Resident Coordinator’s Office
The Resident Coordinator System (RCS) ensures the coordination of all organizations of the United Nations dealing with operational activities for development at the country level. The RCS is focused on the advancement of sustainable development, leaving no one behind, and the eradication of poverty in all its forms and dimensions as an overarching objective, consistent with the integrated nature of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It encompasses the UN Resident Coordinator, the UN Country Team (UNCT) and the Resident Coordinator’s Office (RCO). The UNCT is led by the UN Resident Coordinator, who is the designated representative of the UN Secretary-General and highest-ranking representative of the UN Development System in country.
The RCO assists the RC in the fulfilment of core coordination functions and strategically position the UN family at the centre of development and international cooperation. In performing the functions, the RC is guided by the Philippines 2024-2028 United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation (CF) and international frameworks, norms and standards agreed amongst the Member States of the United Nations.
The UN Resident Coordinator in the Philippines
Mr. Arnaud Peral was appointed the United Nations Resident Coordinator in the Philippines on 1 February 2025. Most recently, Mr. Peral was the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Tunisia since 2020. Prior to that, he served successively as United Nations Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Ecuador, UNDP Country Director in Colombia, UNDP Deputy Resident Representative in México and then Brazil, Programme Manager and Chief of Staff in UNDP´s Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean in New York and Programme Officer in UNDP Cuba.
Prior to joining the UN System in 2000, Mr. Peral served as Cooperation Counsellor for Scientific and Technical Cooperation in the French Embassy in Cuba, Research Assistant in the Ministry of Environment in France and Research Assistant in public policy in the Ministry of Agriculture in Chile. Mr. Peral holds a Master´s Degree in Development Economics from the University of Paris X-Nanterre and a bachelor’s degree in Economic Policy from the University Pierre Mendes France, Grenoble.
