Goal👇 #APlusForSustainableDevelopment

UNCDF's ambition to be a hybrid development agency and development finance institution is only possible with the support of impactful partners. We are fortunate to have such a partner in Swiss Development and Cooperation, our 2nd largest donor, and Director General Patricia Danzi. #LeaveNoOneBehind

What unites us is a commitment to supporting & advancing sustainable development in the #LastMile, where the success of the #SDGs will be determined. Thank you Swiss Development and Cooperation. h/t Director General Patricia Danzi Benjamin Frey #RahelPema, Esther Pan Sloane Abhisheik Dhawan @XMichonUNCDF

🙅‍♀️Violence against girls & women is highly prevalent in 🇮🇶#Iraq, 🇱🇧#Lebanon, 🇵🇸#Westbank & #Gaza.   🇨🇭supports local women-led organisations to effectively advocate for gender equality & a better response to #GBV in the humanitarian system. Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit #16days [email protected]

#Sweden🇸🇪 & SwitzerlandUN🇨🇭 together with 🇦🇩 🇦🇹 🇧🇬 🇨🇷 🇨🇿 🇬🇷 🇰🇷 🇱🇺 🇲🇼 🇳🇴 🇳🇱 🇹🇷 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 & 🇺🇸 addressing how to bridge the gap in sustainable financing of the #SDGs, in particular in the LDC in collaboration with UNCDF in today’s board session. Statement⤵️ swedenabroad.se/en/embassies/u…

Thank you for joining UNCDF's event “BUILD”ing the “BRIDGE” to fill the gap: Discussion on gaps in the development finance architecture specially in the #LDCs - Challenges, Opportunities and Solutions. It was a pleasure working with all of you to organize this discussion.

Together, let us restore trust & inspire hope 🌎 #OurCommonAgenda aims to accelerate the implementation of the #SDGs #Agenda2030 through sustainable & predictable financing & building trust.🇨🇭supports strengthening existing institutions and is committed to achieving SDG16+!💪

#Sweden happy to host partner roundtable together with SwitzerlandUN & UNCDF discussing how to best bridge the #SDG financing gap. Impressed by UNCDF’s ability to leverage ODA. With the right support we believe UNCDF can be the go to entity within the United Nations for innovative financing.

Discussion co-hosted by🇨🇭and🇸🇪on “how to bridge the gap in financing the #SDGs": LDCs still face a significant financing gap & we encourage UNCDF to continue working in places where financing sources are scare or unavailable. You can count on our support!

It’s been a pleasure to participate in today’s lunch hosted by SwedenUN 🇸🇪 & SwitzerlandUN. So excited to bring current & potential partners of UNCDF together to discuss how we can best fill the #MissingMiddle financing gap in the #DevelopmentFinance architecture. 🇦🇺🇫🇷🇮🇹🇱🇺🇳🇱🇶🇦🇰🇷🇬🇧🇺🇸

Ahead of the #FFD Forum, a pleasure for🇨🇭to co-chair the 6th Retreat of the #FriendsofMonterrey with🇩🇪&🇲🇽, bringing together a wide range of stakeholders from governments, civil society, academia & private sector to advance the issue of development finance #Agenda2030

What a great opportunity for Swiss Development and Cooperation Assistant Director-Generals Christian Frutiger & Thomas Gass to exchange with🇺🇳DSG Amina J Mohammed on how to further support the implementation of the #2030Agenda! 🌎 #APlusForSustainableDevelopment

It's a wrap for #FfDForum 2022! Thanks🙏 to the co-facilitators GrenadaUN 🇬🇩🇬🇩& Iceland at UN 🇮🇸🇮🇸and to all the Member States for their flexibility and support for reaching consensus on the 2022 FfD Forum Outcome Document ➡️rb.gy/el8szn

Tomorrow is #LDCsDay and UNCDF Annual Report 2021 is out! #Switzerland 🇨🇭 supports the efforts of the organisation to serve as the 🇺🇳 United Nations flagship financing entity for the #LDCs. ➡️ Find the report here: uncdf.link/AR21

🇨🇭 and UNFPA met at #UNGA77 to discuss their renewed strategic partnership and joint efforts to guarantee sexual and reproductive health and rights for all. #SHRH

At today’s UN Office on Drugs & Crime side event on Illicit Financial Flows & Financial Crime,🇨🇭 emphasized: ▶️Tackling corruption as a cross-cutting issue in the #FfD4 outcome doc ▶️Key role of journalism & civil society in exposing illicit financial flows ▶️Bold language on asset recovery & return