13/10/2025
14:00 - 18:14
Hall 5 -6: Members Assembly
, Hybrid
Session with interpretation
Why attend
The Members' Assembly is IUCN’s highest decision-making body. During the Assembly, IUCN’s State and Government agency Members, civil society and Indigenous peoples’ Member organisations from more than 160 countries vote on pressing conservation and sustainable development issues.
Session Description
IUCN’s unique and inclusive membership gives the Congress a powerful mandate, allowing these decisions to guide humanity’s relationship with our planet for the decades ahead. Key Decisions adopted during the Members Assembly include electing the IUCN Council, approving of the IUCN 20 year strategic vision, the IUCN programme for the next four-year period, discussing topics of strategic importance, adopting motions defining the general policy of IUCN and amending Statutes of IUCN.