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Annual session 2021
1–4 June 2021
Key information |
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Session documents
| Opening of the session | |
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| Item 1 | |
| Adoption of the provisional annotated agenda, timetable and organization of work (E/ICEF/2021/9) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Item 2 | |
| Opening statement by the President of the Executive Board | EN |
| Opening statement by the Executive Director of UNICEF Prepared remarks Remarks for delivery | EN FR ES AR RU ZH EN |
| Programme and policy matters | |
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| Item 3 | |
| Annual report for 2020 of the Executive Director of UNICEF (E/ICEF/2021/10) Corrigendum | EN FR ES AR RU ZH EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Report on the implementation of the Integrated Results and Resources Framework of the UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2018–2021 (UNICEF/2021/EB/6) | EN |
| Report on the implementation of the quadrennial comprehensive policy review of operational activities for development of the United Nations development system (UNICEF/2021/EB/7/Rev.1) | EN |
| Working together in support of implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Joint annex on implementation of the common chapter of the Strategic Plans, 2018–2021 of UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF and UN-Women | EN |
| Data companion and scorecard to the annual report for 2020 of the Executive Director of UNICEF | EN |
| UNICEF report on the recommendations of the Joint Inspection Unit (E/ICEF/2021/11) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| 2020 annual report of the Office of the Ombudsman for United Nations Funds and Programmes | EN FR ES |
| Item 4 | |
| UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2022–2025, draft for review (E/ICEF/2021/12) | EN |
| Draft results framework of the UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2022–2025 (E/ICEF/2021/12/Add.1) | EN |
| Item 5 | |
| Annual report on UNICEF humanitarian action (E/ICEF/2021/13) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Item 6 | |
| Annual report on the implementation of the UNICEF Gender Action Plan, 2018–2021 (E/ICEF/2021/15) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Data companion and scorecard to the UNICEF Gender Action Plan, 2018–2021 | EN |
| Item 7 | |
| UNICEF programme cooperation | |
| (a) Country programme documents | |
| The United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Frameworks (in final or draft form) are available on the UNSDG website, and are accessible from Executive Board session documents page: https://unsdg.un.org/resources/ executive-board-documents-sessions or from the respective country pages: https://unsdg.un.org/un-in-action/country-level?tab=countries-listing | |
| Latin America and Caribbean | |
| Argentina (E/ICEF/2021/P/L.15) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| (b) Extensions of ongoing country programmes (E/ICEF/2021/P/L.14) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Evaluation, audit and oversight matters | |
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| Item 8 | |
| Annual report for 2020 on the evaluation function in UNICEF (E/ICEF/2021/18) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Management response to the annual report for 2020 on the evaluation function in UNICEF (E/ICEF/2021/19) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Global evaluation of UNICEF water, sanitation and hygiene programming in protracted crises, 2014–2019: Summary (E/ICEF/2021/20) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Management response to the global evaluation of UNICEF water, sanitation and hygiene programming in protracted crises, 2014–2019 (E/ICEF/2021/21) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Full report available through the UNICEF Evaluation website: | Evaluation website |
| Item 9 | |
| Report of the Ethics Office of UNICEF for 2020 (E/ICEF/2021/16) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Management response to the report of the Ethics Office of UNICEF for 2020 (E/ICEF/2021/17) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Item 10 | |
| UNICEF Office of Internal Audit and Investigations 2020 annual report to the Executive Board (E/ICEF/2021/AB/L.3) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Investigations cases closed during 2020: Addendum to the UNICEF Office of Internal Audit and Investigations 2020 annual report to the Executive Board (E/ICEF/2021/AB/L.3/Add.1) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Management response to the UNICEF Office of Internal Audit and Investigations 2020 annual report to the Executive Board (E/ICEF/2021/AB/L.4) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Charter of the UNICEF Office of Internal Audit and Investigations (E/ICEF/2021/AB/L.5) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| UNICEF Audit Advisory Committee 2020 annual report to the Executive Board | EN |
| Item 11 | |
| Update on the implementation of the recommendations made in the independent panel review of the UNICEF response to protection from sexual exploitation and abuse and the report of the Independent Task Force on Workplace Gender-Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Harassment and Abuse of Authority (E/ICEF/2021/14) End-of-year management letter Update on UNICEF work towards addressing anti-racism and discrimination |
