Chaired by the Deputy Secretary-General, Ms. Amina Mohamed, the RCM provides UN Agencies and key partners in the Arab region with a forum to discuss common development priorities, approaches and opportunities for collaboration.  This year’s deliberations will include a session on Regional UN Development System Reform, led by Ms. Mohammed, as well as an opportunity to explore the outcomes of recent political, economic and social development Summits of the League of Arab States. The RCM will also prioritize the review of progress of the newly-established inter-agency Working Group on Financing for Development, and the work done by the SDG Data Taskforce on identifying data gaps and advancing coordination in data collection and data sharing.

The R-UNSDG provides leadership support and strategic policy guidance to Resident Coordinators (RCs) and UN Country Teams (UNCTs) to deliver a more coherent, effective and efficient value proposition to Member States in support of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. The R-UNSDG meeting is an important forum for UN entities to discuss key priorities and opportunities for collaboration in providing strategic guidance, policy advice and technical support to UNCTs.   The April 2019 meeting includes a dedicated discussion on UN programming in Palestine, updates on UN Development System reform as well as key UN initiatives for 2019.