8 April 2021 – The first session of the Executive Board in 2021 took place with more than 250 participants online.
The Executive Board aims to increase the oversight of UN-Habitat’s operations by Member States and to strengthen UN-Habitat’s accountability, transparency and effectiveness. It comprises 36 Member States elected by the UN-Habitat Assembly and convenes two to three times a year.
On Wednesday, the first day of the two day meeting, the participants were welcomed by the Chair of the Executive Board and Permanent Representative of Iran to UN-Habitat. Mr Jafar Barmaki, The Chair’s remarks were followed by a statement by Ms. Zainab Hawa Bangura, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON), who outlined the challenges faced due to COVID-19 and the measures put in place by UNON to minimize its impact and ensure business continuity.
- Notification by the Executive Director
- Proposed Provisional Agenda
- Programme
- Pre-session documents
- In-session documents
- Draft decisions of the Executive Board
- Post-session documents
- Statements
- Membership of the Executive Board
- Seating arrangement
- Information for participants
- Daily journal
- Registration
Notification by the Executive Director
Proposed Provisional Agenda
Programme
Pre-session documents
Pre-session documents
Agenda item 1: Opening of the session
HSP/EB.2021/INF/1: List of documents before the Executive Board at its first session of 2021
Agenda item 2: Organizational matters
HSP/EB.2021/1: Provisional Agenda for the 2021 first session of the Executive Board
Report of the Executive Board of UN-Habitat on the work of its second session of 2020
Agenda item 4: Financial, budgetary and administrative matters, including the implementation of the resource mobilization strategy in accordance with the strategic plan and a proposal on geographical and gender balance.
HSP/EB.2021/2: Report of the Executive Director on Financial, budgetary and administrative matters: interim financial status of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme as at 31 December 2020 - Advance version
HSP/EB.2021/2/Add.1: Report of the Executive Director on Staffing of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme as at 31 December 2020
HSP/EB.2021/2/Add.2: Report of the Executive Director on Financial, budgetary and administrative matters: implementation of the resource mobilization strategy in accordance with the strategic plan - Advance version
HSP/EB.2021/2/Add.3: Report of the Executive Director on Staff update, equitable geographical distribution and gender parity
Agenda item 6: Status of and discussion on the draft annual work programme of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme and draft budget of the United Nations Habitat and Human Settlements Foundation for 2022
Agenda item 7: Implementation of the normative and operational activities of UN-Habitat, including reporting on the programmatic activities of UN-Habitat in 2020 and the implementation of subprogrammes
HSP/EB.2021/5: Report of the Executive Director on Normative and operational activities of UN-Habitat: focus on the Prosperity Fund Global Future Cities Programme
HSP/EB.2021/INF/2: Report of the Executive Director on Response by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
Agenda item 8: Implementation of the resolutions and decisions adopted by the United Nations Habitat Assembly of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme.
Agenda item 9: Progress made by UN-Habitat in the implementation of the United Nations development system reform
HSP/EB.2021/7: Report of the Executive Director on Implementation by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme of the reform of the development system and management of the United Nations
Agenda item 10: Annual report on action by UN-Habitat to strengthen protection against sexual and any other type of exploitation and abuse and sexual harassment in the workplace
Agenda item 11: Annual report on action by the Executive Director to update and improve the internal management, policies and procedures of UN-Habitat.
Agenda item 12: Election of officers
In-session documents
In-session documents
HSP/EB.2021/CRP.1 Proposed draft decisions for consideration by the Executive Board at first session for the year 2021
HSP/EB.2021/CRP.2 Analytical Brief on the Alignment of the Quadrennial Comprehensive Policy Review and the UN-Habitat Strategic Planning Processes
HSP/EB.2021/CRP.3/REV.1: Financial status of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme as at 31 March 2021
Agenda item 3
Statement by the Chair of the Ad-Hoc working group on programmatic, budgetary and administrative matters
Agenda item 4
Response from the Secretariat to the question raised by Germany: Reconciliation statement of final report to interim report
Agenda item 6
Presentation by the Secretariat - Status of and discussion on the UN-Habitat draft annual work programme and budget for 2022
Agenda item 7
Presentation by the Secretariat - Implementation of the normative and operational activities of UN-Habitat
Agenda item 8
Presentation by the Secretariat– implementation of resolutions and decisions adopted by the UN-Habitat Assembly
Agenda item 9 – Progress made by UN-Habitat in the implementation of the United Nations development system reform
Agenda item 10 - Action by UN-Habitat to strengthen protection against sexual exploitation and abuse and sexual harassment in the workplace
Agenda item 11- Annual report on action by the Executive Director to update and improve the internal management, policies and procedures of UN-Habitat
Agenda item 12
Draft decisions of the Executive Board
Post-session documents
Post-session documents
HSP/EB.2021/10 - Report of the Executive Board of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme on the work of its first session of 2021
Statements
Statements
Statement by the Chair of the Ad-Hoc working group on programmatic, budgetary and administrative matters
Statement by H.E. Beyene Russom, Ambassador of the State of Eritrea, on behalf of the African Group
Membership of the Executive Board
2020 – 2021 Bureau of the Executive Board of UN-Habitat
Chair
Asia-Pacific
Iran
Vice Chair
Africa
Egypt
Vice Chair
Latin America and the Caribbean
Chile
Vice Chair
Western Europe and Others
France
Rapporteur
Eastern Europe
Serbia
Composition of the Executive Board of the UN-Habitat (36 seats)
A. Africa (10 seats)
Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Senegal, Egypt, Morocco, Ethiopia, Kenya, Angola, Malawi
B. Asia-Pacific (8 seats)
Sri Lanka, Republic of Korea, China, Japan, India, Iran, Indonesia, Pakistan
C. Eastern Europe (4 seats)
Poland, Russian Federation, Serbia, Romania
D. Latin America and the Caribbean (6 seats)
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Mexico, Uruguay
E. Western Europe and Others (8 seats)
Canada, France, Sweden, Turkey, United States of America, Germany, Spain, Portugal
Seating arrangement
Seating arrangement
Information for participants
Information for participants
Executive Directors’ briefing to Member States on the preparations for the 2021 first session of the Executive Board
Daily journal
Registration