On this page you will find documentation related to past Congresses and General Assemblies
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Proceedings Resolutions and Recommendations Motions
Voting results Election results
Statutes Programmes Evaluations and Greenhouse Gas Assessments
Proceedings
- 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 from previous Congresses (pdf format)
- IUCN Resolution publications from previous General Assemblies (pdf format)
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
For Congresses and Assemblies prior to 2008, these results are not available.
Election results
Statutes
For the current version, click here.
For previous version of the Statutes, see below:
- 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 14 September 2012
- 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 October 2008
- 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 November 2004
IUCN quadrennial Programmes
For previous Programmes please search on the IUCN online library.
Congress evaluations and Greenhouse gas emission assessments
- 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
Word Conservation Congress - websites
You will find all Congress brochures, videos, photos, etc. on these pages:
2016 Congress - homepage
2012 Congress - homepage
2008 Congress - homepage
