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First regular session 2025
4–7 February 2025
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/2025/1) | 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 |
| Organizational and procedural matters | |
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| Item 3 | |
| Election of the President and Vice-Presidents of the Executive Board (E/ICEF/2025/2) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Programme and policy matters | |
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| Item 4 | |
| Road map to the development of the UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2026–2029 (UNICEF/2025/EB/5) | EN |
| Item 5 | |
| UNICEF programme cooperation | |
(a) Country programme documents Focus of the thematic discussion: Quality secondary education for adolescent girls | |
| 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 and/or from the respective country pages: https://unsdg.un.org/un-in-action/ country-level?tab=countries-listing | |
| Eastern and Southern Africa | |
| Ethiopia (E/ICEF/2025/P/L.1) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| Rwanda (E/ICEF/2025/P/L.2) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| Latin America and Caribbean | |
| Colombia (E/ICEF/2025/P/L.3) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| Paraguay (E/ICEF/2025/P/L.4) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| Middle East and North Africa | |
| Iraq (E/ICEF/2025/P/L.5) | EN FR ES AR |
| CEP | EN |
| (b) Extensions of ongoing country programmes (E/ICEF/2025/P/L.6) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Item 6 | |
| Report on UNICEF follow-up to recommendations and decisions of the fifty-third and fifty-fourth meetings of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS Programme Coordinating Board (UNICEF/2025/EB/2) | EN FR ES |
| Item 7 | |
| Update on UNICEF humanitarian action (UNICEF/2025/EB/3) | EN FR ES |
| Item 8 | |
| Extension and expansion of the Vaccine Independence Initiative and its revolving fund (E/ICEF/2025/P/L.7) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Item 9 | |
| Update on the UNICEF Disability Inclusion Policy and Strategy, 2022‒2030 (E/ICEF/2025/7) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Item 10 | |
| Timeline for the implementation of the entity-specific recommendations from the Joint Inspection Unit note on the review of measures and mechanisms for addressing racism and racial discrimination in United Nations system organizations: managing for achieving organizational effectiveness (E/ICEF/2025/8) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Evaluation, audit and oversight matters | |
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| Item 11 | |
| Evaluation of the UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2022–2025 – Summary (E/ICEF/2025/3) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Management response to evaluation report – Evaluation of the UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2022–2025 (E/ICEF/2025/4) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Evaluation of the UNICEF Gender Policy and Gender Action Plans – Summary (E/ICEF/2025/5) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Management response to evaluation report – Evaluation of the UNICEF Gender Policy and Gender Action Plans (E/ICEF/2025/6) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Full reports available through the UNICEF Evaluation website: | Evaluation website |
| Item 12 | |
Progress on the consideration of the review of governance and oversight of the Executive Boards of UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, UNICEF and UN-Women by the Joint Inspection Unit Information note to the UNICEF Executive Board on JIU/REP/2023/7 Joint information note of the independent offices of UNICEF on the Joint Inspection Unit report |
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| Resource, financial and budgetary matters | |
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| Item 13 | |
| UNICEF financial report and audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2023 and report of the Board of Auditors (A/79/5/Add.3) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| UNICEF management response to the report of the Board of Auditors (E/ICEF/2025/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 2023 – Report of the Secretary-General (A/79/328/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 2023 – Report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (A/79/513) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Item 14 | |
| Private Fundraising and Partnerships: 2025 workplan and proposed budget (E/ICEF/2025/AB/L.1) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Update on the World Bank instrument to facilitate sustained investment in private sector fundraising (UNICEF/2025/EB/4) | EN FR ES |
| Other matters and adoption of draft decisions | |
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| Item 15 | |
| Report of the joint field visit to Cambodia by members of the Executive Boards of UNICEF, UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, WFP and UN-Women, 28 October‒1 November 2024 (DP/FPA/OPS-ICEF-UNW-WFP/2025/1) | EN FR ES |
| Item 16 | |
| Other matters 2025 annual session: Provisional list of agenda items |
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| Item 17 | |
| Adoption of draft decisions | |
| Item 18 | |
| Closing statements by the Executive Director of UNICEF and the President of the Executive Board |
Presentations and statements
(posted as available)
Presentations and statements
| Opening statement by H.E. Mr. Jonibek Ismoil Hikmat, President of the Executive Board of UNICEF | EN |
