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First regular session 2023
7–9 February 2023*
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Presentations and statements (posted as available) Report of session - EN FR ES |
Key information |
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Information for participants UN Web TV (video on-demand) |
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/2023/1) |
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| Item 2 | |
| Opening statement by the President of the Executive Board | EN |
| Opening statement by the Executive Director of UNICEF | EN |
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Organizational and procedural matters |
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| Item 3 | |
| Election of the President and Vice-Presidents of the Executive Board (E/ICEF/2023/2) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
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Programme and policy matters |
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| Item 4 | |
| UNICEF programme cooperation | |
| (a) Country programme documents | |
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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 or from the respective country pages: https://unsdg.un.org/un-in-action/country-level?tab=countries-listing |
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| East Asia and the Pacific | |
| Pacific Island countries multi-country programme document (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.1) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| Latin America and Caribbean | |
| Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.2) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| Costa Rica (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.3) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| Dominican Republic (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.4) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| Ecuador (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.5) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| Haiti (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.6) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.7) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| Middle East and North Africa | |
| Algeria (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.8) | EN FR ES AR |
| CEP | EN |
| Iran (Islamic Republic of) (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.9) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| Lebanon (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.10) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| Palestinian children and women in Jordan, Lebanon, the Syrian Arab Republic and the State of Palestine area programme document (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.11) | EN FR ES AR |
| CEP | EN |
| South Asia | |
| Nepal (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.12) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| West and Central Africa | |
| Cabo Verde common country programme document (DP/FPA-ICEF/CCPD/2023/CPV/1) |
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| CEP | EN |
| Central African Republic (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.13) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| Sao Tome and Principe (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.14) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| (b) Extensions of ongoing country programmes (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.15) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Item 5 | |
| Oral report on UNICEF follow-up to the recommendations and decisions of the forty-ninth and fiftieth Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Programme Coordinating Board meetings (UNICEF/2023/EB/2) | EN FR ES |
| Item 6 | |
| (a) Update on UNICEF humanitarian action (UNICEF/2023/EB/3) | EN FR ES |
| (b) Update on COVID-19 vaccination and the progress achieved through the COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership (UNICEF/2023/EB/6) | EN FR ES |
| Item 7 | |
| Update on metrics and indicators used to measure progress on tackling sexual exploitation and abuse and sexual harassment and inform strategies, policies and procedures (E/ICEF/2023/5) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
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Evaluation, audit and oversight matters |
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| Item 8 | |
| Update on the status of the independent peer review of the UNICEF evaluation function (E/ICEF/2023/6) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Item 9 | |
| Evaluation report summary– Evaluability assessment and formative evaluation of the UNICEF positioning to achieve the UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2022–2025 (E/ICEF/2023/3) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Full report available through the UNICEF Evaluation website: | Evaluation website |
| Management response to evaluation report – Evaluability assessment and formative evaluation of the UNICEF positioning to achieve the UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2022–2025 (E/ICEF/2023/4) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
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Resource, financial and budgetary matters |
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| Item 10 | |
| UNICEF financial report and audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2021 and report of the Board of Auditors (A/77/5/Add.3) |
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| UNICEF management response to the report of the Board of Auditors (E/ICEF/2023/AB/L.2) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Implementation of the recommendations of the Board of Auditors contained in its reports on the United Nations funds and programmes for the year ended 31 December 2021 – Report of the Secretary-General (A/77/322/Add.1) |
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| Financial reports and audited financial statements, and reports of the Board of Auditors for the period ended 31 December 2021 – Report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (A/77/574) |
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| Item 11 | |
| Private Fundraising and Partnerships: 2023 workplan and proposed budget (E/ICEF/2023/AB/L.1) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Update on the World Bank instrument to facilitate sustained investment in private sector fundraising (UNICEF/2023/EB/5) | EN FR ES |
| Item 12 | |
| Oral update on the work of the National Committees for UNICEF | |
| Item 13 | |
| Update on UNICEF engagement with international financial institutions (UNICEF/2023/EB/7) | EN |
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Other matters and adoption of draft decisions |
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| Item 14 | |
| Report of the field visit of the Executive Board of UNICEF (UNICEF/2023/EB/4) | EN |
| Item 15 | |
| Other matters 2023 annual session: Provisional list of agenda items |
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| Item 16 | |
| Adoption of draft decisions | |
| Item 17 | |
| Closing statements by the Executive Director of UNICEF and the President of the Executive Board |
Presentations and statements
(posted as available)
Item 2. Opening of the session
Item 2. Opening of the session
| Opening statement by H.E. Ms. Marie-Louise Koch Wegter, President of the Executive Board | EN |
| Opening statement by Ms. Catherine M. Russell, Executive Director of UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by Poland on behalf of the Bureau members, Argentina, Denmark, Rwanda, Tajikistan and Poland | EN |
| Statement by Bangladesh | EN |
| Statement by the Czech Republic | EN |
| Statement by Liberia | EN |
| Statement by China | ZH |
| Statement by Cuba | ES |
