Today Mayor Bernard Wagner and Deputy Mayor Allan Pollard hosted UN Representatives, Ms. Birgit Gerstenberg (Resident Coordinator of the United Nations in Belize) and Ms. Tracy Hutchinson (Team Leader/Strategic Planner) during a meeting at the City Hall. The Mayor and Deputy welcomed their UN counterparts and engaged in a discussion about the Council's role in aiding Belize to satisfy the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDG's), unplanned urbanization, agency-to-agency relations and more.
In turn, Ms. Gerstenberg and Ms. Hutchinson relayed the UN's intent to grow their representation in Belize and foster greater collaboration with the Belize City Council in the area of policy development and implementation. We thank both representatives for a constructive vision and reiterate our commitment to partnership for the future development of our city