Development system reform

Repositioning the United Nations development system is one of the three parts of Secretary-General António Guterres's United to Reform agenda.

It consists of seven elements:

1. A new generation of UN country teams to meet the specific development priorities and needs of countries;
2. A reinvigorated Resident Coordinator system with stronger capacity, leadership, accountability and impartiality;
3. A coordinated, reprofiled and restructured regional approach to better support work on the ground;
4. Renewed spaces for Member States to guide system-wide actions and bring greater transparency and accountability for results;
5. A stronger UN institutional response and system-wide approach to partnerships for the 2030 Agenda.
6. Concrete steps to accelerate the system’s alignment to the 2030 Agenda, through a system-wide strategic document developed by the UN Development Group.
7. A Funding Compact to bring better quality, quantity and predictability of resources, increased accountability and transparency and enhanced capacities of the system to deliver on the 2030 Agenda.

Legislative history

Report(s)	General Assembly resolution	Notes
A/72/124–E/2018/3	72/236 of 20 December 2017	First report on the repositioning of the UN development system
A/72/684–E/2018/7	72/279 of 31 May 2018	Second report on the repositioning of the UN development system; GA approved, inter alia, reinvigorated RC system with hybrid financing model
A/73/424 (SG) and A/73/579 (ACABQ)		Revised estimates relating to the resident coordinator system

See also

• United Nations reform