Belarus deepens collaboration with UN through 2026 cooperation plan

Belarus and the United Nations have signed a Cooperation Plan for 2026 in Minsk, marking a step toward a more structured partnership and reinforcing ongoing collaboration across multiple sectors.

Ahead of the signing ceremony, Belarusian Foreign Minister Maxim Ryzhenkov emphasised the country’s strong commitment to implementing the full range of proposed measures, Caliber.Az reports, citing the Belarusian state agency.

He noted that the plan includes 24 points for the current year, twice as many as last year.

“The plan demonstrates that cooperation between Belarus and the UN is developing systematically, not sporadically,” the foreign minister said.

Belarus was a founding member of the United Nations in 1945, participating in the original signing of the UN Charter as the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic and continuing its membership after independence in 1991.

The United Nations Office in Belarus was established in 1992, and UN agencies have since worked with the government on sustainable development, health, social progress, and economic programmes under joint frameworks agreed with national authorities.

Belarus cooperates with multiple UN agencies on implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), aligning national strategies on issues such as gender equality, agriculture, education, and digitalisation with UN support.

Jeyhun Aghazada