Second regular session 2020

8–11 September 2020

Documentation

Session documents

Presentations and statements (posted as available)

Decisions (annual) - EN FR ES

Reports of sessions (annual) - EN FR ES

Key information 

List of participants

 

 

 

Session documents

Opening of the session 
Item 1 
Adoption of the provisional annotated agenda, timetable and
organization of work (E/ICEF/2020/17/Rev.2)
EN FR ES
 
Item 2 
Opening statement by the President of the Executive BoardEN
Opening statement by the Executive Director of UNICEF                                                                                          

As-delivered remarks
EN FR ES
AR RU ZH

EN                        

Organizational and procedural matters

 
Item 3 
Proposed programme of work for the Executive Board sessions in 2021 (E/ICEF/2020/18)EN FR ES
Item 4 
Working methods of the Executive Boards: Proposed Workplans for 2021EN
Corrigendum: Executive Board of UNICEF: Proposed Annual Workplan 2021 and Proposed Daily Schedules for 2021EN                       
Programme and policy matters 
Item 5 
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 and/or from the respective country pages:
https://unsdg.un.org/un-in-action/country-level?tab=countries-listing
 
East Asia and the Pacific 
Indonesia (E/ICEF/2020/P/L.11)EN FR ES
CEPEN
Timor-Leste (E/ICEF/2020/P/L.12)EN FR ES
CEPEN
Eastern and Southern Africa 
Uganda (E/ICEF/2020/P/L.14)EN FR ES
CEPEN
Europe and Central Asia 
Belarus (E/ICEF/2020/P/L.15)EN FR ES
RU
CEPEN
Bosnia and Herzegovina (E/ICEF/2020/P/L.16)EN FR ES
CEPEN
Kazakhstan (E/ICEF/2020/P/L.17)EN FR ES
RU
CEPEN
Serbia (E/ICEF/2020/P/L.18)EN FR ES
CEPEN
Serbia: 2021–2025 results and resources framework for Kosovo
(under Security Council resolution 1244 (1999)) (E/ICEF/2020/P/L.18/Add.1)
EN FR ES
Turkey (E/ICEF/2020/P/L.19)EN FR ES
CEPEN
Turkmenistan (E/ICEF/2020/P/L.20)EN FR ES
RU
CEPEN 
Latin America and Caribbean  
Colombia (E/ICEF/2020/P/L.13)EN FR ES
CEPEN
(b) Extensions of ongoing country programmes (E/ICEF/2020/P/L.21/Rev.1)EN FR ES
Item 6 
Structured dialogue on financing the results of the UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2018–2021 (E/ICEF/2020/21) EN FR ES
Funding compact: Progress against Member State and entity-specific commitments related to UNICEF (UNICEF/2020/EB/10)EN
Item 7 
Oral update on UNICEF humanitarian action (Background paper)

PPT 
EN

EN
Item 8 
Oral update on UNICEF research activities and priorities in this regard (Background paper)EN
Evaluation, audit and oversight matters 
Item 9 
Evaluation of the UNICEF contribution to education in humanitarian situations: summary (E/ICEF/2020/19)EN FR ES 
Management response to the evaluation of the UNICEF contribution to education in humanitarian situations (E/ICEF/2020/20)EN FR ES 
Full report available through the UNICEF Evaluation website:Evaluation website
Item 10 
Report of the Ethics Office of UNICEF for 2019 (E/ICEF/2020/22)EN FR ES
Management response to the report of the Ethics Office of UNICEF for 2019 (E/ICEF/2020/23)EN FR ES
2020 Global Staff Survey: Summary of recommendations and resultsEN
Item 11 
Office of Internal Audit and Investigations 2019 annual report to the Executive Board (E/ICEF/2020/AB/L.3)EN FR ES
Investigations cases closed during 2019: Addendum to the UNICEF Office of Internal Audit and Investigations 2019 annual report to the Executive Board (E/ICEF/2020/AB/L.3/Add.1)EN FR ES
UNICEF management response to the Office of Internal Audit and Investigations 2019 annual report to the Executive Board (E/ICEF/2020/AB/L.4)EN FR ES
UNICEF Audit Advisory Committee 2019 annual report to the Executive BoardEN
Item 12 

Update on the implementation of the recommendations made in the independent panel review of the UNICEF response to protection from sexual exploitation and abuse; the Morgan Lewis report on sexual harassment investigations conducted by the UNICEF Office of Internal Audit and Investigations; and the report of the Independent Task Force on Workplace Gender-Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Harassment and Abuse of Authority (E/ICEF/2020/24)

End-of-year management letter

Protection from sexual exploitation and abuse: Report on UNICEF IASC Championship, 2018–2019

