Annual Session 2023

19-21 June 2023; in-person only in CR-3, United Nations HQ. | The Session will live-stream on UN-Web TV 

Decisions

• Decisions adopted by the Executive Board of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women during its Annual Session 2023
• The matrix monitoring the implementation of the Executive Board decisions

Information Notes

• Information Note from the Secretariat on the participation in the Annual Session

Organizational matters

• Annotated provisional agenda and workplan of the annual session of 2023
• Report on the first regular session of 2023
• Provisional agenda and workplan for the second regular session of 2023

Opening of the Session

• Statement by the President of the Executive Board
• Statement by the Under-Secretary-General/Executive Director of UN-Women

Annual Report of the Executive Director

• Report of the Under-Secretary-General/Executive Director of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women on the implementation of the Strategic Plan, 2022–2025

Evaluation and Assessment

• Draft integrated budget estimates of UN-Women for the biennium 2024–2025
• Report on the evaluation function of UN-Women in 2022
• Corporate evaluation of UN-Women’s work on economic empowerment

Audit and investigation

• Joint assessment on governance and oversight functions of the Executive Boards
• Report of the internal audit and investigation activities for the period of 1 January to 31 December 2022
• Report of the Advisory Committee on Oversight for the period of 1 January to 31 December 2022
• Management responses
• Annual official report on ethics services

Policy and programme matters

• Briefing on the operational response of UN-Women at the regional level 
• Update on the implementation efforts on the repositioning of the United Nations development system
• Update on UN-Women policies and procedures to tackle sexual exploitation and abuse and sexual harassment

Closing of the session

• Statement by the Under-Secretary-General/Executive Director of UN-Women
• Statement by the President of the Executive Board