2016 Executive Committee session
67th session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme (3-7 October 2016)
To view video recordings of the 67th session of the Executive Committee, please click on the links below:
- Statement by the United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon.
- Opening statement by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Mr. Filippo Grandi.
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List of participants
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Preliminary estimated schedule
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Information note for delegations
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Organizational note
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1. Opening of the session
3. Statement by the High Commissioner and general debate
- Statement by the Secretary General
- Opening statement by the High Commissioner
- Final list of speakers for general debate
- Statements from general debate
4. Consideration of reports on the work of the Standing Committee
- Statement by the Assistant High Commissioner for Protection
- Note on international protection (A/AC.96/1156)
- Statement by the Deputy High Commissioner
- Report on the Work of the Standing Committee (A/AC.96/1164)
- Report of the sixty-fifth meeting of the Standing Committee (A/AC.96/1155)
- Report of the sixty-fifth meeting of the Standing Committee - Corrigendum (A/AC.96/1155/Corr.1)
- Report of the sixty-sixth meeting of the Standing Committee (A/AC.96/1162)
- Report of the sixty-seventh meeting of the Standing Committee (A/AC.96/1163)
- Financial statements for the year 2015 as contained in the Report of the Board of Auditors to the General Assembly on the financial report and audited financial statements of the voluntary funds administered by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for the year ended 31 December 2015 (A/AC.96/1157)
- Financial report and audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2015 (Report of the Board of Auditors) (A/71/5/Add.6)
- Key issues and measures taken in response to the Report of the Board of Auditors for 2015 (A/AC.96/1157/Add.1)
- Internal audit in the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for the period 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016 (A/AC.96/1159)
- Follow-up to the recommendations of the Board of Auditors in its reports on 2014 and previous years financial statements
- Follow-up to the recommendations of the Board of Auditors in its reports on UNHCR's 2015 financial statements
5. Consideration of reports relating to programme and administrative oversight and evaluation
- Statement by the Inspector General, a.i.
- Report on activities of the Inspector General's Office (A/AC.96/1160)
- Report on policy development and evaluation (A/AC.96/1161)
6. Consideration and adoption of the biennial programme budget 2016 2017 (revised)
- Statement by the Deputy High Commissioner
- Biennial programme budget 2016-2017 (revised) of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (A/AC.96/1158)
- Report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (A/AC.96/1158/Add.1)
7. Review of the annual consultations with non-governmental organizations
- Statement by the NGO Rapporteur
- Report on the 2016 annual consultations with non-governmental organizations
9. Meetings of the Standing Committee in 2017
10. Consideration of the provisional agenda of the sixty-eighth session of the Executive Committee
11. Election of officers
12. Any other business
13. Adoption of the report of the sixty seventh session of the Executive Committee
Side events
- The New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants
- Together, protecting the human rights of IDPs
- The forced displacement crisis – how development can make a difference
- Operationalizing a comprehensive protection response in the Americas
- Inclusion of persons with disabilities in the context of displacement
- A regional approach to the Somalia situation
- Beyond the Nansen Initiative Protection Agenda
- Connecting global efforts to promote responsibility sharing at field level
- High-level briefing by Afghanistan's Chief Executive, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah
- 1956-2016 – European solidarity and responsibility sharing
ExCom documentation (1990-2016)
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