UN Women
04 May 2026, 20:54 GMT+10
The President of the Executive Board, H.E. Dr. Adonia Ayebare, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Uganda to the United Nations, will open the session on 23 June at 10 am EDT, together with the UN Women Executive Director, Sima Bahous, who will deliver her opening statement.
Over the three days, the Executive Board will review the Executive Director’s annual report and assess progress in implementing the Strategic Plan 2022–2025. The Board will also discuss engagement with the UN80 initiative and consider reports on the ethics function, on the evaluation function of UN Women in 2025, the internal audit and investigation activities for 2025, the report of the Advisory Committee on Oversight for 2025, as well as UN Women’s related management responses.
The Board will further receive updates on the implementation of General Assembly resolution 72/279 on the repositioning of the United Nations Development System, on progress of the JIU review of governance and oversight of the Executive Boards of UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, UNICEF, and UN Women, and on UN Women’s policies and procedures to tackle sexual exploitation and abuse and sexual harassment. The Board will also receive a presentation on the findings of the Executive Board’s field visit to Bolivia, conducted in March 2026.
The detailed agenda of the 2026 annual session and all official documents may be accessed on the Executive Board web page. The session can be followed via UN Web TV.
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