First Regular Session 2023

13-14 February 2023; in-person only in ECOSOC Chamber, United Nations HQ. | The Session will livestreamed 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 First Regular Session 2023
• Decisions adopted by the Executive Board of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women at its 2022 sessions
• The matrix monitoring the implementation of the Executive Board decisions

Information notes

• Presentation of the Pre-Session in advance of the First Regular Session 2023
• Information Note from the Secretariat on the participation in the First Regular Session

Opening of the session

• Opening remarks by President of the UN-Women Executive Board
• Opening remarks by Executive Director of UN-Women
• Statements by Member States and observers

Organizational matters

• Annotated provisional agenda and workplan for the first regular session 2023
• Annual workplan for the Executive Board of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women) for 2023
• Provisional agenda and workplan for the annual session of 2023 [EN | FR | ES]
• Report on the second regular session of 2022 [AR | ZH | EN | FR | RU | ES]
• PowerPoint Presentation

Audit matters

• Financial report and audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2021 and Report of the Board of Auditors (A/77/5/Add.12) [AR | ZH | EN | FR | RU | ES]
  • PPT
• Management Response to the Report of the Board of Auditors for the year ended 31 December 2021
  • PPT
• 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 2021 (A/77/322/Add.1) [AR | ZH | EN | FR | RU | ES]
• Updated status of UN-Women management actions to address outstanding audit recommendations
  • Background note
  • Addendum
• Proposed Revision of Financial Regulations and Rules (FRRs) [EN | FR | ES]

Policy and programme matters

• Briefing on the operational response at the Asia-Pacific regional level
  • PPT
• Update on UN-Women’s partnerships with international financial institutions
  • PPT
• Update on metrics used to measure progress on tackling sexual exploitation and abuse and sexual harassment
  • Background note
• End-of-Year Management Letter on Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) and Reporting of SEA Allegations

Joint UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board meeting

• Background note

Address by the Chair of the UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS and UN-Women Staff Council and management action

• Statement by the Chair of the UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS and UN-Women Staff Council

Closing of the session

• Closing remarks by President of the UN-Women Executive Board
• Closing remarks by Executive Director of UN-Women

Webcasts

• Morning session on 13 February

• Afternoon session on 13 February

• Morning session on 14 February

• Afternoon session on 14 February