UN Country Team in Georgia Releases 2022 Annual Results Report

The report details efforts of UN entities, contributing to Georgia advancing national development priorities and the Sustainable Development Goals for the benefit of all people in Georgia – particularly vulnerable and marginalized groups including persons with disabilities.

The report highlights the progress made in the five priority areas identified in the UNSDCF, which include rights-based and accountable governance and justice, inclusive economy and human capital development, equal and inclusive access to quality services, human security and resilience, sustainable environment and climate change.

Human rights remained core to the UN work in Georgia. Among the achievements of the United Nations is the development of the  National Human Rights Strategy 2022-2030, the State Concept on Gender Equality and the National Action Plan on Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence for 2022–2024 as well as municipal social programmes and gender equality action plans, which are central to promoting human rights and gender equality.

The UN  supported the Government in fulfilling the obligations under the  Law on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Good progress was made in developing more inclusive legislation including the National Rehabilitation Strategy and Action Plan, introducing the biopsychosocial assessment of persons with disabilities, and integrating rights and needs of persons with disabilities in health and social services. 

Another key focus was fostering competitiveness of Georgian businesses, improving Georgia’s food resilience, tackling climate change, and strengthening institutions and other key areas.The report also provides an overview of UN’s support to conflict affected communities to enable them to enjoy human rights, enhanced human security and resilience.

“The past few years have been especially difficult as the world and this region navigated extreme uncertainty and the complex impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the COVID-19 pandemic and the climate crisis. In 2022, the UN supported Georgia in tackling these ongoing and new challenges, strengthening resilience and prioritizing progress towards sustainable development with a total of 56 million USD worth of programming,” says Dr. Sabine Machl, UN Resident Coordinator in Georgia, in her foreword to the report.

Find out more about the UN’s achievements in 2022 by downloading the report, accessible here