First regular session 2023
7–10 February 2023
Documentation |
Presentations and statements (posted as available) Decisions - post-session document Report of session - post-session document |
Key information |
List of speakers (6 February 2023) |
Session documents
Opening of the session | |
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Item 1 | |
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 |
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 |
Programme and policy matters |
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Item 4 | |
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 |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
The State of the World’s Children 2021: |
EN EN FR ES |
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 (website) |
EN |
Humanitarian Action for Children 2022: Overview |
EN FR AR |
Supply Annual Report 2021 (website) |
EN |