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224th session of the Executive Board : 8-23 April 2026 

Election of the Director-General (2025)

Mr Khaled Ahmed EL-ENANY ALI EZZ (Egypt)

Press release

Video : Announcement of the election results by the Chairperson and remarks by the designated candidate

Video : Press conference

Candidates for the office of Director-General

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Previous sessions (biennium 2024-2025)

222nd session of the Executive Board, 1-16 October 2025

Chairperson : Opening remarks (video) (text)  |  Closing remarks (video) (text)

Director-General : Opening remarks (text)  |  Reply to Member States (text)

Invitation Letter  |  Agenda  |  Timetable  |  Speeches  |  Decisions

Bureau meetings : 1st, 2nd, 3rd

FA Commission  |  PX Commission  |  Joint Meeting

CR Committee   |  SP Committee  |  NGP Committee 

Photos :  6.10   7.10   8.10   9.10   16.10   press conference


221st session of the Executive Board, 2-17 April 2025

Chairperson : Opening remarks (video) (text)  |   Closing remarks (video) (text)

Director-General : Opening remarks (text)  |   Reply to Member States (text)

Invitation Letter  |   Agenda  |   Timetable  |   Speeches  |   Summary records  |   Decisions

Bureau meetings : 04.03.2502.04.2504.04.2515.04.25 

FA Commission (timetable) (draft decisions)  |   PX Commission (timetable) (draft decisions)  

Joint Meeting (timetable) (draft decisions)  |   CR Committee (timetable) (report)

Tribute to F.Mayor : Chairperson's remarks  |   Video message from the UNSG

Photos :  Plenary    Interviews    Joint    PX    FA    CR


8th special session of the Executive Board, 25 November 2024

Introductory remarks by the Chairperson (text) | (video)
Agenda  |   Invitation letter  |   Decisions  |   UNRWA statement


220th session of the Executive Board, 9-23 October 2024

Chairperson : Opening remarks (video) (text)  |  Closing remarks (video) (text)

Director-General : Opening remarks (video) (text)  |  Response to Member States (text)

Invitation Letter  |  Agenda  |  Timetable of Work  |  Speeches  |  Decisions  |  Photos

Bureau meetings : 1st ; 2nd ; 3rd

FA Commission  |  PX Commission  |  Joint Meeting               

CR Committee  |  SP Committee  |  NGP Committee

Other meetings

Chairperson’s consultation by correspondence, 28-30 July 2025 
Consultation  |  Results


Information meeting for members of the Executive Board, 10 September 2024
Video 
220 EX/17 : Additional resources 
Slide of EXB Chairperson  
220 EX/19 : Additional resources


Orientation meeting for members of the Executive Board, 29 January 2024
Intervention by the Chairperson of the Executive Board (video)
Executive Board and General Conference documents
Provisional agenda
Secretariat of the Executive Board - contacts

Informal interactive exchange sessions

Mr Guy Ryder, UN Under Secretary-General for Policy -- "The UN80 Initiative" (28.05.25)
Video

Dr Ian Bremmer, President and founder of Eurasia Group and GZERO Media -- "The geopolitics of AI" (22.05.25)
Video

Ms Carolina Fernández Opazo, Chair of the Joint Inspection Unit of the United Nations System (JIU), Mr Conrod Cecil Hunte, JIU Inspector, and Dr Hans Hoogeveen, Independent Chairperson of the Council of FAO (19.11.24)
Video   |   Introductory remarks by the Chairperson   |   Presentations : 1, 2, 3

Dr Jane Goodall, UN-Grasp Ambassador, IUCN Patron, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute (19.10.24)
Video   |  Dr Jane Goodall : Biography

Ms Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations (18.06.24)
Chairperson : Introductory remarks | Deputy UNSG : Key messages, Biography

Mr Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary of UNFCCC (17.05.24)
Chairperson : Introductory remarks | UNFCCC Executive Secretary : Key messages, Biography

Informal interactive exchange sessions

Ms Carolina Fernández Opazo, Chair of the Joint Inspection Unit of the United Nations System (JIU), Mr Conrod Cecil Hunte, JIU Inspector, and Dr Hans Hoogeveen, Independent Chairperson of the Council of FAO  (19.11.24)

Video

Introductory remarks by the Chairperson

Presentation 1 ; Presentation 2 ; Presentation 3

Dr Jane Goodall, UN-Grasp Ambassador, IUCN Patron, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute (19.10.24)

Video

Biography of Jane Goodall

Ms Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations (18.06.24)

Introductory remarks by the Chairperson

Key messages by the UN Deputy Secretary-General

Biography of Amina J. Mohammed

Mr Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary of UNFCCC (17.05.24)

Introductory remarks by the Chairperson

Key messages by the UNFCCC Executive Secretary

Biography of Simon Stiell

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Decisions and past sessions of the Executive Board

Rule 24: The decisions adopted by the Board during the session shall be published not later that one month after its end.

223 EX/DECISIONS  |  222 EX/DECISIONS  |  221 EX/DECISIONS   

8 X/EX/DECISIONS

220 EX/DECISIONS  |  219 EX/DECISIONS  |  218 EX/DECISIONS

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Working documents

The Executive Board of UNESCO
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2022
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Frequently asked questions on the Executive Board
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Rules of Procedure of the Executive Board
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2024
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UNESCO guide to the preparation of documents for the Governing Bodies, edition 2024
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2024
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Committee on conventions and recommendations, 2024 edition
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2024
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Basic Texts, 2026 edition
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UNESCO. General Conference
2026
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Constitution of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2022 Edition
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2022
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0000382500
Medium-Term Strategy for 2022-2029 (41 C/4)
UNESCO. General Conference
2022
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41 C/5 Approved programme and budget 2022-2025: first biennium 2022-2023
UNESCO. General Conference
2022
UNESCO
0000380868
42 C/5 Approved programme and budget 2024-2025: second biennium of the 2022-2025 quadrennium
UNESCO. General Conference
2024
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UNESCO HQ Flags 42 General Conference

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