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Second regular session 2025

2–5 September 2025

Documentation

Session documents

Presentations and statements (posted as available)

Decisions (Annual) - EN FR ES

Reports of sessions (Annual report) (post-session document)

Publications

Key information

Information for participants

List of participants (draft) - as at 2 Sept 2025

UN Web TV (video on-demand)

UN Journal

Session documents

Opening of the session
Item 1
Adoption of the provisional annotated agenda, timetable and organization of work (E/ICEF/2025/27)	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 2026 (E/ICEF/2025/28)	EN FR ES AR RU ZH

Programme and policy matters
Item 4
UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2026–2029 (E/ICEF/2025/29)	EN FR ES AR RU ZH
Integrated Results and Resources Framework of the UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2026–2029 (E/ICEF/2025/29/Add.1)	EN
Theory of change paper, UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2026–2029 (UNICEF/2025/EB/10)	EN
Item 5
UNICEF Gender Equality Action Plan, 2026–2029 (E/ICEF/2025/32)	EN FR ES AR RU ZH
UNICEF Gender Action Plan, 2026–2029, Indicator Matrix (UNICEF/2025/EB/11)	EN
Item 6
UNICEF programme cooperation
(a) Country programme documents Focus of the thematic discussion: Protection of children from violence
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
China (E/ICEF/2025/P/L.9) Note from the Secretary of the Executive Board	EN FR ES ZH EN
CEP	EN
Resident coordinator letter*	EN
Indonesia (E/ICEF/2025/P/L.10)	EN FR ES
CEP	EN
Resident coordinator letter*	EN
Timor-Leste (E/ICEF/2025/P/L.11)	EN FR ES
CEP	EN
Resident coordinator letter*	EN
Eastern and Southern Africa
Uganda (E/ICEF/2025/P/L.12)	EN FR ES
CEP	EN
Resident coordinator letter*	EN
Europe and Central Asia
Armenia (E/ICEF/2025/P/L.13)	EN FR ES
CEP	EN
Resident coordinator letter*	EN
Belarus (E/ICEF/2025/P/L.14)	EN FR ES RU
CEP	EN
Resident coordinator letter*	EN
Bosnia and Herzegovina (E/ICEF/2025/P/L.15)	EN FR ES
CEP	EN
Resident coordinator letter*	EN
Kazakhstan (E/ICEF/2025/P/L.16)	EN FR ES RU
CEP	EN
Resident coordinator letter*	EN
Republic of North Macedonia (E/ICEF/2025/P/L.17)	EN FR ES
CEP	EN
Resident coordinator letter*	EN
Serbia (E/ICEF/2025/P/L.18)	EN FR ES
CEP	EN
Resident coordinator letter*	EN
Serbia - 2026–2030 results and resources framework for Kosovo under Security Council resolution 1244 (1999) (E/ICEF/2025/P/L.18/Add.1)	EN FR ES
CEP	EN
Resident coordinator letter*	EN
Türkiye (E/ICEF/2025/P/L.19)	EN FR ES
CEP	EN
Resident coordinator letter*	EN
Turkmenistan (E/ICEF/2025/P/L.20)	EN FR ES RU
CEP	EN
Resident coordinator letter*	EN
Uzbekistan (E/ICEF/2025/P/L.21)	EN FR ES RU
CEP	EN
Resident coordinator letter*	EN
Middle East and North Africa
Sultanate of Oman (E/ICEF/2025/P/L.22)	EN FR ES AR
CEP	EN
Resident coordinator letter*	Not applicable
West and Central Africa
Côte d’Ivoire (E/ICEF/2025/P/L.23)	EN FR ES
CEP	EN
Resident coordinator letter*	FR
Liberia (E/ICEF/2025/P/L.24)	EN FR ES
CEP	EN
Resident coordinator letter*	EN
(b) Extensions of ongoing country programmes (E/ICEF/2025/P/L.25/Rev.1)	EN FR ES AR RU ZH
Item 7
Structured dialogue on financing the results of the UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2022–2025 (E/ICEF/2025/31)	EN FR ES AR RU ZH
Funding compact: Progress against Member State and entity-specific commitments related to UNICEF (UNICEF/2025/EB/12)	EN
Annual joint report of UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF and UN-Women on the implementation of the joint cost-recovery policy, including differentiated cost-recovery rates and approved waivers	EN
Item 8
Update on UNICEF humanitarian action (PPT)	EN
Item 9
Update on UNICEF efforts to address racism and racial discrimination (E/ICEF/2025/18/Rev.1) (The link will take you to the 2025 annual session webpage where the document is posted)	EN

Evaluation, audit and oversight matters
Item 10
Plan for global evaluations, 2026–2029: draft for review (E/ICEF/2025/30)	EN
Item 11
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

Resource, financial and budgetary matters
Item 12
UNICEF integrated budget, 2026–2029 (E/ICEF/2025/AB/L.6)	EN FR ES AR RU ZH
Annex to the UNICEF integrated budget, 2026–2029 (E/ICEF/2025/AB/L.6/Add.1)	EN FR ES AR RU ZH
UNICEF integrated budget, 2026–2029: report of the Advisory Committee on  Administrative and Budgetary Questions (E/ICEF/2025/AB/L.7)	EN FR ES AR RU ZH

Other matters and adoption of draft decisions
Item 13
Report of the field visit to Tunisia by members of the UNICEF Executive Board, 23‒27 June 2025 (UNICEF/2025/EB/13)	EN FR ES AR
Item 14
Other matters 2026 first regular session: Provisional list of agenda items	EN
Item 15
Adoption of draft decisions
Item 16
UNICEF Staff Team Awards and closing statements by the Executive Director of UNICEF and the President of the Executive Board

Special focus session
Water and Sanitation (webpage)	EN

* In accordance with Executive Board decision 2025/13, the letters from the respective United Nations resident coordinators confirming alignment of the draft country programme documents (CPDs) with the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Frameworks are being made available to the Board on this webpage. Starting with the
first regular session of 2026, the letters will be published only on the Member State commenting page for the draft CPDs.

