The annual meeting of UNHCR's Executive Committee will meet in Geneva from 6 to 10 October 2008. © UNHCR/S.Hopper
2008 Executive Committee Meeting

59th Session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner's Programme

UNHCR's 59th Executive Committee met in Geneva from 6 to 10 October 2008 to review and approve the agency's programmes and budgets and to advise on protection matters.

Latest: Report of the fifty-ninth session of the Executive Committee, 6-10 October 2008 (A/AC.96/1063, pdf)

For ExCom documents in French, please visit the ExCom pages on UNHCR's French website: http://www.unhcr.fr/excom

Reports and Documents for the 59th
Executive Committee Plenary Session
A/A/AC.96/LIX/1
Provisional Agenda and Annotations
A/A/AC.96/LIX/INF.1
List of Participants
A/AC.96/1051
Voluntary funds administered by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (Accounts for the year 2007)
A/AC.96/1052
Report of the forty-first meeting of the Standing Committee (4-6 March 2008)
A/AC.96/1052/Corr.1
Report of the forty-first meeting of the Standing Committee (4-6 March 2008): Corrigendum
A/AC.96/1053
Note on International Protection
A/AC.96/1054
Report of the Board of Auditors to the General Assembly on the accounts of the Voluntary Funds administered by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for the year ended 31 December 2007
A/AC.96/1054/Add.1
Measures taken or proposed in response to the recommendations in the Report of the Board of Auditors to the General Assembly on the Accounts of the Voluntary Funds administered by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for the year ended 31 December 2007
A/AC.96/1055
Biennial Programme Budget 2008-2009 (Revised) of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
A/AC.96/1055/Add.1
Report by the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions
A/AC.96/1056
Internal Audit in the Office of the UNHCR
(2007-2008)
A/AC.96/1057
Report on activities of the Inspector General's Office
A/AC.96/1058
Evaluation and Policy Development
A/AC.96/1059
Agenda
A/AC.96/1060
Report of the forty-second meeting of the Standing Committee (24-26 June 2008)
A/AC.96/1061
Report of the forty-third meeting of the Standing Committee (23-24 September 2008)
A/AC.96/1062
Report on the Work of the Standing Committee
A/AC.96/1063
Report of the fifty-ninth session of the Executive Committee (6-10 October 2008): Report by the Rapporteur


Opening Statement by High Commissioner António Guterres to ExCom 2008
In his Opening Statement to the 59th Session of the Executive Committee, the High Commissioner outlines his strategic vision for the year ahead. (pdf)

World's poor, displaced must not be forgotten
Opening UNHCR's annual Executive Committee meeting, High Commissioner António Guterres said the confluence of several adverse global trends could create new conflicts and renew some old ones. (2:54)

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High Commissioner's Closing Statement
 Closing remarks by António Guterres to the 59th session.

ExCom 2008 Summary Records
In English and French.

Statement by Ms. Erika Feller, Assistant High Commissioner for Protection
8 October 2008 (pdf)

Preliminary Estimated Schedule
As at 10/9/2008 9:56 AM
Note from the Secretariat: This forecast is merely an estimate, provided for the convenience of the Committee. Actual time spent in debate on any one item may vary from the estimate.


Regional Updates
UNHCR's regional operations and global programmes and operations in Africa, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.


Refugee Realities
UNHCR is mapping the real state of the world's refugees and people of concern through a Global Needs Assessment.


Organizational matters
Invitations, badge request forms, information notes, etc.