UN-Women Executive Board

The operational activities of UN-Women are governed by the Executive Board based on General Assembly resolution 64/289, paragraph 57(b), which stipulates that “the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and the Executive Board of the Entity shall constitute the multi-tiered intergovernmental governance structure for the operational activities and shall provide operational policy guidance to the Entity.”

The Board also engages with the Executive Boards of other United Nations entities in an effort to harmonize approaches to operational activities. These engagements provide opportunities for sharing experiences and coordinating programme work on gender equality and gender mainstreaming across the UN system. The work of the Executive Board is guided by its Rules of Procedure.

Members of the Executive Board are elected for a period of three years according to guidelines established by the General Assembly in the founding resolution of UN-Women, A/RES/64/289.

Schedule of meetings

Like other Executive Boards, the UN-Women Executive Board holds three main meetings a year: a first regular session in January, an annual session in June, and a second regular session in September.

The next meeting of the Executive Board will be the first regular session, to be held 20–21 January 2014. All meetings of the UN-Women Executive Board are PaperSmart. Documents and statements will be made public on this website and in the Executive Board PaperSmart portal as they become available.

Schedule of sessions in 2014