The IOC Executive Council consists of 40 Member States including those Member States represented by the Chairperson and the five Vice-Chairpersons. The EC exercises the responsibilities delegated to it by the Assembly and acts on its behalf in the implementation of decisions of the Assembly. The EC makes recommendations on future actions by the Assembly. 

Its provisional agenda and timetable are prepared in agreement with the IOC Officers during their meeting with the senior management of the Secretariat (see the January 2024 Officers meeting). 

The Executive Summary IOC/EC-57/SR Prov. contains the narrative report of the session, the adopted decisions & resolutions and the statements of the Member States & Observers.

New documents published during the session 

IOC/EC-57/Decisions: Adopted decisions and resolutions (non-edited compilation)

• Thursday 27 June 2024 
  • EC-57/DR.[5.4]: Draft Resolutions on Governance, Programming and Budgeting Matters of the Commission
  • IOC/EC-57/1.Inf.1: Opening Statement by Yutaka Michida, IOC Chairperson, 25 June 2024 at UNESCO Headquarters
• Wednesday 26 June 2024 
  • EC-57/DR.[4.7] Rev.2: Draft Resolution on Implementation of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030)
• Tuesday 25 June
• • IOC/EC-57/5.2.Doc(2): Report of the Chair of the Intersessional Financial Advisory Group (intersessional period January–June 2024)
  • IOC/EC-57-21Doc-Add: Revised Provisional Timetable (24 June 2024) 

Webcast:  Plenary sessions will be held in Room XI and will be webcast and retransmitted to Room XII for participants who are unable to find a seat in Room XI. Follow the plenary session at  https://webcast.unesco.org/events/2024-06-fiftyseventhsessionoftheexecutivecouncil/

Registration on Indico, the UN-supported registration platform. A link will be provided in the invitation letter. 

Delegates welcome: On Monday 24th June, please access UNESCO Headquarters through the main Fontenoy entrance at 7 Pl. de Fontenoy, 75007 Paris. Registration will be open from 9:00 to 11:00 am , and 2:00-3:00 pm.

From 25th onwards, dplease access through Ségur gate at 125 avenue de Suffren, 75007 Paris. Registration will be open from 8:00 to 16:30 on 25th June 2024 and from 08:30 to 11:00 am on 26-27 June 2024. Please contact the secretariat in case you arrive outside the registration hours.

See below the official provisional timetable of work and a dynamic clickable calendar of parallel events below.

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Official Provisional Timetable ⇓