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E/2001/34 E/ICEF/2001/6 United Nations Executive Board of the United Nations Children’s Fund Report on the first and second regular sessions and annual session of 2001 Economic and Social Council Official Records, 2001 Supplement No. 14 Economic and Social Council Official Records, 2001 Supplement No. 14 Executive Board of the United Nations Children’s Fund Report on the first and second regular sessions and annual session of 2001 United Nations New York, 2002 E/2001/34 E/ICEF/2001/6 Note Symbols of United Nations documents are composed of capital letters combined with figures. ISSN 0252-3507 Contents Chapter Paragraphs Page Part one First regular session of 2001 ..................................................... 1 I. Organization of the session ............................................ 1–7 2 A. Opening of the session ............................................ 1–5 2 B. Adoption of the agenda ........................................... 6–7 2 II. Deliberations of the Executive Board .................................... 8–149 3 A. Report of the Executive Director (Part I): annual report to the Economic and Social Council .................................................. 8–23 3 B. Country notes ................................................... 24–115 5 C. UNICEF Maurice Pate Award ...................................... 116–117 17 D. Update on the preparatory process for the General Assembly Special Session on Children in 2001: oral report .................................... 118–121 18 E. Establishment of an operational reserve .............................. 122–125 18 F. Private Sector Division work plan and proposed budget for 2001 ......... 126–130 19 G. Financial matters ................................................ 131–136 19 H. Pledging event .................................................. 137–141 20 I. Other matters ................................................... 142–145 21 J. Closing of the session ............................................ 146–149 21 III. Joint meeting of the Executive Boards of UNICEF and UNDP/UNFPA, with the participation of WFP ................................................. 150–197 22 Part two 2001 annual session ............................................................ 31 I. Organization of the session ............................................ 198–204 32 A. Opening of the session ............................................ 198–202 32 B. Adoption of the agenda ........................................... 203–204 32 II. Deliberations of the Executive Board .................................... 205–364 33 A. Report of the Executive Director (Part II) ............................ 205–214 33 B. Summary of mid-term reviews and major evaluations of country programmes .................................................... 215–268 34 C. Ensuring children’s rights in Africa ................................. 269–293 42 iii D. Report on the third session of the WHO/UNICEF/UNFPA Coordinating Committee on Health ............................................. 294–300 46 E. UNICEF experience in sector-wide approaches ........................ 301–318 46 F. UNICEF activities in immunization ................................. 319–329 49 G. Field visits of Executive Board members ............................. 330–341 50 H. Update on the preparatory process for the General Assembly Special Session on Children in 2001 .............................................. 342–349 51 I. Statement by the Chairperson of the UNICEF Global Staff Association .... 350 52 J. Other matters ................................................... 351–362 52 K. Closing of the session ............................................ 363–364 54 Part three Second regular session of 2001 ................................................... 55 I. Organization of the session ............................................ 365–370 56 A. Opening of the session ............................................ 365–368 56 B. Adoption of the agenda ........................................... 369–370 56 II. Deliberations of the Executive Board .................................... 371–512 57 A. Medium-term strategic plan for the period 2002-2005 .................. 371–389 57 B. Biennial support budget for 2002-2003 .............................. 390–408 60 C. Proposals for UNICEF programme cooperation ....................... 409–484 62 D. Report to the United Nations Board of Auditors and the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions 485–487 73 E. Financial matters ................................................ 488–493 73 F. Report on internal audit activities ................................... 494–500 74 G. Programme of work for 2002 ...................................... 501–507 75 H. Other matters ................................................... 508–510 76 I. Closing of the session ............................................ 511–512 76 Annexes I. Government contributions to regular resources for 1999 to 2001 and indicative pledges for 2002 and 2003 ................................................................ 78 II. Decisions adopted by the Executive Board in 2001 ................................... 85 iv E/2001/34 E/ICEF/2001/6 Part one First regular session of 2001 Held at United Nations Headquarters from 22 to 24 and on 26 January 2001 1 E/2001/34 E/ICEF/2001/6 I. Organization of the session 4. The Executive Director expressed her appreciation to the outgoing Board President for his A. Opening of the session wise leadership, and welcomed his successor as UNICEF embarked on the final months of preparation 1. Prior to the election of the officers of the for the Special Session on Children. She spoke about Executive Board for 2001, the outgoing President recent reminders of the urgency of the UNICEF (Bangladesh) addressed the meeting. He spoke about mission, especially in humanitarian emergencies, and the role and work of the Board during the past year, raised the subject of staff security. The growing stressing the importance of ensuring the full number of deliberate attacks on United Nations staff participation of all Board members for informed and other humanitarian workers called for decisive decision-making. He acknowledged the support of the action by the international community, not only to see Executive Director and the Secretary of the Board and to it that host countries ensured the security of their teams, and thanked the members of the Bureau for humanitarian workers, but also to provide additional their consistent and exemplary contribution to the work resources to ensure better training, communications of the Board. He stressed the importance of programme and equipment. The Executive Director provided a delivery, and he commended UNICEF staff for their brief overview of the work ahead for the Board at the courage, compassion, dedication and determination. In present session, as well as in the eight months that that connection, he urged that every effort be made to remained before the Special Session. She paid tribute address their concerns, utilize their talents to the fullest to UNICEF staff member Matthew Girvin, who, along and keep their morale high. with three other United Nations staffers and five others, were killed in a helicopter accident during a Election of officers for 2001 humanitarian relief mission in northern Mongolia. His tragic death, she said, was a terrible loss for UNICEF 2. Following the election of the new President and those it served, but she knew that he and his (Armenia), he proceeded with the election of the colleagues “would have wanted us to forge onward. remaining members of the Bureau (see annex II, And so I can think of no better way to honour their decision 2001/1, for the composition of the Bureau). memory than for all of us to rededicate ourselves to the cause for which they gave their lives”. (See Statements by the President of the Executive E/ICEF/2001/CRP.1 for the full text of her statement.) Board and the Executive Director 3. In his opening remarks, the President asked Election of Executive Board representatives to delegations to bear in mind during the deliberations the the WHO/UNICEF/UNFPA Coordinating important and substantive thematic linkages between Committee on Health and to the UNESCO/ UNICEF Joint Committee on Education many of the upcoming events, in particular the meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the Special Session 5. The President continued with the election of on Children, to be held the week of 29 January; the Executive Board representatives to the joint committees Special Session itself; the conference on racism; and for the 2001-2002 biennium (see annex II, decision sessions of the General Assembly on HIV/AIDS, small 2001/2, for the members elected to the joint committees). arms control and human settlements. In addition, he mentioned the Global Movement for Children, which aimed to galvanize all protagonists for children, B. Adoption of the agenda especially young children themselves, who shared a common vision that all children had equal rights to 6. The agenda, timetable and organization of work grow up healthy, in peace and with dignity. He outlined of the session, as contained in documents the work ahead, adding that with the support of the E/ICEF/2001/2 and Corr.1, was adopted. The agenda Bureau, and the positive and constructive spirit of contained the following items: Board members and other participants, he looked Item 1: Opening of the session: forward to a productive and purposeful outcome throughout the year. (a)