The UN Resident Coordinator Office
The UN Resident Coordinator, supported by a coordination office, ensures that UN Agencies, Funds and Programmes work together to help Guyana achieve its development objectives.
The General Assembly Resolution 72/279 on the repositioning of the United Nations Development System mandates bold changes for the emergence of a new generation of Country Teams, centred on a strategic programme with the Government and led by an impartial, independent and empowered UN Resident Coordinator to deliver on the 2030 Agenda for dignity, prosperity and peace on a healthy planet.
The UN Resident Coordinator in Guyana
Ms. Jean Njeri Kamau of Kenya is the UN Resident Coordinator to Guyana. Ms. Kamau recently served as Kenya’s Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the African Union. She has successfully served as a diplomat in the Republic of South Africa, Kingdom of Eswatini and Kingdom of Lesotho and Washington DC.
Ms. Jean Kamau has more than 20 years of experience in human rights, development, political governance, and institutional development. Prior to joining the diplomatic service, she worked in multiple roles in the public sector and civil society. Ms. Jean Kamau has worked for the Kenyan Government in various roles. In July 2004 she was appointed as a consultant to support the Task Force on Police reforms in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Provincial Administration, Office of the President. In this role she supported the development of the first reform strategy for the Police services. She was the first Executive Director of Kenya’s Public Ombudsman, The Public complaints standing committee in the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional affairs. The committee laid the groundwork for the establishment of a Commission for the administration of Justice in Kenya’s Constitution 2010.
Ms. Kamau worked in international development as the Country Director for Action Aid International in Kenya and Lesotho where she managed the organization’s country programs. Ms. Kamau also served as first Executive Director for the Federation of Women Lawyers, FIDA Kenya which was a pioneer agency for Kenyan women’s legal empowerment through the provision of legal aid services and advocacy.
Ms. Kamau has extensive consulting experience in human rights, women’s rights, peacebuilding, institutional development, governance, and development.
