The UN Country Team in Zambia comprises:

• 11 Resident UN funds, Programmes and Specialized Agencies (UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, WFP, FAO, ILO, WHO, UNAIDS, UNECA, UNHCR, IFAD).
• 12 Non-Resident agencies (IAEA, ITC, OHCHR, UNCCD, UNCTAD, UNEP, UNESCO, UN Habitat, UNIDO, UNIFEM, UNODC and WMO).
• The Bretton Woods institutions (World Bank and International Monetary Fund) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

PROGRAMME AND POLICY

GOAL

• The UN support in Zambia is aligned to the Millennium Development Goals and other national development priorities articulated in the Government’s successive National Development Plans, and Zambia’s Vision 2030.
• Aligned to the Human Development objective of the Sixth National Development Plan (SNDP-2011-2015)

PROGRAMME

• The current UNDAF ends 2010. The next UNDAF (2011-2015) guides the development assistance activities of the UN system in Zambia.
• The UN System’s resources will address priority challenges through five development outcomes between 2011-2015:

1. 1. HIV/AIDS – to scale up the national response to the HIV epidemic, in order to achieve by 2015 a reduction in new HIV infections by 50 percent.
   2. Sustainable Economic Development and Food Security - to contribute to increased access to sustainable livelihoods through job creation and food security in both rural and urban areas.
   3. Human Development - to increase access to education, health, nutrition, water and sanitation and social protection services.
   4. Climate Change, Environment and Disaster Reduction - to strengthen national institutional capacities to effectively sustain and manage natural resources and to protect local livelihoods from the risks of climate change, disasters and environmental degradation.
   5. Governance and Gender - to ensure that government provides quality public services on the basis of human rights policies, with a strong focus on issues of gender equality and empowerment, and civic participation.