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Welcome to the United Nations in Albania!

As a family of specialized agencies, the UN in Albania works closely with the Government and other partners including civil society, academia and the private sector, to fight poverty, strengthen the rule of law, promote human rights and fundamental freedoms, protect the environment and support economic and social reforms.

Often at the centre for harmonizing these actions, the UN in Albania takes its inspiration from the United Nations Charter, the overarching instrument of the UN, as well as more recent agreements reached by world leaders, such as the Millennium Declaration that address many of the complex challenges the world faces.

Through a coherent country programme, the UN fully supports and works towards the complementary agendas of: Albania’s goal of European Union integration, national priorities expressed in the National Strategy for Development and Integration and the Integrated Planning System, as well as the programmes of international partners, and harmonization and aid effectiveness. This includes Albania’s commitment to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Albania is unique in the world in that following a request from the Albanian Government to the United Nations, Albania was selected as one of eight countries around the world to pilot UN efforts to Deliver as One UN in January 2007. The One UN concept builds on the existing reform agenda set by UN member states, which asked the UN to accelerate its efforts to increase the coherence and effectiveness of its operations in the field.

Albania has also worked towards achievement of the MDGs. Not only did the Government adapt the global MDG goals to national circumstances, but also created a ninth national goal: Good Governance. Albania has prepared Regional Development Strategies and Reports for all of its 12 regions, making the MDGs relevant not only at the national level but also at the local level.