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First regular session 2021
9-12 February 2021
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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/2021/1/Rev.2) |
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| Item 2 | |
| Opening statement by the President of the Executive Board | EN |
| Opening statement by the Executive Director Remarks as delivered |
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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/2021/2) |
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Programme and policy matters |
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| Item 4 | |
| Updated road map to the development of the UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2022–2025, including consultations and briefings (UNICEF/2021/EB/4) |
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| Item 5 | |
| UNICEF programme cooperation | |
| (a) Country programme documents | |
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The United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Frameworks |
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| East Asia and the Pacific | |
| China (E/ICEF/2021/P/L.1) | EN FR ES ZH |
| CEP | EN |
| Eastern and Southern Africa | |
| Eswatini (E/ICEF/2021/P/L.2) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| Somalia (E/ICEF/2021/P/L.3) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| Europe and Central Asia | |
| Azerbaijan (E/ICEF/2021/P/L.5) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| Georgia (E/ICEF/2021/P/L.6) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| North Macedonia (E/ICEF/2021/P/L.7) Corrigendum (E/ICEF/2021/P/L.7/Corr.1) |
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| CEP | EN |
| Uzbekistan (E/ICEF/2021/P/L.8) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| Latin America and Caribbean | |
| Panama (E/ICEF/2021/P/L.9) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| Uruguay (E/ICEF/2021/P/L.10) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| Middle East and North Africa | |
| Tunisia (E/ICEF/2021/P/L.11) | EN FR ES AR |
| CEP | EN |
| West and Central Africa | |
| Côte d’Ivoire (E/ICEF/2021/P/L.12) | EN FR ES |
| CEP | EN |
| (b) Extensions of ongoing country programmes (E/ICEF/2021/P/L.13/Rev.1) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Item 6 | |
| Oral report on UNICEF follow-up to the recommendations and decisions of the forty-fifth and forty-sixth Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS Programme Coordinating Board meetings (UNICEF/2021/EB/2) |
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| Item 7 | |
| UNICEF response to COVID-19 | EN FR ES |
| (a) Update on UNICEF humanitarian action: the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic (UNICEF/2021/EB/3) |
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| (b) Overview of the strategic repositioning of the UNICEF response and the way forward |
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Evaluation, audit and oversight matters |
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| Item 8 | |
| Full report available through the UNICEF Evaluation website: | Evaluation website |
| Evaluation of UNICEF work for children in urban settings: Summary (E/ICEF/2021/3) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| UNICEF management response to the evaluation of UNICEF work for children in urban settings (E/ICEF/2021/4) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| Evaluation of the UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2018–2021: Summary (E/ICEF/2021/5) | EN FR ES AR RU ZH |
| UNICEF management response to the evaluation of the UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2018–2021 (E/ICEF/2021/6) |
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Resource, financial and budgetary matters |
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| Item 9 | |
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Oral update on the implementation of General Assembly resolution 72/279 on |
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| UNICEF financial report and audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2019 and report of the Board of Auditors (A/75/5/Add.3) |
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| UNICEF management response to the report of the Board of Auditors (E/ICEF/2021/AB/L.2) |
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| 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 2019– Report of the Secretary-General (A/75/339/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 2019 – Report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (A/75/539) |
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| Item 11 | |
| Private Fundraising and Partnerships: 2021 workplan and proposed budget (E/ICEF/2021/AB/L.1) |
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The Dynamo Revolving Fund for investment in private sector fundraising |
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World Bank instrument to facilitate sustained investment in private sector |
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Other matters and adoption of draft decisions |
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| Item 12 | |
| Other matters 2021 Annual 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 |
Presentations and statements
(posted as available)
Item 1. Adoption of the provisional annotated agenda, timetable and organization of work
Item 1. Adoption of the provisional annotated agenda, timetable and organization of work
| Presentation by Mr. Gilles Fagninou, Director, Secretary of the Executive Board, UNICEF | EN |
Item 2. Opening of the session
Item 2. Opening of the session
| Opening statement by H.E. Ms. Audra Plepytė, President of the Executive Board | EN |
| Opening statement by Ms. Henrietta H. Fore, Executive Director, UNICEF Remarks as delivered |
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Statement by Costa Rica |
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Statement by New Zealand |
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| Statement by the Republic of Korea | EN |
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Statement by Denmark on behalf of Argentina, Australia, Austria, Canada, Costa Rica, the Czech Republic, Belgium, Bulgaria, Estonia, the European Union, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Republic of Korea, Slovakia, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America |
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| Statement by Mongolia | EN |
| Statement by Cuba | EN |
| Statement by China | EN |
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Statement by Slovakia |
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| Statement by Panama | EN |
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Statement by Mexico |
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Statement by the European Union |
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| Statement by Liberia | EN |
| Statement by the United States of America | EN |
| Statement by Ethiopia | EN |
| Statement by Pakistan | EN |
| Statement by Algeria | EN |
| Statement by Tunisia | EN |
