Second regular session 2023
5–7 September 2023
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List of participants (7 September 2023) UN Web TV (on-demand)
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Session documents
| Opening of the session | |
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| Item 1 | |
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Adoption of the provisional annotated agenda, timetable and organization of work |
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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 | |
| Proposed programme of work for the Executive Board sessions in 2024 (E/ICEF/2023/25) |
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Programme and policy matters |
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| Item 4 | |
| UNICEF programme cooperation | |
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(a) Country programme documents Focus of the thematic discussion: Data accelerating process for children |
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The United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Frameworks |
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| East Asia and the Pacific | |
| Papua New Guinea (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.18) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| Eastern and Southern Africa | |
| Angola (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.19) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| Burundi (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.20) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
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Lesotho (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.21) Corrigendum (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.21/Corr.1) |
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| CEP | EN |
| Malawi (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.22) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| Latin America and Caribbean | |
| Nicaragua (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.23) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| West and Central Africa | |
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Benin (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.24) Corrigendum (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.24/Corr.1) |
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| CEP | EN |
| Chad (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.25) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| Equatorial Guinea (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.26) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| Mauritania (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.27) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| Senegal (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.28) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| Togo (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.29) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| (b) Extensions of ongoing country programmes (E/ICEF/2023/P/L.30) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Item 5 | |
| Oral update on UNICEF humanitarian action (PPT) | EN |
| Item 6 | |
| Structured dialogue on financing the results of the UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2022–2025 (E/ICEF/2023/26) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Funding compact: Progress against Member State and entity-specific commitments related to UNICEF (UNICEF/2023/EB/13) |
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Evaluation, audit and oversight matters |
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| Item 7 | |
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Revised evaluation policy of UNICEF (E/ICEF/2023/27)
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| Item 8 | |
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Update on the status of implementation of the recommendations in the |
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Resource, financial and budgetary matters |
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| Item 9 | |
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UNICEF Strategic Plan, updated financial estimates, 2023–2026 |
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Other matters and adoption of draft decisions |
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| Item 10 | |
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Other matters 2024 first regular session: Provisional list of agenda items |
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| Item 11 | |
| Adoption of draft decisions | |
| Item 12 | |
| Closing statements by the Executive Director of UNICEF and the President of the Executive Board |
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Interactive special focus session |
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An Africa Fit for Children and Young People: |
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Presentations and statements
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 |
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Statement by Argentina |
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Statement by Bangladesh |
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| Statement by the Czech Republic | EN |
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Statement by Greece |
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Statement by Japan |
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Statement by the European Union |
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| Statement by the United States of America | EN |
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Statement by Austria |
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Statement by the Republic of Korea |
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| Statement by Côte d'Ivoire | FR |
| Statement by Slovakia | EN |
| Statement by the Syrian Arab Republic | AR |
| Statement by ChildFund Alliance | EN |
| Statement by the NGO Committee on UNICEF (statement not delivered) | EN |
Item 3. Proposed programme of work for the Executive Board sessions in 2024
| Statement by the United States of America | EN |
Item 4. UNICEF programme cooperation
| Presentation by Mr. Mark Hereward, Chief Data Officer, Division of Data, Analytics, Planning and Monitoring, UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by Papua New Guinea | EN |
| Statement by Angola | EN |
| Statement by Burundi | FR |
| Statement by Lesotho | EN |
| Statement by Nicaragua | ES |
| Statement by Equatorial Guinea | ES |
| Statement by Benin | FR |
| Statement by Togo | FR |
| Statement by the United States of America | EN |
| Intervention by the Chair of the Standing Group of National Committees | EN |
Item 5. Oral update on UNICEF humanitarian action
Item 6. Structured dialogue on financing the results of the UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2022–2025
Item 7. Revised evaluation policy of UNICEF
| 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, Georgia, Ireland, Japan, the Republic of Moldova, Malta, Montenegro, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, 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 8. Update on the status of implementation of the recommendations in the self-assessment of the independence of the UNICEF Office of Internal Audit and Investigations
Item 9. UNICEF Strategic Plan: updated financial estimates, 2023–2026
Interactive special focus session
Publications
| Publications | Download |
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| UNICEF Annual Report 2022: For every child, every opportunity | EN FR ES AR |
| The State of the World’s Children 2023: For Every Child, Vaccination | EN FR ES AR |
| Humanitarian Action for Children 2023: Overview | EN |
| UNICEF Supply Division Annual Report 2022 | EN |
| Preventing a lost decade: Urgent action to reverse the devastating impact of COVID-19 on children and young people | EN FR ES AR |
| Prospects for children in 2022: A global outlook | EN |
| 2022 annual report of the Office of the Ombudsman for United Nations Funds and Programmes | EN |
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Global Annual Results Reports 2022: Programme results achieved by contributions received from partners |
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