The Executive Council's task is to take all necessary measures, in consultation with the Secretary-General, for the implementation of its own decisions and recommendations of the Assembly and report thereon to the Assembly. The Council meets at least twice a year.

The Council consists of Full Members elected by the Assembly in the proportion of one Member for every five Full Members, in accordance with the Rules of Procedure laid down by the Assembly with a view to achieving fair and equitable geographical distribution.

The term of office of Members elected to the Council is four years and elections for one-half of the Council membership are held every two years. Spain is a Permanent Member of the Executive Council.

The Council elects one Chair and two Vice-Chairs from among its Members.

Officers for 2024

Chair: Saudi Arabia
First Vice-Chair: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Second Vice-Chair: Jamaica

PDF EC Officers and Members 2024

Previous sessions, documents and decisions:

June 2024	Executive Council - 121st session, Spain
20 October 2023	Executive Council – 120th session, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
17 October 2023	Executive Council – 119th session, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
16-18 May 2023	Executive Council – 118th session, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
23-25 Nov 2022	Executive Council – 117th session, Marrakesh, Morocco
Tue 7 June 2022	Executive Council – 116th session, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
8 March 2022	Emergency session of the Executive Council, Madrid - Spain
Fri 3 Dec 2021	Executive Council – 115th session, Madrid - Spain
Tue 30 Nov 2021	Executive Council – 114th session, Madrid - Spain
18-19 Jan 2021	Executive Council – 113th session, Madrid, Spain
15-17 Sep 2020	Executive Council – 112th session, Tbilisi, Georgia
Fri 13 Sep 2019	Executive Council - 111th session - Saint Petersburg - Russia
Sun 16 Jun 2019	Executive Council - 110th session - Baku - Azerbaijan
Tue 30 Oct 2018	Executive Council - 109th session - Manama - Bahrain
Wed 23 May 2018	Executive Council - 108th session - San Sebastián - Spain
Sat 16 Sep 2017	Executive Council - 107th session - Chengdu - China
Tue 12 Sep 2017	Executive Council - 106th session - Chengdu - China
Wed 10 May 2017	Executive Council - 105th session - Madrid - Spain
Sun 30 Oct 2016	Executive Council - 104th session - Luxor - Egypt
Mon 09 May 2016	Executive Council - 103rd session - Málaga - Spain
Thu 17 Sep 2015	Executive Council - 102nd session - Medellín - Colombia
Sun 13 Sep 2015	Executive Council - 101st session - Medellín - Colombia
Wed 27 May 2015	Executive Council - 100th session - Rovinj - Croatia
Wed 01 Oct 2014	Executive Council - Ninety-ninth session - Samarkand - Uzbekistan
Wed 04 Jun 2014	Executive Council - Ninety-eighth session - Santiago de Compostela - Spain
Thu 29 Aug 2013	Executive Council - Ninety-seventh session - Livingstone - Zambia
Sun 25 Aug 2013	Executive Council - Ninety-sixth session - Victoria Falls - Zimbabwe
Mon 27 May 2013	Executive Council - Ninety-fifth session - Belgrade - Serbia
Tue 23 Oct 2012	Executive Council - Ninety-fourth session - Campeche - Mexico
Mon 11 Jun 2012	Executive Council - Ninety-third session - Madrid - Spain
Fri 14 Oct 2011	Executive Council - Ninety-second session - Gyeongju - Republic of Korea
Sun 09 Oct 2011	Executive Council - Ninety-first session - Gyeongju - Republic of Korea
