Kingdom of Bahrain

On the occasion of the UN Day, 24 October, His Majesty King Hamad paid tribute to the United Nations for its role in promoting social and economic development of the Kingdom of Bahrain and other countries across the world. This came as he received at Al Safriya Palace the new UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative Mr. Peter Grohmann and congratulated him on the UN Day.

24 October 2011 marks the 66th Anniversary of the foundation of the United Nations in 1945. This year also marks 40 years of successful collaboration between the Kingdom of Bahrain and the United Nations under the direction of UN charter. Forty years ago, directly successive to the UN’s support to independence, Bahrain agreed to open the first UN office in the newly independent country back in 1971. The main aim of that office, then, was to serve the people of Bahrain build their institutions to provide better services to its people.

On the sad incident of the passing of Saudi Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz and in view of the state of official mourning that is announced in the Kingdom of Bahrain, UN Organizations and Offices would like to inform you that “UN Day Reception” has been postponed. The new date for the evening reception for UN Day will be next, Monday, 31st of October, from 19:30 to 21:30, Ritz Carlton Hotel, Al Ghazal Ballroom.

A cross-practice capacity assessment and M&E mission was carried out by Regional Center in Cairo and UNDP CO for the Royal Charity Organization (RCO) of Bahrain during the period 10-17 October 2011.
This assessment is crucial exercise given that the RCO is an emerging important partner to UNDP CO, especially within the current changing environment in Bahrain, and the organization’s desire to address the rising needs of venerable groups more efficiently and effectively. The mission aimed at assessing the capacities of the organization against its aspired goals of reengineering and restructuring, with an ultimate goal of enhancing its capacities and impact on the lives of the people. This is of particular importance since RCO is becoming more and more involved in international relief to countries in crises.

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