Statement by Ms. Josephine Ouedraogo acting deputy executive secretary :10th UN inter-agency round table on communication for development

Abstract

Statement by Ms. Josephine Ouedraogo Acting Deputy Executive Secretary at the 10th UN Inter-Agency Round Table on Communication for Development. Ms. Ouedraogo, on her remarks highlighted that, Effective communication has long been a priority of the United Nations system. In the past, however, each UN sister agency tended to work separately within its mandate. More recently, the organization has been striving to leverage investments in equipment, human resources and policy design by delivering as one, sounding as one, talking as one. The central tenet in our field of development is “change.” “Change” is at the heart of the questions we ask, the daily work that we do, the global goals we set for ourselves, and our long-term hopes for our society. As the African arm of the UN secretariat, it is up to the ECA to transmit both Africa's needs and priorities to the world, and the global goals of the United Nations to Africa. It is our interaction with both sides of the equation that can assist the widest development for Africa and by analogy the world.