Second Regular Session 2026

9-10 September 2026; in-person only in United Nations HQ. | The Session will live-stream on UN-Web TV

Registration links

• Kindly submit your credentials here: https://forms.gle/eGsBKpG9XmX6gdBR6
• To register for the Speakers' List for agenda items 1 & 2: Opening and Engagement with UN80 Initiative: https://forms.gle/TBrB1Wq8pma13eYf9
• Registration for informal consultations at UN-Women Headquarters: https://forms.gle/eT5fGDVGnYFUKiHk8 

Decisions

• Decisions adopted by the Executive Board of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women during its Second Regular Session 2026
• 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 Second Regular Session

Organizational matters

• Annotated provisional agenda and workplan of the second regular session of 2026 [AR | ZH | EN | FR | RU | ES]
• Report on the annual session of 2026 - Advanced Version [AR | ZH | EN | FR | RU | ES]
• Draft annual workplan of the Executive Board for 2027 [EN | FR | ES]
• Proposed provisional agenda and workplan for the first regular session 2027 [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

Engagement with UN80 Initiative

• Update from UN-Women
• Alternative options to a merger
• Joint UNFPA and UN-Women Informal Briefing on Preliminary Proposals under Executive Board Decision 2026/2
• UN-Women Consultation with Civil Society on the Alternative Options Paper under UN80

Structured dialogue on financing

• Report on the structured dialogue on financing the results of the UN-Women Strategic Plan 2022–2025 (UNW/2026/7) - Advanced Version [AR | ZH | EN | FR | RU | ES]
  • Annex A: Progress against Member State and entity-specific commitments related to UN-Women
• Annual joint report of UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF and UN-Women on the implementation of the joint cost-recovery policy, including differentiated cost-recovery rates and approved waivers

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

• Update on the progress of the JIU review of governance and oversight of the Executive Boards of UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, UNICEF and UN-Women (JIU/REP/2023/7)

  • Interim report of the Joint Working Group on the Joint Inspection Unit review of the governance and oversight of the Executive Boards of the UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, UNICEF and the UN-Women

Closing of the session

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