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Annual session 2023
13–16 June 2023
Key information |
List of participants (as at 16 June 2023)
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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/2023/9) | 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 | EN |
| Programme and policy matters | |
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| Item 3 | |
| Annual report for 2022 of the Executive Director of UNICEF (E/ICEF/2023/10) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Report on the implementation of the Integrated Results and Resources Framework of the UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2022–2025 (UNICEF/2023/EB/9) | EN |
| Report on the implementation of the quadrennial comprehensive policy review of operational activities for development of the United Nations system (UNICEF/2023/EB/10) | EN |
| Description of independent oversight functions/bodies in UNICEF (E/ICEF/2023/22) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Data companion and scorecard to the annual report for 2022 of the Executive Director of UNICEF | EN |
| UNICEF report on the recommendations of the Joint Inspection Unit (E/ICEF/2023/11) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Item 4 | |
| Annual report on UNICEF humanitarian action (E/ICEF/2023/14) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Item 5 | |
| Annual report on the implementation of the UNICEF Gender Action Plan, 2022–2025 (E/ICEF/2023/15) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Data companion and scorecard to the UNICEF Gender Action Plan, 2022–2025 | EN |
| Item 6 | |
| 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 the Executive Board session documents page: https://unsdg.un.org/resources/ executive-board-documents-sessions and/or from the respective country pages: https://unsdg.un.org/un-in-action/country-level?tab=countries-listing | |
| Latin America and Caribbean | |
| Chile (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.16) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| (b) Extensions of ongoing country programmes (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.17) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Item 7 | |
Update on protection from sexual exploitation and abuse (E/ICEF/2023/12)
End-of-year management letter (2022) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH EN EN |
| Item 8 | |
| Update on organizational culture and diversity (E/ICEF/2023/13) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Evaluation, audit and oversight matters | |
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| Item 9 | |
| Annual report for 2022 on the evaluation function in UNICEF (E/ICEF/2023/18) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Management response to the annual report for 2022 on the evaluation function in UNICEF (E/ICEF/2023/19) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Evaluation of the UNICEF Level 3 response to the global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic (E/ICEF/2023/20) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Management response to the evaluation of the UNICEF Level 3 response to the global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic (E/ICEF/2023/21) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Full report available through the UNICEF Evaluation website: | Evaluation website |
| Item 10 | |
| Draft revised evaluation policy of UNICEF (UNICEF/2023/EB/11) | EN FR ES |
| Item 11 | |
| UNICEF Office of Internal Audit and Investigations 2022 annual report to the Executive Board (E/ICEF/2023/AB/L.4) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Investigations cases closed during 2022: Addendum to the UNICEF Office of Internal Audit and Investigations 2022 annual report to the Executive Board (E/ICEF/2023/AB/L.4/Add.1) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Management response to the UNICEF Office of Internal Audit and Investigations 2022 annual report to the Executive Board (E/ICEF/2023/AB/L.5) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| UNICEF Audit Advisory Committee 2022 annual report to the Executive Board | EN |
| Item 12 | |
| Report of the Ethics Office of UNICEF for 2022 (E/ICEF/2023/16) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Management response to the report of the Ethics Office of UNICEF for 2022 (E/ICEF/2023/17) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Item 13 | |
| Preliminary assessment of the implementation of the World Bank instrument | EN |
| Oral management response to the preliminary assessment of the implementation of the World Bank instrument |
| Resource, financial and budgetary matters | |
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| Item 14 | |
| Update on implementation efforts on the repositioning of the United Nations development system | EN |
| Item 15 | |
| Private Fundraising and Partnerships: financial report for the year ended 31 December 2022 (E/ICEF/2023/AB/L.3) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Other matters and adoption of draft decisions | |
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| Item 16 | |
| Address by the Chairperson of the UNICEF Global Staff Association | EN |
| Item 17 | |
| Other matters 2023 second regular session: Provisional list of agenda items |
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| Item 18 | |
| Adoption of draft decisions | |
| Item 19 | |
| UNICEF Staff Team Awards and closing statements by the Executive Director of UNICEF and the President of the Executive Board |
Presentations and statements
(posted as available)
Item 2. Opening of the session
Item 2. Opening of the session
Item 3. Annual report for 2022 of the Executive Director of UNICEF
Item 3. Annual report for 2022 of the Executive Director of UNICEF
| Presentation by Ms. Vidhya Ganesh, Director, Division of Data, Analytics, Planning and Monitoring, UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by Argentina | ES |
| Statement by Luxembourg | FR |
| Statement by Bangladesh | EN |
| Statement by Greece | EN |
| Statement by the Czech Republic | EN |
| Statement by Algeria | EN |
| Statement by the Republic of Korea | EN |
| Statement by Germany | EN |
| Statement by Cuba | ES |
| Statement by Estonia | EN |
| Statement by France | FR |
| Statement by Norway on behalf of the Nordic countries Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Sweden and Norway | EN |
| Statement by Syria | AR |
| Statement by the European Union | EN |
| Statement by Ecuador | ES |
| Statement by Côte d’Ivoire | FR |
| Statement by Australia | EN |
| Statement by El Salvador | ES |
| Statement by the United Kingdom | EN |
| Statement by Myanmar | EN |
| Statement by the Russian Federation | RU |
| Statement by Pakistan | EN |
| Statement by Switzerland | EN |
| Statement by Canada | FR |
| Intervention by the Chair of the Standing Group of National Committees | EN |
| Statement by NGO Committee on UNICEF | EN |
