UNOPS report on addressing racism and racial discrimination
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2025
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Abstract
In its decision 2025/12, the Executive Board decided to include an agenda item on addressing racism and racial discrimination, for consideration as a decision, at the first regular session 2026, and requested UNDP, UNFPA and UNOPS to submit a separate report detailing all their actions taken in this regard, to ensure the issue receives sufficient visibility, including on metrics to measure progress. The Executive Board also requested UNDP, UNFPA and UNOPS to inform the Executive Board of the measures taken to ensure that actions to address racism and racial discrimination are duly considered in their respective approaches when implementing the JIU recommendations, in particular UNOPS.
In line with this decision, the UNOPS report highlights actions taken to address racism and racial discrimination, including in implementing the respective JIU recommendations. The report outlines UNOPS’ organisation-wide approach to eliminating racism and racial discrimination, embedding anti-racism across policies, culture and leadership.
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The Executive Board might wish to:
(a) Take note of the separate reports provided by UNDP, UNFPA, and UNOPS in accordance with decision 2025/12, detailing the actions taken to address racism and racial discrimination within their respective organizations;
(b) Recall its decision 2024/10 and note the continued efforts of UNDP, UNFPA and UNOPS to implement the entity-specific and system-wide recommendations outlined in the Joint Inspection Unit note JIU/NOTE/2022/1/Rev.1;
(c) Urge UNDP, UNFPA and UNOPS to continue taking concrete, results-oriented measures to combat racism and racial discrimination throughout their respective organizations, and to foster respectful, inclusive and safe workplace environments for all personnel;
(d) Request that UNDP, UNFPA and UNOPS provide regular updates on their efforts to address racism and racial discrimination.
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Annual report
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United Nations Office for Project Services. (2025). UNOPS report on addressing racism and racial discrimination. United Nations