Sun 19 Jun 2011	Executive Council - Ninetieth session - Mombasa - Kenya
Sun 24 Oct 2010	Executive Council - Eighty-ninth session - Kish Island - Iran
Sun 06 Jun 2010	Executive Council - Eighty-eighth session - Puerto Iguazú - Argentina
Thu 08 Oct 2009	Executive Council - Eighty-seventh session - Astana - Kazakhstan
Sat 03 Oct 2009	Executive Council - Eighty-sixth session - Astana - Kazakhstan
Thu 07 May 2009	Executive Council - Eighty-fifth session - Bamako - Mali
Tue 14 Oct 2008	Executive Council - Eighty-fourth session - Madrid - Spain
Fri 13 Jun 2008	Executive Council - Eighty-third session - Jeju - Republic of Korea
Thu 29 Nov 2007	Executive Council - Eighty-second session - Cartagena de Indias - Colombia
Thu 22 Nov 2007	Executive Council - Eighty-first session - Cartagena de Indias - Colombia
Tue 12 Jun 2007	Executive Council - Eightieth session - Yasmine Hammamet - Tunisia
Mon 20 Nov 2006	Executive Council - Seventy-ninth session - Algiers - Algeria
Tue 27 Jun 2006	Executive Council - Seventy-eighth session - Quito - Ecuador
Thu 01 Dec 2005	Executive Council - Seventy-seventh session - Dakar - Senegal
Sat 26 Nov 2005	Executive Council - Seventy-sixth session - Dakar - Senegal
Mon 13 Jun 2005	Executive Council - Seventy-fifth session - Nessebar - Bulgaria
Tue 01 Feb 2005	Executive Council - First emergency session - Phuket - Thailand
Thu 02 Dec 2004	Executive Council - Seventy-fourth session - Salvador do Bahia - Brazil
Thu 08 Jul 2004	Executive Council - Seventy-third session - Hyderabad - India
Fri 24 Oct 2003	Executive Council - Seventy-second session - Beijing - China
Sat 18 Oct 2003	Executive Council - Seventy-first session - Beijing - China
Tue 03 Jun 2003	Executive Council - Seventieth session - Madrid - Spain
Wed 02 Oct 2002	Executive Council - Sixty-ninth session - Saint Petersburg - Russian Federation
Tue 18 Jun 2002	Executive Council - Sixty-eighth session - Petra - Jordan
Sat 29 Sep 2001	Executive Council - Sixty-seventh session - Osaka - Japan
Mon 24 Sep 2001	Executive Council - Sixty-sixth session - Seoul - Republic of Korea
Tue 05 Jun 2001	Executive Council - Sixty-fifth session - Natal - Brazil
Tue 28 Nov 2000	Executive Council - Sixty-third and sixty-fourth sessions - Madrid - Spain
Mon 24 Jan 2000	Executive Council - First extraordinary session - Madrid - Spain
Fri 01 Oct 1999	Executive Council - Sixty-second session - Santiago - Chile
Sat 25 Sep 1999	Executive Council - Sixty-first session - Santiago - Chile
Thu 20 May 1999	Executive Council - Sixtieth session - Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia
Wed 02 Dec 1998	Executive Council - Fifty-ninth session - Ushuaia - Argentina
Fri 05 Jun 1998	Executive Council - Fifty-eighth session - Lisbon - Portugal
Fri 24 Oct 1997	Executive Council - Fifty-seventh session - Istanbul - Turkey
Fri 17 Oct 1997	Executive Council - Fifty-sixth session - Istanbul - Turkey
Tue 20 May 1997	Executive Council - Fifty-fifth session - Manila - Philippines
Fri 15 Nov 1996	Executive Council - Fifty-fourth session - Tozeur - Tunisia
Mon 20 May 1996	Executive Council - Fifty-third session - Madrid - Spain
Sun 22 Oct 1995	Executive Council - Fifty-second session - Cairo - Egypt
Sun 15 Oct 1995	Executive Council - Fifty-first session - Cairo - Egypt
Thu 25 May 1995	Executive Council – Fiftieth session - Buenos Aires - Argentina
Mon 21 Nov 1994	Executive Council - Forty-ninth session - Madrid - Spain
Thu 12 May 1994	Executive Council - Forty-eighth session - Tunis - Tunisia
