Annual Session 2025

17-19 June 2025; in-person only in CR-2, United Nations HQ. | The Session will live-stream on UN-Web TV 

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Decisions

  • Decisions adopted by the Executive Board of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women during its Annual Session 2025
  • The matrix monitoring the implementation of the Executive Board decisions
  • Schedule for informal consultations on draft decisions

Information Notes

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

Organizational matters

  • Annotated provisional agenda and workplan of the annual session of 2025 (Advance version)
  • Report on the first regular session of 2025 [AR | ZH | EN | FR | RU | ES]
  • Provisional agenda and workplan for the second regular session of 2025 [EN | FR | ES]

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

Evaluation

Audit and investigation matters

Ethics

JIU review of governance and oversight of the Executive Boards of UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, UNICEF and UN-Women

Strategic Plan

  • Draft Strategic Plan of UN-Women 2026-2029

Financial, budgetary and administrative matters

  • Draft integrated budget estimates of UN-Women for the biennium 2026–2027

Addressing racism and racial discrimination

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
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