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
  • PPT presentation
• Report on the first regular session of 2023
• Provisional agenda and workplan for the second regular session of 2023 [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

• 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
  • Annex I: Financial Results: Income and expenditure
  • Annex II: Transparency Portal with Strategic Plan results
    • Transparency Portal User Guide
  • Annex III: Annual update on 2022 Cost Recovery: Waivers and differentiated cost-recovery rates
  • Annex IV: Report on the implementation of General Assembly resolution 75/233 on the quadrennial comprehensive policy review of operational activities for development of the United Nations System
  • Annex V: Summary of 2021 results of the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women
  • Annex VI: Concise summary of the oversight functions responsible for audit, investigation, ethics, evaluation and protection against retaliation
• Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) reports issued to UN-Women, 2022
  • The related management response (PPT)

Financial, budgetary and administrative matters

• Draft integrated budget estimates of UN-Women for the biennium 2024–2025
  • PPT presentation

Evaluation

• Annual report on the evaluation function of UN-Women, 2022
  • Management response (PPT)
• Report on the independent evaluation of UN-Women’s contribution to women’s economic empowerment [EN | FR | ES]
  • Management perspective (PPT)
• Combined PPT presentation

Audit and investigation matters

• Report of the internal audit and investigation activities for the period of 1 January to 31 December 2022
  • PPT presentation
  • Management response
  • Management response (PPT)
  • Annex: Report of the Executive Director of UN-Women on disciplinary measures and other actions taken in response to misconduct and wrongdoing by UN-Women staff members, other personnel or third parties and cases of possible criminal behaviour, 1 January to 31 December 2022
• Report of the Advisory Committee on Oversight for the period of 1 January to 31 December 2022
  • PPT presentation
  • Management response
• Financial regulations and rules for the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women

Policy and programme matters

• Briefing on the operational response of UN-Women at the regional level
  • Background note
  • PPT presentation
• Update on the implementation efforts on the repositioning of the United Nations development system
  • Background note
• Update on UN-Women policies and procedures to tackle sexual exploitation and abuse and sexual harassment
  • Background note
  • UN-Women 2023 action plan on protection from sexual exploitation and abuse
  • 2022/2023 Management Letter on preventing, addressing and reporting on Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and Sexual Harassment
  • Code of Conduct To Prevent Harassment, Including Sexual Harassment, at UN System Events

Field Visit

• Report on the field visit of the UN-Women Executive Board to Ecuador 2022 [EN | FR | ES]

Closing of the session

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