United Nations Children’s Fund Executive Board First regular session 2015
The 2015 first regular session of the UNICEF Executive Board will take place from Tuesday, 3, to Thursday, 5 February 2015, in Conference Room 3. The provisional annotated agenda, timetable and organization of work are contained in document E/ICEF/2015/1.
Advance copies of all documentation for the session are available at the following site (click here). Member States, as well as observers and representatives of other organizations attending the session, are requested to fax their credentials to the Office of the Secretary of the Executive Board of UNICEF (1 (212) 326-7096) or e-mail them to [email protected], as early as possible, but no later than Friday, 30 January 2015. In accordance with rule 50 (2) of the rules of procedures and its annex, observer delegations are also requested to communicate, with their credentials, their special interest in the items of the provisional agenda on which they intend to intervene. The upcoming 2015 first regular session will be a PaperSmart session of the UNICEF Executive Board. This means that instead of distributing hardcopies in the conference room, all documentation will be available for downloading electronically through the UNICEF Executive Board Website. All session documents will continue to be available on the existing ‘Documents’ webpage, as per established practice. In addition, the UNICEF Executive Board homepage will provide a link to the ‘In-session’ webpage that will make available all supporting documentation (PowerPoints and statements, etc.) to the individual meetings. Delegations planning to present statements at the session are kindly requested to submit electronic versions to the Office of the Secretary of the Executive Board (Attn: Mr. Dillon Leano (e-mail [email protected])). The intended agenda item should be indicated in the heading of the statement and in the subject line of the e -mail. These statements will remain embargoed until delivery of the statement and then posted to the ‘In-session’ webpage on the UNICEF Executive Board website.
Delegations are encouraged to bring their laptops, tablets or other mobile devices to the meeting in order to access electronically the official documents and statements from the Executive Board PaperSmart portal. Joint meeting The joint meeting of the Executive Boards of UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, UNICEF, WFP and UN-Women will take place on Monday, 2 February 2015, from 10:00 to 13:00 and from 15:00 to 18:00, in Conference Room 3. All member and observer delegations are invited to attend.