First Regular Session 2024

12-13 February 2024; in-person only in CR - 1, 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 2024
• Decisions adopted by the Executive Board of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women at its 2023 sessions
• The matrix monitoring the implementation of the Executive Board decisions

Recordings

Information notes

• Presentation of the Pre-Session in advance of the First Regular Session 2024
• 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 2024 [EN | FR | ES]
• Annual workplan for the Executive Board of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women) for 2024
• Provisional agenda and workplan for the annual session of 2024 [EN | FR | ES]
• Report on the second regular session of 2023
• PowerPoint Presentation

Audit matters

• Financial report and audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2022 and Report of the Board of Auditors
  • PowerPoint presentation: Financial Report and Audited Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2022
  • PowerPoint Presentation: Report of the Board of Auditors for the year ended 31 December 2022
• 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 2022
• Updated status of UN-Women management actions to address outstanding audit recommendations
  • Management response

Evaluation matters

•  A meta-synthesis of UN-Women evaluation evidence related to advocacy and communications [EN | FR | ES]
  • Management perspective

Policy and programme matters

• Background Note UN-Women's operational response in Africa 
  • PowerPoint presentation 
• 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 on UN-Women’s follow-up to recommendations of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board
  • PowerPoint presentation 

Field Visit

• Report of the joint field visit to Senegal by members of the Executive Boards of UNICEF, UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, WFP and UN-Women, 2–6 October 2023 [EN | FR | ES | AR]

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