UNICEF Uganda and Government of Uganda Sign

New Country Programme Action Plan

Under the UNDAF, UNICEF and other UN
agencies represented in Uganda will align all
their development activities with the National
Development Plan (NDP).

Also present at today’s signing ceremony were

Mr. Théophane Nikyema, United Nations Resi-
dent Co-ordinator in Uganda, and heads of
agencies and representatives from the United
Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the
United Nations World Food Programme (WFP),
and the United Nations Population Fund
(UNFPA).

THE HONOURABLE SYDA BBUMBA, MINISTER OF FINANCE,

PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ON BEHALF OF THE
GOVERNMENT OF UGANDA, SIGNS NEW FIVE-YEAR COUNTRY
PROGRAMME OF ACTION WITH UNICEF UGANDA AT THE MINIS-
TRY OF FINANCE, PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

KAMPALA, Tuesday, 15 December, 2009 - The

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today
signed a new five-year Country Programme of Action
(CPAP) with the Government of Uganda, at the Minis-
try of Finance, Planning and Economic Development.

The Honourable Syda Bbumba, Minister of Finance,

Planning and Economic Development, signed for the
Government of Uganda, alongside Dr. Sharad Sapra,
UNICEF Representative in Uganda.

The new CPAP, designed to run from 2010-2014, will

be implemented within a new United Nations Develop-
ment Assistance Framework (UNDAF), also signed by
the Government of Uganda and the United Nations in
Uganda today.
DR. SHARAD SAPRA, UNICEF REPRESENTATIVE IN
UGANDA, ON BEHALF OF THE UN CHILDREN’S AGENCY,
SIGNS NEW FIVE-YEAR COUNTRY PROGRAMME OF AC-
TION WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF UGANDA AT THE MIN-
ISTRY OF FINANCE, PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVEL-
OPMENT.

For more information, please contact:

Chulho Hyun,
Chief of Communication,
UNICEF Uganda Country Office
Plot 9 George Street Kampala
Telephone: +256 717 171 110
Email: chyun@unicef.org

TEXT AND PHO-

TOS BY: ANNE
LYDIA SEKANDI,
THE HONOURABLE SYDA BBUMBA, MINISTER OF FINANCE, PLAN- COMMUNICA-
NING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND DR. SHARAD S APRA,
TION OFFICER
UNICEF REPRESENTATIVE IN UGANDA, SHAKE HANDS AFTER UNICEF
SIGNING NEW FIVE-YEAR COUNTRY PROGRAMME OF ACTION.