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Annual session 2024
11–14 June 2024
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/2024/10) | 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 | |
| Report on the midterm review of the UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2022–2025 and annual report for 2023 of the Executive Director of UNICEF (E/ICEF/2024/11) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Proposed revised Integrated Results and Resources Framework of the UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2022–2025 (E/ICEF/2024/11/Add.1) | 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/2024/EB/5) | EN |
| Report on the implementation of the quadrennial comprehensive policy review of operational activities for development of the United Nations system (UNICEF/2024/EB/6) | EN |
| Description of independent oversight functions/bodies in UNICEF (E/ICEF/2024/12) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Data companion and scorecard to the annual report for 2023 of the Executive Director of UNICEF | EN |
| UNICEF report on the recommendations of the Joint Inspection Unit (E/ICEF/2024/13) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Item 4 | |
| Annual report on UNICEF humanitarian action (E/ICEF/2024/16) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Item 5 | |
| Annual report on the implementation of the UNICEF Gender Action Plan, 2022–2025 (E/ICEF/2024/17) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Data companion and scorecard to the UNICEF Gender Action Plan, 2022–2025 | EN |
| Item 6 | |
| UNICEF programme cooperation | |
| Extensions of ongoing country programmes (E/ICEF/2024/P/L.8) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Item 7 | |
| Update on protection from sexual exploitation and abuse (E/ICEF/2024/14) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Item 8 | |
| Update on organizational culture and diversity (E/ICEF/2024/15) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Item 9 | |
Update on implementation efforts on the repositioning of the United Nations development system Information note Annex to information note |
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| Evaluation, audit and oversight matters | |
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| Item 10 | |
| Evaluation reports and management responses | |
| Annual report for 2023 on the evaluation function in UNICEF (E/ICEF/2024/20) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Management response to the annual report for 2023 on the evaluation function in UNICEF (E/ICEF/2024/21) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Evaluation of UNICEF approaches to advocacy: Summary (E/ICEF/2024/22) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Management response to the evaluation report - Evaluation of UNICEF approaches to advocacy (E/ICEF/2024/23) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Evaluation of UNICEF investments towards institutional strengthening for social and behaviour change: Summary (E/ICEF/2024/24) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Management response to the evaluation report - Evaluation of UNICEF investments towards institutional strengthening for social and behaviour change (E/ICEF/2024/25) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Full reports available through the UNICEF Evaluation website: | Evaluation website |
| Item 11 | |
| Report of the Ethics Office of UNICEF for 2023 (E/ICEF/2024/18) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Management response to the report of the Ethics Office of UNICEF for 2023 (E/ICEF/2024/19) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Item 12 | |
| Internal audit and investigations | |
| UNICEF Office of Internal Audit and Investigations 2023 annual report to the Executive Board (E/ICEF/2024/AB/L.3) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Investigations cases closed during 2023: Addendum to the UNICEF Office of Internal Audit and Investigations 2023 annual report to the Executive Board (E/ICEF/2024/AB/L.3/Add.1) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Management response to the UNICEF Office of Internal Audit and Investigations 2023 annual report to the Executive Board (E/ICEF/2024/AB/L.4) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| UNICEF Audit Advisory Committee 2023 annual report to the Executive Board | EN |
| Item 13 | |
| Assessment of how the Executive Board executes its governance and oversight functions (Joint Inspection Unit, JIU/REP/2023/7) | EN |
| Item 14 | |
| UNICEF evolved enterprise risk management framework (E/ICEF/2024/26) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Resource, financial and budgetary matters | |
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| Item 15 | |
| Report on the midterm review of the UNICEF integrated budget, 2022‒2025 (E/ICEF/2024/AB/L.5) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Midterm review of the UNICEF integrated budget, 2022–2025: Report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (E/ICEF/2024/AB/L.6) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Item 16 | |
| Private Fundraising and Partnerships: financial report for the year ended 31 December 2023 (E/ICEF/2024/AB/L.7) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Other matters and adoption of draft decisions | |
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| Item 17 | |
| Address by the Chairperson of the UNICEF Global Staff Association | EN |
| Item 18 | |
| Other matters 2024 second regular session: Provisional list of agenda items |
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| Item 19 | |
| Adoption of draft decisions | |
| Item 20 | |
| 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)
statements
| Presentation by Ms. Vidhya Ganesh, Director, Division of Data, Analytics, Planning and Monitoring, UNICEF | EN |
| Presentation by Mr. Nazim Khizar, Deputy Director, Division of Financial and Administrative Management, UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by Bulgaria on behalf of the UNICEF Executive Board Bureau members – Austria, the Dominican Republic, Rwanda, Tajikistan, and Bulgaria | EN |
