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side-content" > <div class="coh-container ssa-component coh-component ssa-component-instance-4c471cfc-1fb2-4f86-8269-b36b1242e7d7 coh-component-instance-4c471cfc-1fb2-4f86-8269-b36b1242e7d7 content-wrapper" > <div class="coh-container grid-x scroll-track" data-viewport="true" > <div class="coh-container cell" > <h2 class="coh-heading heading h2 coh-style-generic-modal-box" > Information note on the Executive Board of UNDP, UNFPA and UNOPS </h2> <div class="coh-wysiwyg" > <p class="big-copy"><strong>Introduction</strong></p><p> </p><p class="big-copy">The Executive Board of UNDP, UNFPA and UNOPS, comprised of 36 members, was created by General Assembly resolution 48/162 of 20 December 1993. The Executive Board superceded the 48-member Governing Council on 1 January 1994.</p><p> </p><p class="big-copy">The Executive Board is responsible for providing inter-governmental support to and supervision of the activities of UNDP, UNFPA and UNOPS in accordance with the overall policy guidance of the General Assembly and Economic and Social Council, and the responsibilities set out in the United Nations Charter. It must also be responsive to the needs of programme countries. The Board is under the authority of the Economic and Social Council.</p><p> </p><p class="big-copy"><strong>Functions (from GA resolution 48/162)</strong></p><p> </p><ul class="list grid-container big-copy"><li>To implement the policies formulated by the General Assembly and the coordination and guidance received from the Economic and Social Council;</li><li>To receive information from and give guidance to the head of each fund or programme on the work of each organization;</li><li>To ensure that the activities and operational strategies of each fund or programme are consistent with the overall policy guidance set forth by the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council, in accordance with their respective responsibility set out in the United Nations Charter;</li><li>To monitor the performance of the fund or programme;</li><li>To approve programmes, including country programmes, as appropriate;</li><li>To decide on administrative and financial plans and budgets;</li><li>To recommend new initiatives to the Economic and Social Council, and through the Council, to the General Assembly, as necessary;</li><li>To encourage and examine new programme initiatives;</li><li>To submit annual reports to the Economic and Social Council, which could include recommendations, where appropriate, for improvement of field-level coordination.</li></ul><p> </p><p class="big-copy"><strong>Membership</strong></p><p> </p><p class="big-copy"><a href="/executive-board/membership">Members of the Executive Board</a> are elected by the Economic and Social Council each year for three-year terms, with the exception of the Western European and other States group, which has determined its own internal rotation policy.</p><p> </p><p class="big-copy">The following geographic breakdown of membership was legislated by General Assembly resolution 48/162: 8 from African States, 7 from Asian and Pacific States, 4 from Eastern European States; 5 from Latin America and the Caribbean States; and 12 from Western European and other States.</p><p> </p><p class="big-copy">The <a href="/executive-board/membership">Bureau</a> of the Executive Board is comprised of one President and four Vice-Presidents, elected from the members at the first regular session each year, taking into account the need for equitable geographical representation. Since 2001, the Presidency has been held by the following groups:</p><p> </p><p class="big-copy">2001: Latin American and Caribbean States<br>2002: Western European and other States<br>2003: African States<br>2004: Asian and Pacific States<br>2005: Latin American and Caribbean States<br>2006: Eastern European States<br>2007: Western European and other States<br>2008: African States<br>2009: Asian and Pacific States<br>2010: Latin American and Caribbean States<br>2011: Eastern European States<br>2012: Western European and other States<br>2013: African States<br>2014: Asia-Pacific States<br>2015: Latin American and Caribbean States<br>2016: Eastern European States<br>2017: Western European and other States<br>2018: African States<br>2019: Asia-Pacific States<br>2020: Latin American and Caribbean States<br>2021: Eastern European States<br>2022: Western European and other States<br>2023: African States</p><p> </p><p class="big-copy">The primary functions of the <a href="/executive-board/membership">Bureau</a> are to prepare and organize Board meetings, facilitate transparent decision-making, and promote dialogue in decision-making. The Bureau also agrees on the composition of the teams participating in Executive Board field visits.</p><p> </p><p class="big-copy"><strong>Sessions</strong></p><p> </p><p class="big-copy">Since 1994, the Executive Board has held three regular sessions and one annual session each year (decision 94/2). In 2001, the Board agreed that in the future it would hold two regular sessions and one annual session.</p><p> </p><p class="big-copy">Pre-session informal meetings are held two weeks in advance of each session in order to review the agenda and documentation for that session. Other informal briefings and consultations are held on an ad hoc basis throughout the year.</p><p> </p><p class="big-copy"><strong>Rules of Procedure</strong></p><p> </p><p class="big-copy">The current <a href="/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/undp/library/corporate/Executive%20Board/Rules_of_Procedure_E.pdf" target="_blank">Rules of Procedure</a> of the Executive Board were adopted at the first regular session 2011.</p><p> </p><p class="big-copy"><strong>Decisions and Working Methods</strong></p><p> </p><p class="big-copy">Decisions of the Executive Board are focused and action-oriented, short and without preambular paragraphs. Since 1994, they have always been adopted by consensus.</p><p> </p><p class="big-copy">Dialogue is the norm in discussion of items before the Board, with avoidance as much as possible of prepared written statements. 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