Second regular session 2024

3–6 September 2024

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

Session documents

Opening of the session 
Item 1 
Adoption of the provisional annotated agenda, timetable and organization of work (E/ICEF/2024/28)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 2025 
(E/ICEF/2024/29)                                                                                             
EN FR ES
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Programme and policy matters 
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   
CEPEN 
Europe and Central Asia  
Ukraine (E/ICEF/2024/P/L.10)EN FR ES   
CEPEN 
Middle East and North Africa    
Djibouti (E/ICEF/2024/P/L.11)EN FR ES   
CEPEN
West and Central Africa 
Democratic Republic of the Congo (E/ICEF/2024/P/L.12)EN FR ES   
CEPEN 
Sierra Leone (E/ICEF/2024/P/L.13)EN FR ES   
CEPEN
(b) Extensions of ongoing country programmes (E/ICEF/2024/P/L.14)EN FR ES
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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
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Item 7 
Structured dialogue on financing the results of the UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2022–2025 (E/ICEF/2024/30) EN FR ES
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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 
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 
Item 10 
UNICEF Strategic Plan: updated financial estimates, 2024–2027 (E/ICEF/2024/AB/L.8)EN FR ES
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Item 11 
Comprehensive review of the joint cost-recovery policy (DP/FPA-ICEF-UNW/2024/1)EN FR ES
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Other matters and adoption of draft decisions 
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 BoardEN
Opening statement by Ms. Catherine M. Russell, Executive Director of UNICEFEN
Statement by Cuba ES
Statement by PolandEN
Statement by MozambiqueEN
Statement by EcuadorES
Statement by ChinaZH
Statement by Côte d'IvoireFR
Statement by JapanEN
Statement by FinlandEN
Statement by EstoniaEN
Statement by the United Arab EmiratesEN
Statement by YemenAR
Statement by OmanAR
Statement by MontenegroEN
Statement by the European UnionEN
Statement by MyanmarEN
Statement by the Syrian Arab RepublicAR
Statement by ChildFund AllianceEN
Statement by Plan InternationalEN

Presentation by Ms. Erinna Dia, Associate Director, Programme Group, UNICEFEN
Statement by NamibiaEN
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 FinlandEN                     
Statement by the Russian FederationRU
Statement by DjiboutiFR
Statement by the Democratic Republic of the CongoFR

Presentation by Ms. Lucia Elmi, Director, Office of Emergency Programmes, UNICEFEN
Statement by Sweden on behalf of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and SwedenEN
Statement by Oman on behalf of Algeria, Bahrain, China, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Palestine, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tunisia, and OmanAR         

Presentation by Mr. George Laryea-Adjei, Director, Programme Group, UNICEFEN
Statement by Oman on behalf of Bahrain, Kuwait, Mozambique, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Turkmenistan and OmanEN     
Statement by MozambiqueEN
Statement by KenyaEN
Statement by Côte d'IvoireFR
Statement by the Russian FederationRU

Presentation by Ms. Mandeep O’Brien, Director, Public Partnerships Division, UNICEFEN
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 NetherlandsEN           
Statement by NorwayEN
Intervention by the Chair of the Standing Group of National CommitteesEN

Presentation by Ms. Vidhya Ganesh, Director, Division of Data, Analytics, Planning and Monitoring, UNICEFEN     
Statement by Germany on behalf of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and GermanyEN
Statement by the European UnionEN

Presentation by Ms. Diane Kepler, Comptroller, and Director, Division of Financial and Administrative Management, UNICEFEN       
Statement by NorwayEN
Statement by the European UnionEN
Intervention by the Chair of the Standing Group of National CommitteesEN

Remarks by Ms. Catherine M. Russell, Executive Director of UNICEFEN
Statement by Mozambique on behalf of the African Members of the UNICEF Executive Board: Algeria, Chad, Comoros, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, Tanzania, Rwanda, and MozambiqueEN
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 CubaEN ES
Statement by Bulgaria on behalf of Czechia, Estonia, Poland, and BulgariaEN
Statement by New Zealand (not delivered)EN
Statement by Djibouti (not delivered)FR

Publications

PublicationsDownload
UNICEF Annual Report 2023: For every child (webpage)EN 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 2024: OverviewEN
UNICEF Supply Annual Report 2023EN
2023 annual report of the Office of the Ombudsman for United Nations Funds and ProgrammesEN