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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 (posted as available)
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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) | EN |
| Item 2 | |
| Opening statement by the President of the Executive Board | |
| Opening statement by the Executive Director of UNICEF |
| 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 |
| Programme and policy matters | |
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| Item 4 | |
| UNICEF programme cooperation | |
(a) Country programme documents Focus of the thematic discussion: Scaling up Nutrition Interventions | |
| 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 |
| CEP | EN |
| Thailand (E/ICEF/2026/P/L.12) | EN |
| CEP | EN |
| Viet Nam (E/ICEF/2026/P/L.13) | EN |
| CEP | EN |
| Eastern and Southern Africa | |
| Botswana (E/ICEF/2026/P/L.14) | EN |
| CEP | EN |
| Eritrea (E/ICEF/2026/P/L.15) | EN |
| CEP | EN |
| Eswatini (E/ICEF/2026/P/L.16) | EN |
| CEP | EN |
| Mozambique (E/ICEF/2026/P/L.17) | EN |
| CEP | EN |
| Zimbabwe (E/ICEF/2026/P/L.18) | EN |
| CEP | EN |
| Europe and Central Asia | |
| Albania (E/ICEF/2026/P/L.19) | EN |
| CEP | EN |
| Tajikistan (E/ICEF/2026/P/L.20) | EN |
| CEP | EN |
| Latin America and Caribbean | |
| English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean countries multi-country programme (E/ICEF/2026/P/L.21) | EN |
| CEP | EN |
| Guatemala (E/ICEF/2026/P/L.22) | EN ES |
| CEP | EN ES |
| Uruguay (E/ICEF/2026/P/L.23) | EN |
| CEP | EN |
| West and Central Africa | |
| Burkina Faso (E/ICEF/2026/P/L.24) | EN FR |
| CEP | EN FR |
| Cameroon (E/ICEF/2026/P/L.25) | EN |
| CEP | EN |
| Chad (E/ICEF/2026/P/L.26) | EN |
| CEP | EN |
| Mali (E/ICEF/2026/P/L.27) | EN FR |
| CEP | EN FR |
| (b) Extensions of ongoing country programmes (E/ICEF/2026/P/L.28) | EN |
| (c) Global and Regional Programme document, 2026–2029 (E/ICEF/2026/28) | EN |
| Item 5 | |
| Structured dialogue on financing the results of the UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2022–2025 (E/ICEF/2026/27) | EN |
| 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) | |
| Item 7 | |
| Update on the UN80 Initiative and implementation by UNICEF (Information note) |
| 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 | |
| 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) | |
| (b) Revised Charter of the UNICEF Office of Internal Audit and Investigations (E/ICEF/2026/AB/L.7) |
| 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 |
| 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) | |
| Item 12 | |
| Other matters | |
| 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 |