Congress archives

Proceedings

2021 World Conservation Congress, Marseille, France

2016 World Conservation Congress, Hawai‘i, USA

2012 World Conservation Congress, Jeju, Republic of Korea

2008 World Conservation Congress, Barcelona, Spain

2004 World Conservation Congress, Bangkok, Thailand

2000 World Conservation Congress, Amman, Jordan

1996 World Conservation Congress, Montreal, Canada

19th General Assembly, 1994 - Buenos Aires, Argentina

18th General Assembly, 1990 - Perth, Australia

17th General Assembly, 1988 - San Jose, Costa Rica

16th General Assembly, 1984 - Madrid, Spain

15th General Assembly, 1981 - Christchurch, New Zealand

14th General Assembly, 1978 - Ashkhabad, USSR

13th (Extraodinary) General Assembly, 1977 - Geneva, Switzerland

12th General Assembly, 1975 - Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

11th General Assembly, 1972 - Banff, Canada

10th General Assembly, 1969 - New Delhi, India

9th General Assembly, 1966 - Lucerne, Switzerland

8th General Assembly, 1963 - Nairobi, Kenya

7th General Assembly, 1960 - Warsaw, Poland

6th General Assembly, 1958 - Athens, Greece

5th General Assembly, 1956 - Edinburg, UK

4th General Assembly, 1954 - Copenhagen, Denmark

3rd General Assembly, 1952 - Caracas, Venezuela

2nd Session of the General Assembly, 1950 - Brussels, Belgium

International Union for Protection of Nature established in Fontainebleau, 5 October 1948

Resolutions and Recommendations*

You can access all resolutions and recommendations since 1948:

IUCN Resolutions and Recommendations Platform (searchable by keyword)
IUCN Resolutions publications  (pdf format)

Note: Until1986, the Resolutions were integrated in the Proceedings. 

Related documents

A review of the impact of IUCN resolutions on international conservation efforts

2012: A study to develop monitoring for results of IUCN Resolutions and Recommendations

* Resolutions and Recommendations are decisions adopted by IUCN Members at the World Conservation Congress/General Assembly.  

Motions**

You will find below motions as submitted to previous Congresses:

All motions from previous Congresses in online library (pdf format)

Motions from Congresses prior to 2000 are not available in electronic format 

** Motions are draft decisions submitted by IUCN Members for consideration at the World Conservation Congress/General Assembly.  

Voting results

You can view the voting results for all motions presented per Congress by clicking on the below links

2021 voting results per motion

2016 voting results per motion

2012 voting results per motion

2008 voting results per motion

For Congresses and Assemblies prior to 2008, these results are not available. 

Election results

2021 election results

 and Elected Council -TBD

2016 election results

Elected Council

2012 election results

2008 election results

Statutes

Current statutes

Statutes of 5 October 1948, revised on 22 October 1996, and last amended on 13 December 2023 (including Rules of Procedure of the World Conservation Congress, last amended on 13 December 2023) and Regulations revised on 22 October 1996 and last amended on 13 December 2023

Previous statutes

Statutes of 5 October 1948, revised on 22 October 1996 and last amended on 10 September 2021 (including Rules of Procedure of the World Conservation Congress, last amended on 10 September 2021) and Regulations revised on 22 October 1996 and last amended on 10 September 2021

Statutes of 5 October 1948, revised on 22 October 1996 and last amended on 10 September 2016 (including Rules of Procedure of the World Conservation Congress, last amended on 10 September 2016) and Regulations revised on 22 October 1996 and last amended on 10 September 2016

Statutes of 5 October 1948, revised on 22 October 1996 and last amended on 14 September 2012 (including Rules of Procedure of the World Conservation Congress, last amended on14 September 2012) and Regulations revised on 22 October 1996 and last amended on

Statutes of 5 October 1948, revised on 22 October 1996 and last amended on 13 October 2008 (including Rules of Procedure of the World Conservation Congress, last amended on 5 October 2008) and Regulations revised on 22 October 1996 and last amended on 13

Statutes of 5 October 1948, revised on 22 October 1996 and amended on 24 November 2004 (including Rules of Procedure of the World conservation Congress, amended on 18 and 24 November 2004) and Regulations revised on 22 October 1996 and last amended on 16

IUCN quadrennial Programmes

IUCN Programme 2021-2024

and Addendum to the IUCN Programme 2021-2021

IUCN Programme 2017-2020

IUCN Programme 2013-2016

IUCN Programme 2009-2012

For previous Programmes please search on the IUCN online library.

Policies and strategies

Anti-harassment policy, Including bullying and sexual harassment, for IUCN events & Annex 1

Gender mainstreaming strategy for IUCN events & Annex 1

Congress evaluations and Greenhouse gas emission assessments

2021 IUCN Congress Participant Survey Report

 Marseille, France

2021 Greenhouse Gas Emission Assessment World Conservation Congress

 Marseille, France

2021 IUCN Congress sustainability report,

Marseille, France

2021 Congress Gender Strategy and anti-harassment implementation report

, Marseille, France

2016 IUCN Congress Participant Survey Report, Honolulu, USA

2016 Greenhouse Gas Emission Assessment World Conservation Congress

, Honolulu, USA

2016 IUCN Congress - ISO 20121 Certification report

, Honolulu, USA

2016 IUCN Congress Results of the Gender mainstreaming strategy

, Honolulu, USA

2012 Evaluation report World Conservation Congress

, Jeju, Korea

2012 Greenhouse Gas Emission Assessment World Conservation Congress

, Jeju, Korea

2008 Evaluation Report World Conservation Congress

, Barcelona, Spain

2008 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Assessment

, Barcelona, Spain

2008 Greenhouse Gas Emission Assessment World Conservation Congress, - Appendix II

, Barcelona, Spain

2004 Greenhouse Gas Emission Assessment, Bangkok, Thailand

 , Bangkok, Thailand

2000 Evaluation Report World Conservation Congress, Amman, Jordan