Restatement ofthe1986-1987 budgetresolutions ••••••••••••171 178177 18026 27 Financial rulesandregulations............................ 181185 27 Supplementary funding...................................... 186196 28 UNICEFstaffing ................................•........... One-time installation costsforUNICEF House••••••••••••••• UNIPACoperations andefficiency197 204 209203 208 21730 31 31 218-219Greeting CardOperation Financial reports.................................... .....................................21823132 32 GCOworkplanfor1986andanalysis oftheperformance ofGCO•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 220231 33 V.Staffmatters OTHERMATTERS.............................................. . ' .232 234233 25634 35 Future workandprocedures oftheExecutive Board•••••••••• 23424335 Preparations forfuturesessions........................... 24425036 Consideration ofdocumentation ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 25125237 VI.Observation ofthefortieth anniversary ofUNICEF Otherdecisions . DECISIONS ADOPTED BYTHEEXECUTIVE BOARDATITS1986SESSION -v-253.-255 25638 38 39 I.ORGANIZATION OFTHESESSION 1.TheExecutive BoardoftheUnitedNations Children's Fundheldits1986 regular session atUnitedNations Headquarters from14to25April1986.Officers oftheExecutive Boardfortheperiod 1August 1985to31July1986wereas follows:* Chairman: Anwarul KarimChowdhury (Bangladesh); FirstVice-Chairman: Gaetano Zucconi (Italy); SecondVice-Chairman: Poliana Cristescu (Romania); ThirdVice-Chairman: Berhanu Dinka(Ethiopia); FourthVice-Chairman: HectorTerryMolinert (Cuba); Chairman, Programme Committee: Gabriel Restrepo (Colombia); Vice-Chairman, Programme Committee: Mohammed SaidAl-Mohamed (Oman); Chairman, Committee onAdministration andFinance: A.P.Maruping (Lesotho); Vice-Chairman, Committee onAdministration andFinance: ErikFiil(Denmark). 2.Theagendaofthe1986sessi.on iscontained indocuments E/ICEF/1986/l/Rev.l andCorr.l andCorr.2. Alistofdocuments issuedinconnection withthe1986 session iscontained indocument E/ICEF/1986/INF/2/Rev.l. TheProgramme Committee, sitting asacommittee ofthewhole, metfrom18to22April1986. TheCommittee onAdministration andFinance, alsositting asacommittee ofthewhole, metfrom 22to24April1986. OveUllerup-Petersen (Denmark) servedasActing Vice-Chairman intheabsence ofVice-Chairman ErikFiil. 3.TheExecutive Boardagreedtoinclude thepresentation ofthe1986 Maurice PateMemorial Awardinthefortieth anniversary ceremony heldduringthe opening meeting (seepara.10below). 4.Itwasalsodecided toholdameeting oftheworking GroupontheFuture Work andProcedures oftheExecutive BoardduringthefirstweekoftheExecutive Board session, atwhichtimearecommendation toensurethattheworkoftheCommit~ees wasorganized toallowforadequate in-depth discussions duringtheirmeetings was considered andsubsequently adopted bytheBoardforimmediate implementation (see para.237belowandchap.VI,decision 1986/1). *TheExecutive Board,withitsmembership asat1August 1986,heldits organizational session toelectofficers fortheperiod 1August 1986to 31JUly1987atUnitedNations Headquarters on25June1986. Thereport onthe organizational session oftheExecutive Boardiscontained indocument E/ICEF/1986/13. -1- 5.Attherequest ofseveral delegations, itwasagreedtodiscuss thedocument entitled "UNICEF expanded activities inAfrica" (E/ICEF/1986/L.5) separately inthe Programme Committee instead ofduringthegeneral debate (seeparas.125-138 below andchap.VI,decision 1986/2). Asub-item onUNICEFactivities concerning the roleofwomenindevelopment wasalsoaddedtotheagendaoftheProgramme Committee (seeparas.153-162 belowandchap.VI,decision 1986/4). -2- II.PLENARY MEETINGS Opening session 6.Theopening ofthefortieth anniversary session oftheExecutive Boardwas highlighted byachoirofprimary schoolchildren whosangasongdedicated to UNICEF's fortieth anniversary, asamessage fromchildren tochildren everywhere. Inhisopening remarks, theSecretary-General statedthattheworkofUNICEFover thepast40yearsconstituted arecordofachievement andaspiration forbuilding a betterfutureforhumanity andreiterated hisfullsupport forthechildsurvival anddevelopment strategy, whichwasbasedonacreative, practical approach to