Presentations and statements

(posted as available)

Item 2. Opening of the session

Opening statement by H.E. Mr. Jonibek Ismoil Hikmat, President of the Executive Board	EN
Opening statement by Ms. Catherine M. Russell, Executive Director of UNICEF	EN
Statement by Eritrea on behalf of the African Member States of the Executive Board of UNICEF	EN
Statement by Germany	EN
Statement by Belgium on behalf of Australia, Canada, the European Union, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Japan, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Luxemburg, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and Belgium	EN
Statement by El Salvador	ES
Statement by Mozambique	EN
Statement by Ecuador	ES
Statement by Denmark	EN
Statement by the Kingdom of the Netherlands	EN
Statement by the Republic of Korea	EN
Statement by France	FR
Statement by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	EN
Statement by the Sultanate of Oman	AR
Statement by Norway	EN
Statement by Spain	ES
Statement by Japan	EN
Statement by Greece	EN
Statement by Syrian Arab Republic	AR
Statement by Finland	EN
Statement by Ireland	EN
Statement by Algeria	EN
Statement by the European Union	EN
Statement by the ChildFund Alliance	EN

Item 4. UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2026–2029

Presentation by Ms.Vidhya Ganesh, Director, Division of Data, Analytics, Planning and Monitoring, UNICEF	EN
Statement by Sweden on behalf of Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, the European Union, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and Sweden	EN
Statement by Switzerland	FR
Statement by Oman	EN
Statement by Brazil	EN
Statement by the European Union	EN
Intervention by the Standing Group of National Committees	EN
Vote on item 4: UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2026–2029 Recorded vote – Draft decision on E/ICEF/2025/L.19, agenda item 4 – UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2026–2029	EN

Item 5. UNICEF Gender Equality Action Plan, 2026–2029

Presentation by Ms. Lauren Rumble, Associate Director, Gender Equality, UNICEF	EN
Statement by Sweden on behalf of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden	EN
Statement by Tunisia	EN
Statement by the European Union	EN

Item 6. UNICEF programme cooperation

Presentation by Ms. Sheema Sen Gupta, Director, Child Protection and Migration, UNICEF	EN
Statement by H.E. Laila bint Ahmed bin Awad al Najjar, Minister of Social Development, Oman	EN
Statement by Ms. Zarina Kitaeva, Youth Advocate, Uzbekistan	EN
Statement by Ms. Leymah Gbowee, Liberian peace activist, trained social worker, women’s rights advocate and 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate	EN
Statement by Mr. Robin Nandy, Representative, UNICEF Uganda	EN
Statement by Ms. Raynajwa Salma Amalia Rizquna, Youth Advocate, Indonesia	EN
Statement by Uganda	EN
Statement by Denmark	EN
Statement by Belarus	RU
Statement by Bosnia and Herzegovina	EN
Statement by Turkmenistan	EN
Statement by the Czech Republic	EN
Statement by Liberia	EN
Statement by Côte d'Ivoire	FR
Statement by Timor-Leste	EN
Vote on item 6 (a): Country programme documents: Country programme document for China Recorded vote – Approval of document E/ICEF/2025/P/L.19, agenda item 6 (a) – Country programme documents, Country programme document for China	EN

Item 7. Structured dialogue on financing the results of the UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2022–2025

Presentation by Ms. Mandeep O’Brien, Director, Public Partnerships Division. UNICEF	EN
Statement by Germany on behalf of Australia, Belgium, Japan, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Spain and Germany	EN

Item 8. Update on UNICEF humanitarian action

Presentation by Ms. Lucia Elmi, Director, Office of Emergency Programmes, UNICEF	EN
Statement by Norway	EN
Statement by Water and Sanitation for Africa	EN

Item 9. Update on UNICEF efforts to address racism and racial discrimination

Presentation by Mr. Sajid Ali, Principal Adviser, Division of People and Culture, UNICEF	EN
Statement by Eritrea	EN

Item 10. Plan for global evaluations, 2026–2029: draft for review

Presentation by Mr. Robert McCouch, Director, Evaluation Office, UNICEF	EN
Statement by Germany on behalf of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Luxembourg, 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

Item 11. 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

Presentation by Mr. Frans van der Straaten, Deputy Head Development, Humanitarian Affairs and Human Rights, Counsellor Sustainable Development

Item 12. UNICEF integrated budget, 2026–2029

Presentation by Ms. Diane Kepler, Comptroller and Director, Division of Financial and Administrative Management, UNICEF

Item 15. Adoption of draft decisions

Statement by the United Republic of Tanzania	EN
Statement by the Republic of Senegal	FR
Statement by Japan	EN

Special focus session

Opening remarks by H.E. Mr. Jonibek Ismoil Hikmat, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Tajikistan to the United Nations, President of the Executive Board of UNICEF	EN
Statement by Estonia on behalf Bulgaria, Czechia, Slovenia and Estonia	EN
Statement by Switzerland on behalf of Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Iceland, Kingdom of the Netherlands, Norway, Spain and Switzerland	EN

Publications

Publications	Download
The State of the World’s Children 2024 (webpage)	EN FR ES AR
UNICEF Annual Report 2024	EN
UNICEF Supply Annual Report 2024	EN
2024 annual report of the Office of the Ombudsman for United Nations Funds and Programmes	EN FR ES