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| Resource, financial and budgetary matters | |
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| Item 12 | |
| Update on the implementation of General Assembly resolution 72/279 on the repositioning of the United Nations development system in the context of the quadrennial comprehensive policy review of operational activities for development of the United Nations system (Information note) | EN |
| Item 13 | |
| Update on the World Bank instrument to facilitate sustained investment in private sector fundraising (UNICEF/2021/EB/8) | EN |
| Other matters and adoption of draft decisions | |
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| Item 14 | |
| Address by the Chairperson of the UNICEF Global Staff Association | EN |
| Item 15 | |
| Other matters 2021 second regular session: Provisional list of agenda items | EN |
| Item 16 | |
| Adoption of draft decisions | |
| Item 17 | |
| UNICEF Staff Team Awards and closing statements by the Executive Director of UNICEF and the President of the Executive Board | |
| Special | |
| * Special focus session on the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (Information note) | EN |
Presentations and statements
(posted as available)
statements
| Presentation by Ms. Vidhya Ganesh, Director, Division of Data, Analytics, Planning and Monitoring, UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by Estonia | EN |
| Statement by Costa Rica | ES |
| Statement by the Republic of Korea | EN |
| Statement by Bangladesh | EN |
| Statement by Mongolia | EN |
| Statement by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | EN |
| Statement by Burundi | FR |
| Statement by Japan | EN |
| Statement by China | ZH |
| Statement by Mexico | ES |
| Statement by the United States of America | EN |
| Statement by Canada | EN |
| Statement by the European Union | EN |
| Statement by the Russian Federation | EN RU |
| Statement by Germany | EN |
| Statement by Switzerland | FR |
| Statement by the Standing Group of National Committees | EN |
| Presentation by Ms. Vidhya Ganesh, Director, Division of Data, Analytics, Planning and Monitoring, UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by New Zealand | EN |
| Statement by Norway on behalf of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Sweden and Norway | EN |
| Statement by Ethiopia on behalf of the African Group | EN |
| Statement by the United States of America | EN |
| Statement by Cameroon | FR |
| Statement by the Russian Federation | RU |
| Statement by Germany | EN |
| Statement by the Standing Group of National Committees | EN |
| Statement by the NGO committee on UNICEF | EN |
| Presentation by Mr. Manuel Fontaine, Director, Office of Emergency Programmes | EN |
| Statement by Argentina | ES |
| Statement by the United States of America | EN |
| Statement by Germany on behalf of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, the Republic of Korea, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America and Germany | EN |
| Statement by the ChildFund Alliance | EN |
| Presentation by Ms. Lauren Rumble, Principal Adviser, Gender Equality, UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by Canada on behalf of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, the Republic of Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America and Canada | EN |
| Statement by China | ZH |
| Statement by the United States of America | EN |
| Presentation by Ms. Jean Gough, Regional Director, Latin America and Caribbean, UNICEF | EN |
| Annual report for 2020 on the evaluation function in UNICEF | |
| Presentation by Mr. Fabio Sabatini, Chief, Evaluation Office, UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by Switzerland on behalf of Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, New Zealand, Norway, Republic of Korea, Sweden, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America, the Netherlands, Turkey, Yemen and Switzerland | EN |
| Global evaluation of UNICEF water, sanitation and hygiene programming in protracted crises, 2014–2019 | |
| Presentation by Mr. Fabio Sabatini, Chief, Evaluation Office, UNICEF | EN |
| Presentation by Ms. Kelly Ann Naylor, Associate Director of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Programme Division, UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by Finland on behalf of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Costa Rica, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, France, the European Union, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Mexico, Pakistan, Senegal, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Finland | EN |
| Statement by the United States of America | EN |
| Statement by Germany | EN |
| Statement by Turkey | EN |
| Statement by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | EN |
| Presentation by Mr. Stephen Zimmermann, Director, Office of Internal Audit and Investigations | EN |
| Statement by Norway on behalf of Austria, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands, the United States of America, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Turkey and Norway | EN |
| Statement by the European Union | EN |
| Statement by the United States of America | EN |
| Address by the Chairperson of the UNICEF Global Staff Association | EN |
| Statement by Germany on behalf of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, the European Union, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Morocco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, the Republic of Korea, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America and Germany | EN |