The United Nations (UN) is currently undergoing a reorganisation that will see its Nairobi offices entrusted with more programmes than it currently has.
Speaking on Wednesday, March 12, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stated that moving programmes from expensive locations like Vienna, Geneva, and New York to Nairobi was among the ways the UN was looking into cutting costs and improving efficiency.
According to Guterres, this step will be an especially efficient one, as the UN has already put in the work to improve its Nairobi hub.
The transfer will include two major UN divisions: the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) "We have been investing in Nairobi, creating the conditions for Nairobi to receive services that are now in more expensive locations," he said. An undated image of the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Photo DW "And UNICEF will be transferring soon some of the functions to Nairobi, and UNFPA will be essentially moving to Nairobi." According to a report by the VOA, this drastic change is part of a comprehensive initiative dubbed UN80, necessitated by the "shrinking of resources across the board." UN80, named in commemoration of the organisation's 80th anniversary, will also involve job cuts over redundancy.
