tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-396571161962287942.post1843621697089505235..comments2024-03-22T08:37:16.132-07:00Comments on Felix Dodds comments on sustainable development, coffee & life: Report of the UN Secretary-General on the Re positioning of the UN Development SystemFelix Doddshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15674368107771895857noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-396571161962287942.post-14190328491990695572018-01-31T08:42:20.929-08:002018-01-31T08:42:20.929-08:00If the plan is to reorganize the UN Development Co...If the plan is to reorganize the UN Development Coordination Office (DOCO) a standalone office (and renamed the UN Sustainable Development Group Office) headed by an ASG -- so that it can assume managerial and oversight of the Resident Coordinators -- and given that ALL countries (both Developed and Developing / Emerging / Frontier) that are signatories to the UN Sustainable Development Goals are therefore bound to its implementation, will there also be UN Resident Coordinators assigned to the (so called) "Developed" countries as well, so that there will be some "independent oversight" (monitoring / reporting) of the implementation of the Sustainable Development activities of these (Developed) countries, even in the absence of a specific "demand" or "request" for assistance (under the current UN Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF))?<br />I believe that this could be an important approach since it would hopefully ensure that smaller or less-empowered ethnic or cultural groups that co-exist (peacefully or otherwise) within these 'Developed' countries are not also "marginalized" due to a lack of attention being paid to them by the 'Central Authorities' (governments), such as in the case of (for instance), Indigenous groups in countries like Canada, Australia, Brazil etc.Lloyd Helfertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06359029898674798855noreply@blogger.com