| Statement by Finland on behalf of Oman, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, the Republic of Korea, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America, the European Union, and Finland | EN |
| Statement by El Salvador | ES |
| Statement by Côte d'Ivoire | FR |
| Statement by Bangladesh | EN |
| Statement by Finland | EN |
| Statement by Oman | AR |
| Statement by Poland | EN |
| Statement by Algeria | EN |
| Statement by Cuba | ES |
| Statement by Lebanon | EN |
| Statement by Ecuador | ES |
| Statement by Estonia | EN |
| Statement by China | ZH |
| Statement by Japan | EN |
| Statement by Germany | EN |
| Statement by Sweden | EN |
| Statement by Mozambique | EN |
| Statement by Canada | EN |
| Statement by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | EN |
| Statement by Greece | EN |
| Statement by Denmark | EN |
| Statement by Mexico | ES |
| Statement by France | FR |
| Statement by Ireland | EN |
| Statement by Norway | EN |
| Statement by the Syrian Arab Republic | AR |
| Statement by Belgium | EN |
| Statement by the Russian Federation | RU |
| Statement by the European Union | EN |
| Intervention by the Chair of the Standing Group of National Committees for UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by the International Federation for Family Development | EN |
| Statement by World Vision | EN |
| Presentation by Ms. Lucia Elmi, Director, Office of Emergency Programmes, UNICEF | EN |
| Statement of Sweden on behalf of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, the Dominican Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, New Zealand, Malta, Norway, Luxembourg, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America, and Sweden | EN |
| Statement by the Dominican Republic | ES |
| Statement by Mozambique | EN |
| Statement by Oman | EN |
| Statement by Algeria | EN |
| Statement by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | EN |
| Statement by the European Union | EN |
| Statement by the ChildFund Alliance | EN |
| Presentation by Ms. Lauren Rumble, Associate Director, Gender Equality, UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by the Dominican Republic | ES |
| Statement by Greece on behalf of Finland, Canada, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, Japan, Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium, Austria, Malta, Israel, Denmark, Iceland, Türkiye, Ireland, Spain, the European Union, the United States of America, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and Greece | EN |
| Presentation by Ms. Vidhya Ganesh, Director, Division of Data, Analytics, Planning and Monitoring, UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by the Dominican Republic | ES |
| Statement by Mexico on behalf of Albania, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malta, the Republic of Moldova, Montenegro, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America, the European Union, and Mexico | EN |
| Statement by Oman | EN |
| Presentation by Ms. Geeta Narayan, Principal Adviser, Organizational Culture, UNICEF | EN |
| Presentation by Ms. June Kunugi, Director, Public Partnerships Division, UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by Germany on behalf of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the Republic of Moldova, Montenegro, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, Ukraine, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America, the European Union, and Germany | EN |
| Statement by the Dominican Republic | ES |
| Statement by Germany | EN |
| Annual report for 2023 on the evaluation function in UNICEF, and management response | |
| Presentation by Mr. Robert McCouch, Director, Evaluation Office, UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by Germany on behalf of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the European Union and Germany | EN |
| Evaluation of UNICEF approaches to advocacy, and management response | |
| Presentation by Mr. Robert McCouch, Director, Evaluation Office, UNICEF | EN |
| Presentation by Mr. Naysán Sahba, Director of Global Communication and Advocacy, UNICEF | EN |
| Evaluation of UNICEF investments towards institutional strengthening for social and behaviour change, and management response | |
| Presentation by Mr. Robert McCouch, Director, Evaluation Office, UNICEF | EN |
| Presentation by Mr. George Laryea-Adjei, Director, Programme Group, UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by Oman | EN |
| Presentation by Mr. El Cid Butuyan, Director, Ethics Office, UNICEF | EN |
| Presentation by Mr. Stephen Zimmermann, Director, Office of Internal Audit and Investigations, UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by the Chair of the Audit Advisory Committee of UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by Belgium on behalf of Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Luxemburg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Türkiye, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and Belgium | EN |
| Statement by New Zealand | EN |
| Statement by the European Union | EN |
| Presentation by Mr. Jacob van der Blij, Chief Risk Officer, UNICEF | EN |
| Presentation by Ms. Diane Kepler, Comptroller, UNICEF | EN |
| Presentation by Ms. Carla Haddad Mardini, Director, Private Fundraising and Partnerships Division, UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by the Dominican Republic | ES |
| Statement by Sweden on behalf of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, the European Union, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Türkiye, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America, and Sweden | EN |
| Intervention by the Chair of the Standing Group of National Committees for UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by Ms. Francoise Chandler, Chairperson, Global Staff Association, UNICEF | EN |
Publications
| Publications | |
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| UNICEF Annual Report 2023: For every child (webpage) | EN FR ES AR |
| The State of the World’s Children 2023: For Every Child, Vaccination | EN FR ES AR |
| Humanitarian Action for Children 2024: Overview | EN |
| UNICEF Supply Annual Report 2023 | EN |
| 2023 annual report of the Office of the Ombudsman for United Nations Funds and Programmes | EN |