79th meeting of the Standing Committee

1. Adoption of the agenda

• Provisional annotated agenda (EC/71/SC/CRP.16)
• Opening remarks by the Deputy High Commissioner

2. Management, financial control, administrative oversight and human resources

(a) Finance and oversight

• Financial statements for the year 2019 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 2019 (A/AC.96/1201)
• Financial report and audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2019 and Report of the Board of Auditors (A/75/5/Add.6)
• Key issues and measures taken in response to the report of the Board of Auditors for 2019 (A/AC.96/1201/Add.1)
• Presentation by the Controller and Director, Division of Administrative and Financial Management
• Presentation by the Deputy Director, External Audit (via Interprefy)
• MATRIX: Follow-up to the recommendations of the United Nations Board of Auditors in its reports on UNHCR's 2019 and previous years financial statements
• Internal audit in the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for the period 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020 (A/AC.96/1203)
• Presentation by the Officer-in-Charge, Office of Internal Oversight Services
• Report of the Independent Audit and Oversight Committee, 2019/2020 (EC/71/SC/CRP.17)
• Presentation by the Chairperson and the Vice-Chairperson, Independent Audit and Oversight Committee (IAOC)

(b) Management

• Oral update on integrity in UNHCR, including efforts to prevent and respond to sexual exploitation and abuse, and sexual harassment
• Remarks by the Deputy High Commissioner
• Results of the 2020 UNHCR Risk Review

(c) Human resources

• Human resources, including staff welfare, and safety and security (EC/71/SC/CRP.18)
• Presentation by the Director, Division of Human Resources
• Presentation by the Director, Division of Emergency, Security and Supply

3. Regional Activities and Global Programmes

• Emergency preparedness and response (EC/71/SC/CRP.19)

4. Coordination

• Progress toward the implementation of the grand bargain commitments (EC/71/SC/CRP.20)
• Presentation by the Head, Donor Relations and Resource Mobilization Service

5. International protection

6. Programme budgets and funding

• Update on budgets and funding (2020/2021) (EC/71/SC/CRP.21)
• Presentation by the Director, Division of Strategic Planning and Results.
• Presentation by the Director of the Division of External Relations
• UNHCR's new planning, budgeting and monitoring system: proposed revision of UNHCR's financial rules concerning the programme budget (EC/71/SC/CRP.22)
• Presentation by the Director, Division of Strategic Planning and Results
• Biennal programme budget 2020-2021 (revised) of the Office of the high Commissioner for refugees (A/AC.96/1202)
• Presentation by the Director, Division of Strategic Planning and Results.
• Report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (A/AC.96/1202/Add.1)

7. Any other business

Final report

• Report of the seventy-ninth meeting of the Standing Committee (16-17 September 2020) (EC/71/SC/CRP.23)