| Intervention by the Standing Group of National Committees | EN |
| Statement delivered by Amnesty International | EN |
| Statement by Human Rights Watch | EN |
Item 4. Updated road map to the development of the UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2022–2025, including consultations and briefings
Item 4. Updated road map to the development of the UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2022–2025, including consultations and briefings
| Presentation by Ms. Vidhya Ganesh, Director, Division of Data, Analytics, Planning and Monitoring, UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by the United States of America | EN |
| Statement by Norway on behalf of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, the United States of America and Norway | EN |
| Statement by Germany | EN |
Item 5. UNICEF programme cooperation
Item 5. UNICEF programme cooperation
| Presentation by Mr. Aboubacar Kampo, Associate Director, Health Section, UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by H.E. Ms. Nialé Kaba, Minister of Planning and Development, Cote d’Ivoire | EN FR |
| Presentation by Ms. Khadija Djarraya, Girl Scout Leader, Tunisian Scouts | EN |
| Statement by China | EN |
| Statement by Georgia | EN |
| Statement by Uzbekistan | EN |
| Statement by Uruguay | EN |
| Statement by Eswatini | EN |
| Statement by Azerbaijan | EN |
| Additional remarks by Azerbaijan | EN |
| Statement by the United States of America | EN |
| Statement by Armenia | EN |
Item 6. Oral report on UNICEF follow-up to the recommendations and decisions of the forty-fifth and forty-sixth Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS Programme Coordinating Board meetings
Item 6. Oral report on UNICEF follow-up to the recommendations and decisions of the forty-fifth and forty-sixth Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS Programme Coordinating Board meetings
| Presentation by Dr. Chewe Luo, Associate Director, Chief HIV/AIDS, UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on behalf of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Finland, France, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Germany, Japan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | EN |
| Statement by Zimbabwe | EN |
| Statement by the United States of America | EN |
Item 7. UNICEF response to COVID-19
Item 7. UNICEF response to COVID-19
| Joint statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore and WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on COVID-19 vaccine |
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| Opening remarks by Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization | EN |
| Presentation by Mr. Manuel Fontaine, Director, Office of Emergency Programmes and Mr. Sanjay Wijesekera, Director, Programme Division, UNICEF |
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| Statement by Ms. Hannan Sulieman, Deputy Executive Director – Management, UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on behalf of Rwanda, Fiji, the European Union, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Finland, France, Japan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, the Republic of Korea, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | EN |
| Statement by Canada on behalf of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, the Republic of Korea, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom, United States of America and Canada | EN |
| Statement by United States of America | EN |
| Statement by Oman | EN AR |
| Statement by Brazil | EN |
| Statement by Syria | AR |
| Statement by Turkey | EN |
| Intervention by the Standing Group of National Committees | EN |
Item 8. Evaluation reports and management responses
Item 8. Evaluation reports and management responses
| Evaluation of UNICEF work for children in urban settings | |
| Presentation by Mr. Fabio Sabatini, Chief, Evaluation Office, UNICEF | EN |
| Presentation by Ms. Henriette Ahrens, Deputy Director, Programme Division, UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by Norway on behalf of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States of America and Norway | EN |
| Intervention by the Chair of the Standing Group of National Committees | EN |
| Evaluation of the UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2018–2021 | |
| Presentation by Mr. Fabio Sabatini, Chief, Evaluation Office, UNICEF | EN |
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Presentation by Ms. Vidhya Ganesh, Director, Division of Data, Analytics, Planning and Monitoring, UNICEF |
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| Statement by the European Union | EN |
| Statement by Norway on behalf of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, the United States of America and Norway | EN |
| Statement by Germany | EN |
| Statement by the United States of America | EN |
Item 9. Oral update on the implementation of General Assembly resolution 72/279 on the repositioning of the UNDS in the context of the quadrennial comprehensive policy review of operational activities for development of the United Nations system
Item 9. Oral update on the implementation of General Assembly resolution 72/279 on the repositioning of the UNDS in the context of the quadrennial comprehensive policy review of operational activities for development of the United Nations system
| Presentation by Mr. Andrés Franco, Deputy Director, Public Partnerships Division, UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on behalf of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Republic of Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | EN |
| Statement by the United States of America | EN |
Item 10. UNICEF financial report and audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2019 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 2019 and report of the Board of Auditors, and management response
| Presentation by Mr. Thomas Asare, Comptroller, UNICEF | EN |
| Statement by Germany on behalf of Australia, Austria, Canada, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, France, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, the Republic of Korea, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America and Germany | EN |
| Statement by the United States of America | EN |
| Statement by the European Union | EN |
Item 11. PFP : 2021 workplan and proposed budget
Item 11. PFP : 2021 workplan and proposed budget
| Presentation by Ms. Carla Hadid-Mardini, Director, Private Fundraising and Partnerships, UNICEF | EN |
| Presentation by Mr. Thomas Asare, Comptroller, UNICEF | EN |
| Intervention by the Standing Group of National Committees | EN |
| Statement by Switzerland on behalf of Austria, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, the Republic of Korea, Slovakia, Sweden, Turkey, the United States of America and Switzerland | EN |
| Statement by Germany on behalf of Austria, Canada, Belgium, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and Germany | EN |
| Statement by the United States of America | EN |
Item 13. Adoption of draft decisions
Item 13. Adoption of draft decisions
| Statement by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on behalf of Canada, Denmark, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (on Item 11) | EN |