Report by Regional Director for Europe

The Executive Director is encouraging more UNICEF staff to serve as Resident Coordinators.

The Regional Director introduced the regional report (E ICEF 2005 P L.23).

The Regional Director reaffirmed that priority was being given to emergency intervention and capacity building.

The Regional Director introduced the regional report (E ICEF 2005 P L.24.

The Regional Director introduced the regional report (E ICEF 2005 P L.27).

The Regional Director thanked delegations for their positive comments on the innovation of the CCPD.

The Regional Director shared this concern, and confirmed the commitment of UNICEF to strengthening coordination in the coming months.

The Regional Director explained that Malawi had one national OVC plan, in which UNICEF had participated.

The Regional Director introduced the draft CPD for Guyana (E ICEF 2005 P L.34).

The Regional Director of the World Health Organization Office for Africa had applied that model to other parts of Africa.

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The Regional Director responded that UNICEF would support nationwide implementation of critical child survival programmes.

The Regional Director said that the United Nations country team created a framework for monitoring and evaluation with indicators, but this was evolving.

The Regional Director praised the Medium Term Development Plan devised by the Ministry of Planning of the Palestinian Authority as a framework for progress.

The Regional Director said that UNICEF had similar concerns on the development indicators, particularly the worsening nutritional situation in the south.

The Executive Board had before it the draft CPD for Bangladesh (E ICEF 2005 P L.12), which was introduced by the Regional Director.

The Regional Director replied that UNICEF would continue to work closely with civil society and other agencies, particularly in reaching adolescents.

The Regional Director said that the country had the first and largest integrated United Nations mission, which provided a good framework for cooperation between all agencies.

Guest at 12 noon Mr. Nils Kastberg, UNICEF Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean (on the current relief efforts in Central America)

The Executive Board had before it the draft CPD for Peru (E ICEF 2005 P L.6), which was introduced by the Regional Director.

The Regional Director said that the President was very committed to a broad child survival approach, and the United Nations was supporting the Government's efforts.

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In response, the Regional Director affirmed the full endorsement of UNICEF for the Scanteam report, which had suggested that perhaps the United Nations system should avoid getting into pooled funding.

The Executive Board had before it the draft CPD for Swaziland (E ICEF 2005 P L.30 and Corr.1), which was introduced by the Regional Director.

(e) Also requested the Director General to report periodically to the Board on compliance with resolution GC.10 Res.8 and on implementation of the regional programme.

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The Regional Director replied that the findings of the evaluations would be disseminated widely as best practices, and the comments would be shared with the relevant country offices for follow up.

The Regional Director explained that UNICEF was working in 6 of the country's 11 districts and the country programme was largely directed at subnational interventions.

The Regional Director suggested that time be allocated during future Executive Board sessions for providing a broader look at regional developments, rather than at individual MTRs only.

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

Asked how programmes could be made more sustainable, the Regional Director said that UNICEF would continue to support capacity building of national counterparts, as exemplified by the secondment of a UNICEF education adviser to the Ministry of Education.

The Regional Director responded that UNICEF had completed recently an evaluation on the emergency responses to the earthquakes in Algeria, the Islamic Republic of Iran and Morocco, the results of which would be presented to the Board in 2006.

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The responsibilities of the Director General are combined with those of the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

The Regional Director responded that the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean document on the Millennium Development Goals presented a point of departure for policy dialogue with other United Nations agencies.

The Regional Director explained that the RDT had worked actively with the United Nations country team on the division of responsibilities in the United Nations response plan to the national plan on HI AIDS.

Progress had been made in that direction through the regional office in Mexico City and a number of visits to Mexico by the Director General, during which high level talks had taken place.

The Executive Board had before it the draft CPDs for Burkina Faso, Ghana and Liberia (E ICEF 2005 P L.3 E ICEF 2005 P L.5), which were introduced by the Regional Director.

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