Building the nation we want
Wednesday, 24 October 2012 Duoglas Broderick Sok Chea is a success story. Having grown from a skinny baby to a beaming, bright-eyed toddler, he’s proof that working together gets results. The MDG-Fund Joint Program for Children, Food Security and Nutrition that helped Chea recover from malnutrition brings together the Royal Government of Cambodia and six United Nations agencies. But this diverse team shares a common goal: giving Cambodians like Chea and his family the future they want. Every year, October 24 marks United Nations Day. It’s a day for all of us – the 27 specialised UN agencies, funds and programs working together for peace, poverty reduction and human rights in Cambodia – to reflect on what we’re here for: for people like Chea. It’s a day when I like to think about the words of the UN Charter, the text that guides and inspires us. Signed on October 24, 1945, these words define who we are, what we do and how we do it. They are at the back of our minds at all