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Second regular session 2024
3–6 September 2024
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/2024/28) | 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 | |
|---|---|
| Item 3 | |
| Proposed programme of work for the Executive Board sessions in 2025 (E/ICEF/2024/29) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Programme and policy matters | |
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| Item 4 | |
| UNICEF programme cooperation | |
(a) Country programme documents Focus of the thematic discussion: The Early Years | |
| 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 | |
| Namibia (E/ICEF/2024/P/L.9) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| Europe and Central Asia | |
| Ukraine (E/ICEF/2024/P/L.10) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| Middle East and North Africa | |
| Djibouti (E/ICEF/2024/P/L.11) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| West and Central Africa | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo (E/ICEF/2024/P/L.12) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| Sierra Leone (E/ICEF/2024/P/L.13) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| (b) Extensions of ongoing country programmes (E/ICEF/2024/P/L.14) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Item 5 | |
| Update on UNICEF humanitarian action (PPT) | EN |
| Item 6 | |
| UNICEF contribution to Africa’s development agendas (E/ICEF/2024/32) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Item 7 | |
| Structured dialogue on financing the results of the UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2022–2025 (E/ICEF/2024/30) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Funding compact: Progress against Member State and entity-specific commitments related to UNICEF (UNICEF/2024/EB/9) | EN |
| Item 8 | |
| Update on the implementation of the recommendations in the evaluability assessment and formative evaluation of the UNICEF positioning to achieve the UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2022–2025 (E/ICEF/2024/31) | EN |
| Evaluation, audit and oversight matters | |
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| Item 9 | |
| Update on the implementation of decision 2024/15: assessment of how the Executive Board executes its governance and oversight functions |
| Resource, financial and budgetary matters | |
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| Item 10 | |
| UNICEF Strategic Plan: updated financial estimates, 2024–2027 (E/ICEF/2024/AB/L.8) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Item 11 | |
| Comprehensive review of the joint cost-recovery policy (DP/FPA-ICEF-UNW/2024/1) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Other matters and adoption of draft decisions | |
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| Item 12 | |
| Report of the field visit to Madagascar by members of the UNICEF Executive Board, 1‒5 July 2024 (UNICEF/2024/EB/10) | EN FR ES |
| Item 13 | |
Other matters 2025 first regular session: Provisional list of agenda items |
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| Item 14 | |
| Adoption of draft decisions | |
| Item 15 | |
| Closing statements by the Executive Director of UNICEF and the President of the Executive Board |
| Special focus session | |
|---|---|
| Climate Change and Children (website) | EN |
Presentations and statements
(posted as available)
statements
| Opening statement by H.E. Mr. Ernest Rwamucyo, President of the Executive Board | EN |
| Opening statement by Ms. Catherine M. Russell, Executive Director of UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by Cuba | ES |
| Statement by Poland | EN |
| Statement by Mozambique | EN |
| Statement by Ecuador | ES |
| Statement by China | ZH |
| Statement by Côte d'Ivoire | FR |
| Statement by Japan | EN |
| Statement by Finland | EN |
| Statement by Estonia | EN |
| Statement by the United Arab Emirates | EN |
| Statement by Yemen | AR |
| Statement by Oman | AR |
| Statement by Montenegro | EN |
| Statement by the European Union | EN |
| Statement by Myanmar | EN |
| Statement by the Syrian Arab Republic | AR |
| Statement by ChildFund Alliance | EN |
| Statement by Plan International | EN |
| Presentation by Ms. Erinna Dia, Associate Director, Programme Group, UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by Namibia | EN |
| Statement by Finland on behalf of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Ireland, Japan, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Republic of Moldova, Montenegro, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, Ukraine, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America, and Finland | EN |
| Statement by the Russian Federation | RU |
| Statement by Djibouti | FR |
| Statement by the Democratic Republic of the Congo | FR |
| Presentation by Ms. Lucia Elmi, Director, Office of Emergency Programmes, UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by Sweden on behalf of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden | EN |
| Statement by Oman on behalf of Algeria, Bahrain, China, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Palestine, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tunisia, and Oman | AR |
| Presentation by Mr. George Laryea-Adjei, Director, Programme Group, UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by Oman on behalf of Bahrain, Kuwait, Mozambique, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Turkmenistan and Oman | EN |
| Statement by Mozambique | EN |
| Statement by Kenya | EN |
| Statement by Côte d'Ivoire | FR |
| Statement by the Russian Federation | RU |
| Presentation by Ms. Mandeep O’Brien, Director, Public Partnerships Division, UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by the Netherlands on behalf of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America, and the Netherlands | EN |
| Statement by Norway | EN |
| Intervention by the Chair of the Standing Group of National Committees | EN |
| Remarks by Ms. Catherine M. Russell, Executive Director of UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by Mozambique on behalf of the African Members of the UNICEF Executive Board: Algeria, Chad, Comoros, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Mozambique | EN |
| Statement by Oman on behalf of Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Japan, Jordan, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Luxembourg, the Republic of Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America, and Oman | EN AR |
| Statement by the United Arab Emirates on behalf of the COP Presidencies Troika: Azerbaijan, Brazil, and the United Arab Emirates | EN |
| Statement by Cuba on behalf of the GRULAC members of the UNICEF Executive Board: Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador and Cuba | EN ES |
| Statement by Bulgaria on behalf of Czechia, Estonia, Poland, and Bulgaria | EN |
| Statement by New Zealand (not delivered) | EN |
| Statement by Djibouti (not delivered) | FR |
Publications
| Publications | Download |
|---|---|
| UNICEF Annual Report 2023: For every child (webpage) | EN FR ES AR |
| The State of the World’s Children 2023: For Every Child, Vaccination | EN FR ES AR |
| Humanitarian Action for Children 2024: Overview | EN |
| UNICEF Supply Annual Report 2023 | EN |
| 2023 annual report of the Office of the Ombudsman for United Nations Funds and Programmes | EN |