First regular session 2020

Friday, 14 February 2020; Conference Room 2; UN Headquarters, New York

Opening of the session

• Opening remarks by Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of UN Women, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, at the first regular session 2020 of the UN Women Executive Board | Outline

Organizational matters

• Annotated provisional agenda and workplan of the first regular session of 2020 (UNW/2020/L.1)
• Report on the second regular session of 2019 (UNW/2019/9)
• Compendium of decisions adopted by the Executive Board at its 2019 sessions (UNW/2019/10)
• Provisional agenda and workplan for the annual session of 2020 (UNW/2020/CRP.1) EN | ES | FR
• Annual workplan 2020 (UNW/2020/L.2)

Update on the implementation of General Assembly resolution 72/279

• Update on the Implementation of General Assembly Resolution 72/279 on Repositioning of the United Nations Development System  |  PowerPoint slides
  

Policy and programme matters

• Update on the mid-term review of the Strategic Plan 2018-2021: Background Note | PowerPoint slides
  
• Briefing on the operational response at the regional level  |  PowerPoint slides |  Video clip
  
• Mobilizing for the Generation Equality Forum  |  PowerPoint slides
  

Update on the working methods of the Executive Boards

• Joint response by the Secretariats of the Executive Boards of UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, UNICEF, UN-Women and WFP  |  PowerPoint slides
  
• Guidelines for the field visits of the Executive Boards of UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, UNICEF and UN-Women, and for the joint field visits of the Executive Boards of UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, UNICEF, UN-Women and WFP

Audit matters

• Financial report and audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 (A/74/5/Add.12)  |  PowerPoint slides
• Report of the Board of Auditors on the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 (A/74/5/Add.12)  |  PowerPoint slides
• Implementation of the recommendations of the Board of Auditors contained in its reports for the year ended 31 December 2018 on the United Nations funds and programmes (A/74/323/Add.1)
• Updated status of UN-Women management actions to address outstanding audit recommendations  |  PowerPoint slides
  

Financial, budgetary and administrative matters

• Joint preliminary comprehensive proposal on the cost recovery policy

Structured Dialogue on Financing

• Options for improving the quality of the Structured Dialogue on Financing   |  PowerPoint slides

• Regular resources report - Data and case studies from 2018

Decisions

• 2020/1 Decision on the Working methods of the Executive Board
• 2020/2 Financial report and audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 and report of the Board of Auditors

Closing of the session

• Closing remarks by Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of UN Women, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, at the first regular session 2020 of the UN Women Executive Board