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Second regular session 2026
1–4 September 2026
Documentation |
Presentations and statements (posted as available) Decisions (annual) - post-session document Reports of sessions (annual) - post-session document |
Key information |
List of participants (as at 31 Aug 2026) UN Web TV (video on demand)
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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/2026/25/Rev.2) | 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 | |
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| Item 3 | |
| Proposed programme of work for the Executive Board sessions in 2027 (E/ICEF/2026/26) | 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: Country Programmes Driving Nutrition Progress | |
| 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 | |
| Lao People’s Democratic Republic (E/ICEF/2026/P/L.11) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| Thailand (E/ICEF/2026/P/L.12) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| Viet Nam (E/ICEF/2026/P/L.13) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| Eastern and Southern Africa | |
| Botswana (E/ICEF/2026/P/L.14) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| Eritrea (E/ICEF/2026/P/L.15) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| Eswatini (E/ICEF/2026/P/L.16) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| Mozambique (E/ICEF/2026/P/L.17) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| Zimbabwe (E/ICEF/2026/P/L.18) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| Europe and Central Asia | |
| Albania (E/ICEF/2026/P/L.19) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| Tajikistan (E/ICEF/2026/P/L.20) | EN FR ES RU |
| CEP | EN |
| Latin America and Caribbean | |
| English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean countries multi-country programme (E/ICEF/2026/P/L.21) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| Guatemala (E/ICEF/2026/P/L.22) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN ES |
| Uruguay (E/ICEF/2026/P/L.23) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| West and Central Africa | |
| Burkina Faso (E/ICEF/2026/P/L.24) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN FR |
| Cameroon (E/ICEF/2026/P/L.25) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| Chad (E/ICEF/2026/P/L.26) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| Mali (E/ICEF/2026/P/L.27) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN FR |
| (b) Extensions of ongoing country programmes (E/ICEF/2026/P/L.28/Rev.1) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| (c) Global and Regional Programme document, 2026–2029 (E/ICEF/2026/28) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Item 5 | |
| Structured dialogue on financing the results of the UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2022–2025 (E/ICEF/2026/27) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Funding compact: Progress against Member State and entity-specific commitments related to UNICEF (UNICEF/2026/EB/11) | 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 6 | |
| Update on UNICEF humanitarian action (PPT) | EN |
| Item 7 | |
| Update on the UN80 Initiative and implementation by UNICEF (Information note) | EN |
| Evaluation, audit and oversight matters | |
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| Item 8 | |
| 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 | EN |
| Item 9 | |
| Update on the oversight functions | |
| (a) Proposal outlining the modalities for consultation with the Executive Board with respect to the appointment, renewal, non-renewal and termination of the heads of the independent oversight functions (E/ICEF/2026/29) | EN |
| (b) Revised Charter of the UNICEF Office of Internal Audit and Investigations (E/ICEF/2026/AB/L.7) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Resource, financial and budgetary matters | |
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| Item 10 | |
| UNICEF Strategic Plan, updated financial estimates, 2026–2029 (E/ICEF/2026/AB/L.6) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Other matters and adoption of draft decisions | |
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| Item 11 | |
| Report of the field visit of the Executive Board of UNICEF to Maldives and Sri Lanka, from 31 May to 4 June 2026 (UNICEF/2026/EB/12) | EN FR ES |
| Item 12 | |
Other matters 2027 first regular session: Provisional list of agenda items |
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| Item 13 | |
| Adoption of draft decisions | |
| Item 14 | |
| Closing statements by the Executive Director of UNICEF and the President of the Executive Board |
| Special focus session | |
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| Innovation in Education (webpage) | EN |
Presentations and statements
(posted as available)
Presentations and statements
| Opening statement by H.E. Mr. Rein Tammsaar, President of the Executive Board of UNICEF | EN |
| Opening statement by Ms. Catherine M. Russell, Executive Director of UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by the Lao People’s Democratic Republic | EN |
| Statement by the Sultanate of Oman | AR |
| Statement by Georgia | EN |
| Statement by Germany | EN |
| Statement by Liechtenstein | EN |
| Statement by El Salvador | ES |
| Statement by Japan | EN |
| Statement by Slovenia | EN |
| Statement by the Republic of Korea | EN |
| Statement by Norway | EN |
| Statement by Nigeria | EN |
| Statement by Guatemala | ES |
| Statement by Ukraine | EN |
| Statement by Panama | ES |
| Statement by Bulgaria | EN |
| Statement by the Republic of Moldova | EN |
| Statement by Belgium | EN |
| Statement by Greece | EN |
| Statement by Poland | EN |
| Statement by Finland | EN |
| Statement by Mexico | ES |
| Statement by the Russian Federation | RU |
| Statement by the Syrian Arab Republic | AR |
| Statement by New Zealand | EN |
| Statement by Cuba | ES |
| Statement by Algeria | EN |
| Statement by the European Union | EN |
| Statement by the Islamic Republic of Iran | EN |
| (a) Country programme documents | |
| Presentation by Ms. Joan Matji, Director, Child Nutrition and Development, UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by Eritrea | EN |
| Statement by Eswatini | EN |
| Statement by Mozambique | EN |
| Statement by Guyana | EN |
| Statement by Suriname | EN |
| Statement by Guatemala | ES |
| Statement by Burkina Faso | FR |
| Statement by Germany | EN |
| (b) Extensions of ongoing country programmes | |
| Statement by Chile (not delivered) | EN ES |
| (c) Global and Regional Programme document, 2026–2029 | |
| Presentation by Ms. Regina de Dominicis, Director, UNICEF Office of Strategy and Evidence – Innocenti | EN |
| Statement by the Sultanate of Oman | EN |
| Statement by the Islamic Republic of Iran | EN |
| Statement by the Islamic Republic of Iran (Right to reply) | EN |
| Statement by the Islamic Republic of Iran (Reply to DED) | EN |
| Presentation by Ms. Lucia Elmi, Director, Office of Emergency Programmes, UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by Eritrea on behalf of the African Group | EN |
| Statement by Fiji on behalf of the Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Naoero, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Tonga, Vanuatu and Fiji | EN |
| Statement by Guatemala | ES |
| Statement by the Islamic Republic of Iran | EN |
| Statement by the Russian Federation | RU |
| Statement by Sweden on behalf of Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Norway, Türkiye, and Sweden | EN |
| Statement by the World Vision | EN |
| Presentation by Ms. Mandeep O’Brien, Global Director, Public Partnerships and Resource Mobilization Division, UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by Germany on behalf of Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, the United Kingdom, the European Union, and Germany | EN |
| Statement by Guatemala | ES |
| Statement by Croatia | EN |
| Statement by the Islamic Republic of Iran | EN |
| Presentation by the Joint Working Group | EN |
| Statement by the Kingdom of the Netherlands on behalf of Australia, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Republic of Korea, Liechtenstein, Luxemburg, Moldova, New Zealand, Norway, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, the United Kingdom, the European Union, and the Kingdom of the Netherlands | EN |
| Statement by the African Group | EN |
| (a) Proposal outlining the modalities for consultation with the Executive Board with respect to the appointment, renewal, non-renewal and termination of the heads of the independent oversight functions | |
| Statement by Germany on behalf of Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Liechtenstein, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and Germany | EN |
| (b) Revised Charter of the UNICEF Office of Internal Audit and Investigations | |
| Introductory statement by Mr. Stephen Zimmermann, Director, Office of Internal Audit and Investigations, UNICEF | EN |