Exploring how to integrate South-South and triangular cooperation into national and regional development strategies.

2025 UNOSSC Global Report





The Launch Event:

The 2025 UNOSSC Global Report was officially launched during a High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) side event held on 17 July 2025 in New York. The hybrid event brought together over 100 participants from various sectors including policymakers, UN agencies, development practitioners, civil society organizations, academia, and private sector representatives. The launch event featured a comprehensive presentation of the report’s key findings, and a high-level panel discussion exploring how to integrate South-South and triangular cooperation into national and regional development strategies.


The event emphasized the catalytic role of triangular cooperation and partnerships in building trust and advancing inter- and intra-regional solidarity, while calling for greater political support and investment in South-South cooperation as a strategic vehicle for achieving the SDGs.


The report was authored by Adel Abdellatif, a distinguished international development expert with over four decades of experience spanning diplomacy, multilateral organizations, and strategic advisory roles. He most recently served as Director a.i. of the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC), where he led the development of the first UN System-Wide Strategy on South-South Cooperation. Previously, as Deputy Director and Senior Strategic Advisor at UNDP’s Regional Bureau for Arab States, he coordinated operations across 16 country offices, oversaw the flagship Arab Human Development Report series (2007-2020), and launched key regional initiatives covering governance, climate resilience, and women’s empowerment. Before joining UNDP in 1998, he served two decades in Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, achieving the rank of Ambassador. Dr. Abdellatif holds a Ph.D. in Political Economy from The Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva and currently serves on Egypt’s Advisory Board on Human Development, while continuing his work as a senior consultant on international development cooperation.
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