The UN Resident Coordinator’s Office (UNRCO) supports the Deputy Representative of the Secretary-General, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in his efforts to improve the impact, efficiency and effectiveness of the UN’s joint operational activities for development in South Sudan, and to strategically position the United Nations Country Team (UNCT) in support of national priorities, development strategies, and plans.

The UNRCO in South Sudan provides inter-agency coordination support to the UN Country Team (UNCT) and its various sub-teams (Programme Management Team - PMT, Operations Management Team – OMT, UN Communications Group – UNCG and the PSEA task force).

The support includes strategic planning, programme and operations management, policy guidance, data management and results reporting as well as knowledge management, advocacy and communications, all seeking to enhance UN coherence and improve overall programme impact to better achieve development results.

The UN Resident Coordinator in South Sudan:

Mr. Alain Noudéhou (Benin)  has 25 years of experience in international cooperation and development. He has managed strategic and operational engagements in diverse political and economic contexts. 

He is Currently the DSRSG/RC/HC in South Sudan and leads the humanitarian and development efforts of the UN in the country.  He coordinates the work of humanitarian actors to deliver assistance to 5 million people annually.  More than $1 billion is mobilized each year for the response which is currently one of the more complex humanitarian operations in the world.  As the RC, he leads the UNCT to implement a Cooperation Framework (2019-2021) with the Government to support South Sudan’s recovery from the crisis and to build resilience.

Previously, he was the RC/RR in China (2014-2016), working to strengthen cooperation between the UN and China.  From 2010 to 2014, he was the RC/HC/RR in Zimbabwe where he successfully positioned the UNCT as a key partner when the country was facing serious political, humanitarian, and development challenges.

He also served in several leadership positions at UNDP, including as Chief of Staff & Director of the Executive Office, Country Director in Tanzania, and Deputy Representative in Rwanda.

Before joining the UN, he worked for then CHF International, including as Country Director in South Africa (1996 – 2000) and Senior Strategic Projects Officer (Deputy to the Director of Program Initiatives) from 2000 to 2002 at CHF’s Headquarters in the USA.

He holds a MSc. Degree in Public Management and Policy from Carnegie Mellon University (USA) and a Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture from Tsinghua University (China).

He speaks English, French, and Chinese (Mandarin).

Meet the Team in the UN Resident Coordinator's Office in South Sudan

•  George Otoo, Strategic Advisor and Head of UN Resident Coordinator’s Office: george.otoo@un.org 
• Alumai Godfrey, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer: godfrey.alumai@un.org
• Benedetta Cocco,  PSEA Coordinator: benedetta.cocco@one.un.org 
• Diana Ngure, Resilience and Recovery Advisor: diana.ngure@un.org   
• Jose Antonio Pedrosa Garcia,  Economist:  jose.antonio.pedrosa.garcia@un.org
• Judith Adania, Coordination Associate:  Judith.adania@un.org
• Poni Allen Ladu, Communications Officer:  poni.allen@un.org
• Ruth Matahelumual, Coordination Analyst: Ruth.matahelumual@un.org 
• Stephano Wieu, Partnership Officer: stephano.wieu@un.org
• Umer  Farooq,  Database  Manager: umer.farooq@un.org