| Opening statement by Ms. Catherine M. Russell, Executive Director of UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by Germany on behalf of Austria, Australia, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, European Union, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Iceland, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Latvia, New Zealand, Norway, Mexico, Montenegro, the Republic of Moldova, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and Germany | EN |
| Statement by Eritrea on behalf of the African Member States of the Executive Board of UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by Bolivia | ES |
| Statement by the Netherlands | EN |
| Statement by Bulgaria | EN |
| Statement by Oman | AR |
| Statement by Ecuador | ES |
| Statement by Lao People's Democratic Republic | EN |
| Statement by Australia | EN |
| Statement by Slovenia | EN |
| Statement by the Republic of Korea | EN |
| Statement by Spain | ES |
| Statement by Mozambique | EN |
| Statement by Norway on behalf of Iceland, Sweden, and Norway | EN |
| Statement by Poland | EN |
| Statement by Yemen | AR |
| Statement by Nepal | EN |
| Statement by Japan | EN |
| Statement by Mexico | ES |
| Statement by Kyrgyzstan on behalf of the Group of Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) | EN |
| Statement by Denmark | EN |
| Statement by the Syrian Arab Republic | AR |
| Statement by Myanmar | EN |
| Statement by Algeria | EN |
| Statement by Timor-Leste | EN |
| Statement by Finland | EN |
| Statement by the Russian Federation | RU |
| Statement by the European Union | EN |
| Statement by the ChildFund Alliance | EN |
| Presentation by Ms. Vidhya Ganesh, Director, Data, Analytics, Planning and Monitoring, UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by Mozambique | EN |
| Statement by Norway on behalf of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Sweden, and Norway | EN |
| Statement by Belgium | EN |
| Statement by Lao People's Democratic Republic | EN |
| Statement by New Zealand | EN |
| Statement by the International Federation for Family Development (not delivered) | EN |
| Presentation by Ms. Euphrates Efosi Wose, Senior Adviser, Education, UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by Rwanda | EN |
| Statement by Iraq | AR |
| Statement by Norway | EN |
Vote on Item 5 (a) Country programme documents Recorded vote - Decision for E/ICEF/2025/L.1, Agenda Item 5 (a) - Country programme documents |
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| Statement by the United States of America | EN |
| Statement by Switzerland | FR |
| Presentation by Ms. Anurita Bains, Associate Director, HIV/AIDS, UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by the Kingdom of the Netherlands on behalf of Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Ireland, Japan, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, the United Kingdom, and the Kingdom of the Netherlands | EN |
| Statement by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) | EN |
| Presentation by Ms. Lucia Elmi, Director, Office of Emergency Programmes, UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by Estonia | EN |
| Statement by the Sultanate of Oman on behalf of Algeria, Bahrain, Bolivia, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates and Yemen, and the Sultanate of Oman | EN |
| Statement by Sweden on behalf of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden | EN |
| Statement by Greece | EN |
| Statement by Belgium | EN |
| Statement by India | EN |
| Presentation by Ms. Leila Gharagozloo Pakkala, Director, Supply Division, UNICEF | EN |
| Presentation by Mr. Gopal Mitra, Global Lead on Disability and Development, Programme Group, UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by Taqwa Ahmad, UNICEF Pakistan Youth Advocate | EN |
| Statement by El Salvador on behalf of Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, the Dominican Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Rwanda, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and El Salvador | EN |
| Statement by Oman | AR |
| Statement by the United States of America | EN |
| Evaluation of the UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2022–2025, and management response | |
| Presentation by Mr. Robert McCouch, Director of Evaluation, UNICEF | EN |
| Presentation by Ms. Vidhya Ganesh, Director, Data, Analytics, Planning and Monitoring, UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by Germany on behalf of Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the European Union and Germany | EN |
| Statement by Brazil | EN |
| Statement by the European Union | EN |
| Statement by Cuba | ES |
| Evaluation of the UNICEF Gender Policy and Gender Action Plans, and management response | |
| Presentation by Mr. Robert McCouch, Director of Evaluation, UNICEF | EN |
| Presentation by Ms. Lauren Rumble, Associate Director, Gender Equality, Programme Group, UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by New Zealand | EN |
| Statement by Germany on behalf of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Luxembourg, Kingdom of the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and Germany | EN |
| Statement by Brazil | EN |
| Presentation by Ms. Carla Haddad Mardini, Director, Private Fundraising and Partnerships Division, UNICEF | EN |
| Presentation by Mr. Michael Nyenhuis, Chair of the Standing Group of National Committees for UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by Switzerland on behalf of Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Türkiye, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Switzerland | EN |
| Statement by Germany on behalf of Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Latvia, Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and Germany | EN |