Meetings of the Governing Bodies

The governing bodies of the IOPC Funds meet two or three times per year in order to fulfil the requirements set out under Article 18 of the 1992 Fund Convention and Article 16 of the Supplementary Fund Protocol. Under those Articles the governing bodies are required, among other things, to give instructions concerning the administration of the Funds to the Director and to supervise the proper execution of the Conventions and of their own decisions. Further details on the individual governing bodies are provided via the right navigation bar.

Ordinarily, meetings of the IOPC Funds’ governing bodies are held at the headquarters of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in London, which also now houses the IOPC Funds’ offices. However, in the past the IOPC Funds have had the pleasure of holding sessions of the governing bodies in Morocco (2011), Monaco (2008) and Canada (2007) at the kind and generous invitation of the respective Governments.

The next meeting of the IOPC Funds’ governing bodies will take place in the main conference hall of the IMO building from 28 October to 31 October 2019 and will include the following sessions:

1992 Fund Assembly—Twenty-fourth session (92A24)
1992 Fund Executive Committee—Seventy-third session (92EC73)
Supplementary Fund Assembly—Sixteenth session (SA16)

Circulars containing the invitation and provisional agenda, including a provisional timetable for the sessions, have been issued to all 1992 Fund Member States, and States and organisations with observer status.

Documents issued for IOPC Funds’ meetings are made available via the Document Services section, where delegates can also register for the meetings. Information about the requirement for credentials and notifications for meetings is available here.

The main issues discussed and decisions taken by the IOPC Funds’ governing bodies at previous meetings are summarised in news briefs, the most recent of which is available here. The full Record of Decisions for every meeting of the IOPC Funds’ governing bodies are available via the Document Services section. Photographs taken at the October 2018 sessions are available here.