Fri 08 Oct 1993	Executive Council - Forty-seventh session - Bali - Indonesia
Fri 01 Oct 1993	Executive Council - Forty-sixth session - Bali - Indonesia
Tue 18 May 1993	Executive Council - Forty-fifth session - Madrid - Spain
Wed 25 Nov 1992	Executive Council - Forty-fourth session - Rome - Italy
Wed 13 May 1992	Executive Council - Forty-third session - Montreal - Canada
Fri 04 Oct 1991	Executive Council - Forty-second session - Buenos Aires - Argentina
Fri 27 Sep 1991	Executive Council - Forty-first session - Buenos Aires - Argentina
Wed 15 May 1991	Executive Council - Fortieth session - Madrid - Spain
Thu 06 Dec 1990	Executive Council - Thirty-ninth session - Goa - India
Mon 02 Apr 1990	Executive Council - Thirty-eighth session - Madrid - Spain
Fri 01 Sep 1989	Executive Council - Thirty-seventh session - Paris - France
Fri 25 Aug 1989	Executive Council - Thirty-sixth session - Paris - France
Tue 16 May 1989	Executive Council - Thirty-fifth session - Cancun - Mexico
Wed 02 Nov 1988	Executive Council - Thirty-fourth session - Fez - Morocco
Tue 03 May 1988	Executive Council - Thirty-third session - Madrid - Spain
Thu 01 Oct 1987	Executive Council - Thirty-second session - Madrid - Spain
Mon 21 Sep 1987	Executive Council - Thirty-first session - Madrid - Spain
Mon 11 May 1987	Executive Council - Thirtieth-session - Madrid - Spain
Mon 01 Dec 1986	Executive Council - Twenty-ninth session - Madrid - Spain
Mon 21 Apr 1986	Executive Council - Twenty-eighth session - Cartagena - Colombia
Thu 26 Sep 1985	Executive Council - Twenty-seven session - Sofia - Bulgaria
Tue 17 Sep 1985	Executive Council - Twenty-sixth session - Sofia - Bulgaria
Tue 07 May 1985	Executive Council - Twenty-fifth session - Washington D. C. - USA
Tue 04 Dec 1984	Executive Council - Twenty-fourth session - Madrid - Spain
Wed 02 May 1984	Executive Council - Twenty-third session - Madrid - Spain
Thu 13 Oct 1983	Executive Council - Twenty-second session - New Delhi - India
Mon 03 Oct 1983	Executive Council - Twenty-first session - New Delhi - India
Tue 03 May 1983	Executive Council - Twentieth session - Algiers - Algeria
Tue 07 Dec 1982	Executive Council - Nineteenth session - Madrid - Spain
Tue 27 Apr 1982	Executive Council - Eighteenth session - Madrid - Spain
Fri 25 Sep 1981	Executive Council - Seventeenth session - Rome - Italy
Mon 14 Sep 1981	Executive Council - Sixteenth Session - Rome - Italy
Tue 12 May 1981	Executive Council - Fifteenth session - Rabat - Morocco
Tue 09 Dec 1980	Executive Council - Fourteenth session - Madrid - Spain
Mon 21 Apr 1980	Executive Council - Thirteenth session - Madrid - Spain
Thu 27 Sep 1979	Executive Council - Twelfth session - Torremolinos - Spain
Mon 17 Sep 1979	Executive Council - Eleventh session - Torremolinos - Spain
Mon 23 Apr 1979	Executive Council - Tenth session - Madrid - Spain
Mon 20 Nov 1978	Executive Council - Ninth session - Madrid - Spain
Mon 24 Apr 1978	Executive Council - Eighth session - Madrid - Spain
Mon 07 Nov 1977	Executive Council - Seventh session - Madrid - Spain
Thu 02 Jun 1977	Executive Council - Sixth session - Torremolinos - Spain
Mon 23 May 1977	Executive Council - Fifth session - Torremolinos - Spain
Mon 21 Feb 1977	Executive Council - Fourth session - Madrid - Spain
Tue 22 Nov 1976	Executive Council - Third session - Tunis - Tunisia
Mon 26 Apr 1976	Executive Council - Second session - Acapulco - Mexico
Mon 19 May 1975	Executive Council - First session - Madrid - Spain