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Allegra Baiocchi

Allegra Baiocchi

UN Resident Coordinator in Mexico with 30+ years in humanitarian affairs and international development, formerly leading UN operations across Africa and Central America.

Jul 21, 2026

23:13
What does it look like if you're on the ground in a country and they of, have committed to adopting the sustainable development goals and you as the resident coordinator are there to help them?
23:26
Big part of our job, um...
23:28
Well, first of all, the first thing I always say is, "This is not the UN agenda," because it often gets mentioned as, "Oh, well, this is the UN agenda." I always say, "No, this is the member state's agenda," and as you rightly said, as UN, we're here to help you make it happen.
23:42
You committed to this.
23:43
We all committed to this, 'cause we forget it's universal.
23:47
So what you're really trying to do is, like, create a countrywide coalition where everybody can, you know, stand behind the SDGs.
23:56
And of course, right now we're facing, you know, the, the facts that we're so far away from achieving them in 2030, and so there's a lot of questioning, "Well, you know, does it still make sense?" What, and what I personally say is, "Absolutely still makes sense," because these were 17 promises that the world made to their people, and the promises are still valid.

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