The Deputy Executive Director assists the Executive Director in the performance of his or her functions.

It was noted with satisfaction that the Executive Director was actively recruiting a Deputy Executive Director.

Recommendation 11 Appointment of a Deputy Executive Director

The Executive Director and the Deputy Executive Director of the Women's Bureau were ex officio members of the Council.

These plans are approved by the appropriate Deputy Executive Director.

Presentations were made by the Executive Director of UNICEF, the Executive Director of UNFPA, the Associate Administrator of UNDP and the Senior Deputy Executive Director of WFP.

14.21 The Office of the Executive Director provides executive and support services to the Executive Director and the Deputy Executive Director, as well as to the senior management of UNEP.

Mr. Toshiyuki Niwa, Deputy Executive Director, provided a statement in response to the report.

Opening statements were made by Mr. David Harcharik, Deputy Director General of FAO, Mr. Shafqat Kakakhel, Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), on behalf of Mr. Klaus Töpfer, Executive Director of UNEP, and Mr. Domenico Zinzi, Vice Minister of Health of Italy.

The Acting Deputy Executive Director further explained that the chapeau of the aAppendix washad been adjusted accordingly.

Deputy Executive Director Ms. Rima Salah reported on the United Nations Secretary General's study on violence against children.

The Executive Board had before it the annual report of the Executive Director, on progress and achievements against the MTSP for 2002 2005 (E ICEF 2005 6), which was introduced by Ms. Rima Salah, Deputy Executive Director.

The European Central Bank could also, perhaps, be involved, nominating the deputy of the eurozone executive director at the Fund.

UN Habitat has since made progress on recruiting a Deputy Executive Director and anticipates filling the position within the calendar year.

The Deputy Executive Director thanked the Governments of Belgium, Finland, France, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom for their support.

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UNICEF has issued guidance to all divisions and field offices on the format and timeline for the preparation of all briefing notes for the Executive Director and Deputy Executive Directors.

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Her ability to ensure that the administrative infrastructure supports this growth has been hampered by the absence of a full time Deputy Executive Director.

The Unit also supports the Deputy Executive Director in the management of the programme, including the guidance and policy clearance of all programmatic matters.

Deputy Executive Director Mr. Toshiyuki Niwa introduced the report (E ICEF 2005 AB L.6), reaffirming the importance UNICEF attaches to accountability and oversight.

5.1 The Deputy Executive Secretary is accountable to the Executive Secretary.

Deputy Executive Director Rima Salah provided an overview of progress on the study, which the Secretary General had been requested to conduct three years ago.

In response, the Deputy Executive Director pointed out that the Board of Auditors report made reference to the practices followed by UNICEF, UNDP and WFP.

Additional recommendations of the Office included to accelerate the recruitment of a Deputy Executive Director in order to support the Executive Director in promoting the work of the Programme externally, administering the United Nations Habitat and Human Settlements Foundation and enhancing coordination among subprogrammes.

Reid Morden, Executive Director of the Committee, would become Executive Director of the new Office.

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The Deputy Executive Director ended his remarks by stating that UNICEF welcomes open and frank discussion on the findings and recommendations and he assured the Executive Board of continuing efforts to monitor and improvement implementation.

5.2 The Deputy Executive Secretary is responsible for

The Executive Director addressed issues linked to UNGEI, highlighting its roll out at country level and the efforts under way to strengthen the secretariat, including through the addition of two staff posts under the supervision of a Deputy Executive Director, as a means of raising its profile.

Ms. Mahnoush H. Arsanjani, Deputy Director of the Codification Division, acted as Deputy Secretary to the Commission.

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Two high level meetings were held, in Rome and Geneva, between the Assistant High Commissioner and the WFP Senior Deputy Executive Director and senior staff of the two organizations.

The Deputy Executive Director noted that UNICEF intentionally set itself very demanding performance standards and that its audit function was fully transparent to the United Nations Board of Auditors.

The Deputy Executive Director said that many of the comments would be reflected in the implementation guidelines that would be issued as a part of the plan's roll out.

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