First regular session 2023
7–10 February 2023
Documentation |
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Presentations and statements (posted as available) Decisions - post-session document Report of session - post-session document |
Key information |
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List of speakers (6 February 2023) |
Session documents
| Opening of the session | |
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| Item 1 | |
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Adoption of the provisional annotated agenda, timetable and organization of work Provisional timetable and organization of work (7–9 February 2023) |
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| Item 2 | |
| Opening statement by the President of the Executive Board | |
| Opening statement by the Executive Director of UNICEF |
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Organizational and procedural matters |
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| Item 3 | |
| Election of the President and Vice-Presidents of the Executive Board (E/ICEF/2023/2) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
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Programme and policy matters |
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| Item 4 | |
| UNICEF programme cooperation | |
| (a) Country programme documents | |
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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 |
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| East Asia and the Pacific | |
| Pacific Island countries multi-country programme document (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.1) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| Latin America and Caribbean | |
| Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.2) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| Costa Rica (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.3) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| Dominican Republic (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.4) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| Ecuador (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.5) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| Haiti (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.6) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.7) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| Middle East and North Africa | |
| Algeria (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.8) | EN FR ES AR |
| CEP | EN |
| Iran (Islamic Republic of) (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.9) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| Lebanon (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.10) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| Palestinian children and women in Jordan, Lebanon, the Syrian Arab Republic and the State of Palestine area programme document (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.11) | EN FR ES AR |
| CEP | EN |
| South Asia | |
| Nepal (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.12) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| West and Central Africa | |
| Cabo Verde common country programme document (DP/FPA-ICEF/CCPD/2023/CPV/1) |
EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| Central African Republic (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.13) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| Sao Tome and Principe (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.14) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| (b) Extensions of ongoing country programmes (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.15) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Item 5 | |
| Oral report on UNICEF follow-up to the recommendations and decisions of the forty-ninth and fiftieth Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Programme Coordinating Board meetings (UNICEF/2023/EB/2) | EN FR ES |
| Item 6 | |
| (a) Update on UNICEF humanitarian action (UNICEF/2023/EB/3) | EN FR ES |
| (b) Update on COVID-19 vaccination and the progress achieved through the COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership (UNICEF/2023/EB/6) | EN FR ES |
| Item 7 | |
| Update on metrics and indicators used to measure progress on tackling sexual exploitation and abuse and sexual harassment and inform strategies, policies and procedures (E/ICEF/2023/5) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
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Evaluation, audit and oversight matters |
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| Item 8 | |
| Update on the status of the independent peer review of the UNICEF evaluation function (E/ICEF/2023/6) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Item 9 | |
| Evaluation report summary– Evaluability assessment and formative evaluation of the UNICEF positioning to achieve the UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2022–2025 (E/ICEF/2023/3) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Full report available through the UNICEF Evaluation website: | Evaluation website |
| Management response to evaluation report – Evaluability assessment and formative evaluation of the UNICEF positioning to achieve the UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2022–2025 (E/ICEF/2023/4) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
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Resource, financial and budgetary matters |
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| Item 10 | |
| UNICEF financial report and audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2021 and report of the Board of Auditors (A/77/5/Add.3) |
EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| UNICEF management response to the report of the Board of Auditors (E/ICEF/2023/AB/L.2) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Implementation of the recommendations of the Board of Auditors contained in its reports on the United Nations funds and programmes for the year ended 31 December 2021 – Report of the Secretary-General (A/77/322/Add.1) |
EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Financial reports and audited financial statements, and reports of the Board of Auditors for the period ended 31 December 2021 – Report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (A/77/574) |
EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Item 11 | |
| Private Fundraising and Partnerships: 2023 workplan and proposed budget (E/ICEF/2023/AB/L.1) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Update on the World Bank instrument to facilitate sustained investment in private sector fundraising (UNICEF/2023/EB/5) | EN FR ES |
| Item 12 | |
| Oral update on the work of the National Committees for UNICEF | |
| Item 13 | |
| Update on UNICEF engagement with international financial institutions (UNICEF/2023/EB/7) | EN |
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Other matters and adoption of draft decisions |
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| Item 14 | |
| Report of the field visit of the Executive Board of UNICEF (UNICEF/2023/EB/4) | EN |
| Item 15 | |
| Other matters 2023 annual session: Provisional list of agenda items |
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| Item 16 | |
| Adoption of draft decisions | |
| Item 17 | |
| Closing statements by the Executive Director of UNICEF and the President of the Executive Board |
Presentations and statements
Item 2. Opening of the session
| Opening statement by H.E. Ms. Marie-Louise Koch Wegter, President of the Executive Board | |
| Opening statement by Ms. Catherine M. Russell, Executive Director of UNICEF |
Item 10. UNICEF financial report and audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2021 and report of the Board of Auditors, and management response
| Presentation by Mr. Thomas Asare, Comptroller, UNICEF | EN |
Item 11. Private Fundraising and Partnerships: 2023 workplan and proposed budget
| Presentation by Ms. Carla Haddad-Mardini, Director, Division of Private Fundraising and Partnerships, UNICEF | EN |
Publications
| Publications | Download |
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UNICEF Annual Report 2021: |
EN FR ES AR |
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The State of the World’s Children 2021: |
EN EN FR ES |
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Preventing a lost decade: Urgent action to reverse the devastating impact of COVID-19 on children and young people |
EN FR ES AR |
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Prospects for children in 2022: a global outlook (website) |
EN |
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Humanitarian Action for Children 2022: Overview |
EN FR AR |
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Supply Annual Report 2021 (website) |
EN |