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Resource, financial and budgetary matters 
Item 13 
UNICEF Strategic Plan: updated financial estimates, 2020–2023 (E/ICEF/2020/AB/L.7) EN FR ES       
Item 14 
Private Fundraising and Partnerships: financial report for the year ended 31 December 2019 (E/ICEF/2020/AB/L.8)

Business for Results (Background paper)
EN FR ES


EN
Item 15 
Joint comprehensive proposal on the cost-recovery policy (DP/FPA-ICEF-UNW/2020/1)EN FR ES
Other matters and adoption of draft decisions 
Item 16 
Other matters 
2021 First regular session: Provisional list of agenda itemsEN                
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)

statements

Presentation by Ms. Hai Kyung Jun, Secretary of the Executive Board, UNICEFEN 

Opening statement by H.E. Ms. Rabab Fatima, President of the Executive BoardEN
Opening statement by Ms. Henrietta H. Fore, Executive Director, UNICEF


As-delivered remarks
EN FR ES
AR RU ZH

EN
Statement by Morocco on behalf of the African Members of the Executive Board of UNICEF 

As-delivered remarks
EN


EN
Statement by LithuaniaEN
Statement by BrazilEN
Statement by Canada on behalf of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan,
Kuwait, Luxembourg, Lithuania, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway,
Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine,
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America,
and Canada
EN
Statement by the United States of AmericaEN
Statement by MongoliaEN
Statement by Colombia EN
Statement by El SalvadorEN
Statement by ChinaEN ZH
Statement by MexicoEN
Statement by Pakistan EN
Statement by GuatemalaEN
Statement by the European UnionEN
Statement by ChildFund Alliance EN

Presentation by Ms. Hai Kyung Jun, Secretary of the Executive Board of UNICEFEN

Statement by Colombia                                                                                                        EN
Statement by TurkmenistanEN
Statement by Timor-LesteEN
Statement by Bosnia and HerzegovinaEN
Statement by Serbia EN
Statement by MadagascarEN

Presentation by Ms. Carla Haddad Mardini, Director, Public Partnerships Division, and by
Mr. Gary Stahl, Director, Private Fundraising and Partnerships
EN
Statement by Sweden on behalf of Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Mexico, Mongolia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Switzerland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and SwedenEN

Presentation by Mr. Manuel Fontaine, Director, Office of Emergency Programmes, UNICEFEN
Statement by GermanyEN
Statement by the United States of AmericaEN

Presentation by Ms. Gunilla Olsson, Director, Office of Research-Innocenti EN
Statement by the United States of America EN
Statement by ItalyEN

Presentation by Mr. George Laryea-Adjei, Director of Evaluation, UNICEFEN
Presentation by Mr. Robert Jenkins, Associate Director of Education, Programme Division, UNICEFEN
Statement by Denmark on behalf of Australia, Austria, Canada, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, the Republic of Moldova, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, and DenmarkEN
Statement by the United States of AmericaEN
Statement by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEN
Statement by the European Union EN

Presentation by Ms. Seung-Yeon Kang, Officer-in-charge, Ethics Office, UNICEFEN
Statement by Ms. Eva Mennel, Director, Division of Human Resources, UNICEFEN
Statement by Germany on behalf of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Mexico, the Republic of Moldova, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America, and GermanyEN

Statement by Mr. Stephen Zimmermann, Director, Office of Internal Audit and Investigations, UNICEF EN
Statement by Mr. Kamlesh Vikamsey, Member, Audit Advisory Committee, UNICEFEN

Statement by Ms. Hanan Sulieman, Deputy Executive Director, Management, UNICEFEN
Presentation by Ms. Geetanjali Narayan, Principal Advisor, Organizational Culture and Ms. Isabella Castrogiovanni, Senior Coordinator, Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and Workplace AbuseEN

Presentation by Mr. Thomas Asare, Comptroller and Director, Division of Financial and Administrative ManagementEN
Statement by the United States of AmericaEN

Presentation by Mr. Gary Stahl, Director, Private Fundraising and PartnershipsEN
Statement by Switzerland on behalf of Austria, Canada, Colombia, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America, and SwitzerlandEN
Intervention by the Chair of the Standing Group of National CommitteesEN

Presentation by Mr. Thomas Asare, Comptroller and Director, Division of Financial and Administrative ManagementEN
Statement by Germany on behalf of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Republic of Moldova, Mongolia, Republic of Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, and GermanyEN

Statement by Switzerland on behalf of the Western European and Others GroupEN
Statement by Morocco on behalf of the African Group of the Executive Board of UNICEFEN

Closing statement by H.E. Ms. Rabab Fatima, President of the Executive Board                                    EN