Annual session 2020

22 - 23 June 2020; Virtual Room on Zoom 

• Information Note from the Secretariat on the participation in the Annual Session
• PaperSmart portal: UN-Women Executive Board Annual Session 2020 - Statements

Session recordings

• UN-Women Executive Board Annual Session 2020 (Monday, AM)
• UN-Women Executive Board Annual Session 2020 (Tuesday, AM)
• UN-Women Executive Board Annual Session 2020 (Tuesday, PM)

Opening of the session

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

Organizational matters

• Annotated provisional agenda and workplan of the annual session of 2020 (UNW/2020/L.3/Rev.1)
• Report on the first regular session of 2020 (UNW/2020/1)
• Provisional agenda and workplan for the second regular session of 2020 (UNW/2020/CRP.2)

Update on the implementation of General Assembly resolution 72/279

• Update on the Implementation of General Assembly Resolution 72/279 on Repositioning of the United Nations Development System
• Update on UN-Women’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic
• Regular Resources enable a flexible and fast response to the COVID-19 pandemic

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 2018–2021, including the midterm review of the Strategic Plan (UNW/2020/2)  |  PowerPoint Slides
• Annexes
  • Annex I: Financial Results Final
  • Annex: II: Strategic Plan Results Portal
  • Annex III: 2019 waivers granted lowering the agreed cost-recovery rates
  • Annex IV: Revised Integrated Results and Resources Framework
  • Annex V: Working together to support implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Joint annex on implementation of the Common Chapter of the Strategic Plan 2018-2021 of UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF and UN-Women
  • Annex VI: Report on the implementation of the quadrennial comprehensive policy review of operational activities for development of the United Nations system
  • Annex VII: Summary results of the Fund for Gender Equality and the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women 

• Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) reports issued to UN-Women, 2019
  • The related management response

• Regular resources report 2019: Forging Generation Equality now and in the future

Policy and programme matters

• Update on the implementation of recommendations in the independent victim-centred review of UN-Women's policies and processes on tackling sexual exploitation and abuse and sexual harassment
• Annual certification to the Executive Board on Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) and Reporting of SEA Allegations and Sexual Harassment (SH)

Audit and investigation

• Report on the internal audit and investigation activities for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2019 (UNW/2020/3) | PowerPoint slides
  • The related management response | PowerPoint Slides
• 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 2019
• Report of the Advisory Committee on Oversight for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2019 (UNW/2020/3/Add.1)  | PowerPoint slides
  • The related management response

Evaluation

• Report on the evaluation function of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, 2019 (UNW/2020/4) | PowerPoint slides 
  • The related management perspective
• Evaluation policy of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UNW/2020/5)

Working methods (postponed to the second regular session 2020)

• Joint response of the Executive Board secretariats of UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, UNICEF and UN-Women

Decisions

• Compendium of decisions adopted by the Executive Board of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women at its 2020 Annual Session 

Closing of the session

• Statement delivered by the Assistant Secretary General/Deputy Executive Director for Resource Management, UN System Coordination, Sustainability and Partnerships (on behalf Under-Secretary-General/Executive Director of UN-Women)
• Statement by the President of the Executive Board