| Statement by the United States of America | EN |
| Statement by Côte d'Ivoire | FR |
| Statement by Austria | EN |
| Statement by Japan | EN |
| Statement by the Republic of Korea | EN |
| Statement by Viet Nam | EN |
| Statement by El Salvador | ES |
| Statement by the Russian Federation | RU |
| Statement by the European Union | EN |
| Statement by Mexico | ES |
| Statement by Myanmar | EN |
| Statement by Ecuador | ES |
| Statement by Syria | AR |
| Statement by the NGO Committee on UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by World Vision | EN |
| Statement by the International Federation for Family Development | EN |
Item 4. UNICEF programme cooperation
Item 4. UNICEF programme cooperation
| Presentation by Mr. Aidan Cronin, Director a.i., WASH, Climate, Environment, Energy and DRR | EN |
| Statement by Fiji | EN |
| Statement by Tonga | EN |
| Statement by Solomon Islands | EN |
| Statement by Costa Rica | ES |
| Statement by Ecuador | ES |
| Statement by the Dominican Republic | ES |
| Statement by Venezuela | ES |
| Statement by Haiti | FR |
| Statement by Algeria | AR |
| Statement by the State of Palestine | EN |
| Statement by Nepal | EN |
| Statement by Cabo Verde | EN |
| Statement by the United States of America on behalf of Canada and the United States of America | EN |
| Statement by the Russian Federation | EN |
Item 5. Oral report on UNICEF follow-up to the recommendations and decisions of the forty-ninth and fiftieth Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Programme Coordinating Board meetings
Item 5. Oral report on UNICEF follow-up to the recommendations and decisions of the forty-ninth and fiftieth Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Programme Coordinating Board meetings
Item 6. (a) Update on UNICEF humanitarian action
Item 6. (a) Update on UNICEF humanitarian action
| Presentation by Mr. Manuel Fontaine, Director, Office of Emergency Programmes, UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by Poland | EN |
| Statement by Sweden on behalf of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Luxembourg, Malta, the Republic of Moldova, Norway, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, the United States of America and Sweden | EN |
| Statement by Greece | EN |
| Statement by the United Kingdom of Great Britain | EN |
| Statement by the United States of America | EN |
| Statement by the Russian Federation | EN RU |
Item 6. (b) Update on COVID-19 vaccination and the progress achieved through the COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership
Item 6. (b) Update on COVID-19 vaccination and the progress achieved through the COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership
Item 7. Update on metrics and indicators used to measure progress on tackling sexual exploitation and abuse and sexual harassment and inform strategies, policies and procedures
Item 7. Update on metrics and indicators used to measure progress on tackling sexual exploitation and abuse and sexual harassment and inform strategies, policies and procedures
| Presentation by Mr. Bandjougou Magassa, Director, Division of Human Resources, UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by the Kingdom of the Netherlands on behalf of Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, United Kingdom, United States, the European Union and the Kingdom of the Netherlands | EN |
| Statement by the United States of America | EN |
| Statement by Australia | EN |
Item 8. Update on the status of the independent peer review of the UNICEF evaluation function
Item 8. Update on the status of the independent peer review of the UNICEF evaluation function
Item 9. Evaluability assessment and formative evaluation of the UNICEF positioning to achieve the UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2022–2025, and management response
Item 9. Evaluability assessment and formative evaluation of the UNICEF positioning to achieve the UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2022–2025, and management response
| Presentation by Mr. Robert McCouch, Director, Evaluation Office, UNICEF | EN |
| Presentation by Ms. Vidhya Ganesh, Director, Division of Data, Analytics, Planning and Monitoring, UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by Germany on behalf of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, the European Union, Finland, France, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the Republic of Moldova, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States of America and Germany | EN |
| Statement by the United States of America | EN |
| Statement by the European Union | EN |
Item 10. UNICEF financial report and audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2021 and report of the Board of Auditors, and management response
Item 10. UNICEF financial report and audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2021 and report of the Board of Auditors, and management response
| Presentation by Mr. Thomas Asare, Comptroller, UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by Norway on behalf of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Republic of Moldova, Kingdom of the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, the United Kingdom, the United States and Norway | EN |
| Statement by the United States of America | EN |
| Statement by the European Union | EN |
Item 11. Private Fundraising and Partnerships: 2023 workplan and proposed budget
Item 11. Private Fundraising and Partnerships: 2023 workplan and proposed budget
| Presentation by Ms. Carla Haddad Mardini, Director, Division of Private Fundraising and Partnerships, UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by Luxembourg on behalf of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Moldova, Montenegro, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States of America and Luxembourg | EN |
| Statement by the United States of America | EN |
Item 12. Oral update on the work of the National Committees for UNICEF
Item 12. Oral update on the work of the National Committees for UNICEF
| Statement by the Kingdom of the Netherlands on behalf of Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Czechia , Estonia, Finland, Germany, Georgia, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, the United Kingdom, the United States of America and the Kingdom of the Netherlands | EN |
Item 13. Update on UNICEF engagement with international financial institutions
Item 13. Update on UNICEF engagement with international financial institutions
| Statement of Greece on behalf of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Republic of Moldova, Kingdom of the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, United Kingdom, the United States of America, the European Union, and Greece | EN |
| Statement by the United States of America | EN |
Item 14. Report of the field visit of the Executive Board of UNICEF
Item 14. Report of the field visit of the Executive Board of UNICEF
Publications
| Publications | Download |
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UNICEF Annual Report 2021: |
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The State of the World’s Children 2021: |
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Preventing a lost decade: Urgent action to reverse the devastating impact of COVID-19 on children and young people |
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Prospects for children in 2022: A global outlook (website) |
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Humanitarian Action for Children 2022: Overview |
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Supply Annual Report 2021 (website) |
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* This page reflects the actual dates of the first regular session of 2023. The documents for the session, which were issued weeks in advance in accordance with the rules of procedure, reflect the original session dates, 7 to 10 February 2023.