Second regular session 2023

5–7 September 2023

Documentation

Session documents 

Presentations and statements (posted as available)

Decisions (annual) - EN FR ES

Reports of sessions (annual) - EN FR ES
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Publications

Key information 

Information for participants

List of participants (7 September 2023)

 

 


 

Session documents

Opening of the session 
Item 1 
Adoption of the provisional annotated agenda, timetable and organization of work 
(E/ICEF/2023/24/Rev.2)
EN FR ES
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Item 2 
Opening statement by the President of the Executive BoardEN
Opening statement by the Executive Director of UNICEFEN
Organizational and procedural matters 
Item 3 
Proposed programme of work for the Executive Board sessions in 2024               
(E/ICEF/2023/25)
EN FR ES
AR RU ZH
Programme and policy matters 
Item 4 
UNICEF programme cooperation 

(a) Country programme documents

Focus of the thematic discussion: Data accelerating process for children

 
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 
Papua New Guinea (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.18)EN FR ES 
CEPEN  
Eastern and Southern Africa 
Angola (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.19)EN FR ES 
CEPEN 
Burundi (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.20)EN FR ES
CEPEN

Lesotho (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.21)

Corrigendum (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.21/Corr.1)

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CEPEN
Malawi (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.22)EN FR ES
CEPEN
Latin America and Caribbean 
Nicaragua (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.23)EN FR ES
CEPEN
West and Central Africa 

Benin (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.24)

Corrigendum (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.24/Corr.1)

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CEPEN
Chad (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.25)EN FR ES
CEPEN
Equatorial Guinea (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.26)EN FR ES
CEPEN
Mauritania (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.27)EN FR ES
CEPEN 
Senegal (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.28)EN FR ES
CEPEN
Togo (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.29)EN FR ES
CEPEN
(b) Extensions of ongoing country programmes (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.30)EN FR ES
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Item 5 
Oral update on UNICEF humanitarian action (PPT)EN
Item 6 
Structured dialogue on financing the results of the UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2022–2025 (E/ICEF/2023/26)EN FR ES
AR RU ZH
Funding compact: Progress against Member State and entity-specific commitments related to UNICEF (UNICEF/2023/EB/13)EN
Evaluation, audit and oversight matters 
Item 7 

Revised evaluation policy of UNICEF (E/ICEF/2023/27)


Corrigendum (E/ICEF/2023/27/Corr.1)

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Item 8 
Update on the status of implementation of the recommendations in the
self-assessment of the independence of the UNICEF Office of Internal Audit and
Investigations (E/ICEF/2023/AB/L.7)                                                                                     
EN FR ES
AR RU ZH
Resource, financial and budgetary matters 
Item 9 
UNICEF Strategic Plan, updated financial estimates, 2023–2026 (E/ICEF/2023/AB/L.6)             EN FR ES
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Other matters and adoption of draft decisions 
Item 10 

Other matters

2024 first regular session: Provisional list of agenda items

 

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Item 11 
Adoption of draft decisions 
Item 12 
Closing statements by the Executive Director of UNICEF and the President of the Executive Board 
Interactive special focus session 
An Africa Fit for Children and Young People: 
What investments are needed for Africa’s human capital? (website)
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Presentations and statements

(posted as available)

statement

Opening statement by H.E. Ms. Marie-Louise Koch Wegter, President of the Executive BoardEN
Opening statement by Ms. Catherine M. Russell, Executive Director of UNICEFEN           
Statement by ArgentinaES
Statement by BangladeshEN
Statement by the Czech RepublicEN
Statement by GreeceEN
Statement by JapanEN
Statement by the European UnionEN
Statement by the United States of AmericaEN
Statement by AustriaEN
Statement by the Republic of KoreaEN
Statement by Côte d'IvoireFR
Statement by SlovakiaEN
Statement by the Syrian Arab RepublicAR
Statement by ChildFund AllianceEN
Statement by the NGO Committee on UNICEF (statement not delivered)EN

Statement by the United States of AmericaEN

Presentation by Mr. Mark Hereward, Chief Data Officer, Division of Data, Analytics, Planning and Monitoring, UNICEFEN            
Statement by Papua New GuineaEN
Statement by AngolaEN
Statement by BurundiFR
Statement by LesothoEN
Statement by NicaraguaES
Statement by Equatorial GuineaES
Statement by BeninFR
Statement by TogoFR
Statement by the United States of AmericaEN
Intervention by the Chair of the Standing Group of National CommitteesEN

Presentation by Ms. Lana Wreikat, Director a.i., Office of Emergency Programmes, UNICEFEN      
Statement by PolandEN
Statement by the United States of AmericaEN

Presentation by Ms. June Kunugi, Director, Public Partnerships Division, UNICEFEN        
Statement by Luxembourg on behalf of Belgium, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and LuxembourgEN
Statement by SwedenEN
Statement by the United States of AmericaEN
Statement by the European UnionEN

Presentation by Mr. Robert McCouch, Director, Evaluation Office, UNICEFEN 
Statement by Germany on behalf of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Ireland, Japan, the Republic of Moldova, Malta, Montenegro, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, the United Kingdom, the United States of America and GermanyEN  
Statement by the United States of AmericaEN
Statement by the European UnionEN  

Presentation by Mr. Nazim Khizar, Deputy Director, Division of Financial and Administrative Management, UNICEFEN          
Statement by the United States of AmericaEN

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

Statement by Poland on behalf of Bulgaria, Czechia, Estonia, Slovakia, and Poland               EN        
Statement by ArgentinaES
Statement by the Russian FederationRU
Statement by the Kingdom of the Netherlands on behalf of the Group of Western European and other StatesEN

Publications

PublicationsDownload
UNICEF Annual Report 2022: For every child, every opportunityEN FR ES
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The State of the World’s Children 2023: For Every Child, VaccinationEN FR ES
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Humanitarian Action for Children 2023: OverviewEN
Preventing a lost decade: Urgent action to reverse the devastating impact of COVID-19 on children and young peopleEN FR ES
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Prospects for children in 2022: A global outlookEN
2022 annual report of the Office of the Ombudsman for United Nations Funds and ProgrammesEN
Global Annual Results Reports 2022: Programme results achieved by contributions received from partnersEN