🌏💡“Youth are not just the future, they are the present. Their voices, energy & ideas are essential for #SDGs in #TimorLeste.” - RC Funmi Balogun On #YouthDay2025, we launched the Demographic Dividend Monograph, a roadmap to harness the power of 🇹🇱youth #IYD2025 #YouthLead #TimorLeste

“Our 🇹🇱#UNSDCF 2026–2030 is shaped with the people, for the people - grounded in inclusivity, transparency & strong partnerships with CSOs & all stakeholders.” – RC Funmi Balogun Together, we’re building a #TimorLeste where no one is left behind. 🌏🤝 #Partnerships #SDGs #TimorLeste

Thank you Timor-Leste Mission to the UN for the multi-year commitment & contribution to the Special Purpose Trust Fund for the United Nations 🇺🇳 Resident Coordinator system in 2025, lifting the work of UN teams to support countries & advance the #GlobalGoals🌎.  ⏩ unsdg.un.org/SPTF

"With #Thailand & #UNFPA’s support, 30,000 people in Quelicai & Baguia – incl. 700 #pregnantwomen/yr – will have #saferbirths & better care. 'We pledge full support to complete this project on time,' said Baucau President Veneranda Lemos". #MaternalHealth #TimorLeste #NEDA

Monday marks seven years since the passing of former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who is remembered by many as a guiding force for good. Today and every day, we remember him. un.org/sg/en/formersg…

RC Funmi Balogun joined groundbreaking of the National Hospital upgrade & new 17-bed Gyn/Obs facility, backed by Japan & JICA - Japan International Cooperation Agency – a milestone for maternal/newborn care. PM Xanana Gusmão also praised United Nations’s role in 🇹🇱 becoming 3rd malaria-free nation in World Health Organization South-East Asia, after 🇲🇻 & 🇱🇰

Congratulations to Diene Keita on her appointment as UNFPA Executive Director! We are excited to work together to accelerate progress on the #GlobalGoals, particularly in ensuring the health, well-being, and rights of women and young people. ⏩bit.ly/4oWMGfu

Digital access is growing in the Asia-Pacific region, and no community should be left behind. Leading 🇺🇳 Development Coordination in Asia-Pacific, David McLachlan-Karr shows how United Nations Coordinators support national efforts to turn ideas into real change. ✍️ bit.ly/4gax4AV

Here is our UNV Timor-Leste team, who is putting efforts to expand #partnerships with #UN agencies to engage #diverse UN Volunteers across 🇹🇱UN Timor-Leste🇺🇳🧡 in advancing UN mandates & driving progress on the #SDGs. UNV Asia Pacific UNDP Timor-Leste Funmi Balogun

🤝 Building partnerships for #Agenda2030 UN RC Funmi Balogun meets Jorge Serrano (President TLS Chamber of Commerce) & Herguilina Alves (President AEMTL) to explore future opportunities for collaboration. Together, we aim to strengthen the private sector’s role in advancing #SDGs🌍✨

🚀#FoodSystemsTransformation: A game-changer for #TimorLeste! Under RC Funmi Balogun’s vision & led by UNICEF, FAO & Joint SDG Fund 🇺🇳, this bold prog will transform food systems 🌾🥗 💡 Municipal Innovation Centres 💡 National Investment Platform 💡 Better nutrition for mothers & children

Great meeting with Funmi Balogun, UN Resident Coordinator of 🇹🇱UN Timor-Leste🇺🇳🧡 on exploring two initiatives on #SDG count-down campaign & #Youth fellowship program with strategic engagement of UN Volunteers in Timor-Leste, to support UN mandate. UNV Asia Pacific Louise Chamberlain UNFPA Timor-Leste

Led by RC Funmi Balogun, RC Off is working with UNDRR Asia-Pacific to support 🇹🇱 Govt in developing its #DisasterRiskReduction Strategy - mobilising partners, building capacity & strengthening coordination. Together, we are shifting from reaction to prevention, towards more resilient 🇹🇱

Rest in peace, Patricia Routledge 🙏🏻 In memory of her, I encourage everyone to read these words of hers from February last year. Whether young or old, you're bound to get something out of it. ***** "I’ll be turning 95 this coming Monday. In my younger years, I was often

What does 80 years of impact look like? A mother safely welcoming her child into the world. Over 22.5M people protected with life-saving reproductive healthcare. On #UN80, the United Nations renews its commitment to every family.

No one should be forced to flee, nor exploited or mistreated because of their situation as foreigners or people in need! Human dignity must always come first!

Tu Youyou became the first mainland Chinese scientist to be awarded a #NobelPrize in a scientific field - for discovering artemisinin, a malaria cure that’s saved millions. Today we reveal the 2025 medicine laureate. Stay tuned.

🤝 Under leadership of RC Funmi Balogun & RC Gita Sabharwal, 🇹🇱UN Timor-Leste🇺🇳🧡, @UninIndonesia, DGC & UNIC Jakarta collaborated for a week-long comms workshop in #TimorLeste. Building skills, sharing resources & co-creating strategies - advancing #UNReform & greater United Nations support & impact✨

Say good morning to our new medicine laureate Mary Brunkow! 🎉 This photo was taken by Brunkow's husband Ross Colquhoun at 4:30 in the morning, just after she had received the news.

📊 Around the world, +123M people are forcibly displaced. Over 60% seek refuge in cities. Without inclusive planning, informal settlements will grow. With it, cities can thrive. 👉Check out more on #WorldHabitatDay from UN-Habitat: bit.ly/42oIiwf