Item 4. Annual report on UNICEF humanitarian action
Item 4. Annual report on UNICEF humanitarian action
| Presentation by Mr. Manuel Fontaine, Director, Office of Emergency Programmes, UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by Poland | EN |
| Statement by Argentina | ES |
| Statement by Algeria | EN |
| Statement by Sweden | EN |
| Statement by the Kingdom of the Netherlands | EN |
| Statement by the United Kingdom | EN |
| Statement by the European Union | EN |
| Statement by the ChildFund Alliance | EN |
Item 5. Annual report on the implementation of the UNICEF Gender Action Plan, 2022–2025
Item 5. Annual report on the implementation of the UNICEF Gender Action Plan, 2022–2025
| Presentation by Ms. Lauren Rumble, PhD, Associate Director, Gender Equality, UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by Iceland on behalf of Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Costa Rica, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Georgia, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, the Republic of Moldova, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and Iceland | EN |
Item 6. UNICEF programme cooperation
Item 6. UNICEF programme cooperation
Item 7. Update on protection from sexual exploitation and abuse
Item 7. Update on protection from sexual exploitation and abuse
| Presentation by Ms. Johanna Eriksson Takyo, Senior Adviser a.i., Safeguarding, UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by the Czech Republic on behalf of Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Georgia, Greece, Guatemala, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Montenegro, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, the Republic of Korea, the Republic of Moldova, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, the European Union, and the Czech Republic | EN |
Item 8. Update on organizational culture and diversity
Item 8. Update on organizational culture and diversity
| Presentation by Ms. Geeta Narayan, Principal Adviser, Organizational Culture, UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by Austria on behalf of Australia, Argentina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Luxembourg, Malta, the Republic of Moldova, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the United States of America, and Austria | EN |
| Statement by Australia | EN |
Item 9. Evaluation reports and management responses
Item 9. Evaluation reports and management responses
| Annual report for 2022 on the evaluation function in UNICEF, and management response | |
| Presentation by Mr. Robert McCouch, Director of Evaluation, UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by Germany on behalf of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Georgia, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Montenegro, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and Germany | EN |
| Evaluation of the UNICEF Level 3 response to the global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, and management response | |
| Presentation by Mr. Robert McCouch, Director of Evaluation, UNICEF | EN |
| Presentation by Mr. Manuel Fontaine, Director, Office of Emergency Programmes, UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by Sweden on behalf of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Repblic of Moldova, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Türkiye, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, the European Union, and Sweden | EN |
Item 10. Draft revised evaluation policy of UNICEF
Item 10. Draft revised evaluation policy of UNICEF
| Presentation by Mr. Robert McCouch, Director of Evaluation, UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by Germany on behalf of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Montenegro, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and Germany | EN |
Item 11. Internal audit and investigations
Item 11. Internal audit and investigations
| Presentation by Mr. Stephen Zimmermann, Director, Office of Internal Audit and Investigations UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by Norway on behalf of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, the United Kingdom, and Norway | EN |
| Statement by the European Union | EN |
Item 12. Report of the Ethics Office of UNICEF for 2022, and management response
Item 12. Report of the Ethics Office of UNICEF for 2022, and management response
| Presentation by Mr. El Cid Butuyan, Director, Ethics Office, UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by Finland on behalf of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Columbia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, the European Union, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Republic of Moldova, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and Finland | EN |
Item 13. Preliminary assessment of the implementation of the World Bank instrument, and oral management response
Item 13. Preliminary assessment of the implementation of the World Bank instrument, and oral management response
Item 14. Update on implementation efforts on the repositioning of the United Nations development system
Item 14. Update on implementation efforts on the repositioning of the United Nations development system
| Presentation by Ms. June Kunugi, Director, Public Partnerships Division, UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by Canada on behalf of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Colombia, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, Montenegro, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, the Republic of Moldova, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, the European Union, and Canada | EN |
| Statement by Argentina | ES |
Item 15. Private Fundraising and Partnerships: financial report for the year ended 31 December 2022
Item 15. Private Fundraising and Partnerships: financial report for the year ended 31 December 2022
Item 16. Address by the Chairperson of the UNICEF Global Staff Association
Item 16. Address by the Chairperson of the UNICEF Global Staff Association
| Statement by Mr. Noma Owens-Ibie, Chairperson, UNICEF Global Staff Association | EN |
| Statement by Denmark on behalf of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Estonia, the European Union, Finland, France, Germany, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Republic of Moldova, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and Denmark | EN |
Publications
| Publications | |
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| UNICEF Annual Report 2022: For every child, every opportunity | EN FR ES AR |
The State of the World’s Children 2023 For Every Child, Vaccination | EN FR ES AR |
| Humanitarian Action for Children 2023: Overview | EN |
| Preventing a lost decade: Urgent action to reverse the devastating impact of COVID-19 on children and young people | EN FR ES AR |
| Prospects for children in 2022: A global outlook | EN |
| 2022 annual report of the Office of the Ombudsman for United Nations Funds and Programmes | EN |