Thirty-third session of the IOC Assembly
A-33
Meeting
25 June - 03 July 2025
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO
7, place de Fontenoy
75732 Paris cedex 07
France
Organiser(s) & Staff
Participation
By invitation only.
The purpose of the UNESCO-IOC Commission it to promote international cooperation and to coordinate programmes in research, services and capacity building, in order to learn more about the nature and resources of the ocean and coastal areas and to apply that knowledge for the improvement of management, sustainable development, the protection of the marine environment, and the decision-making process of its 150 Member States. (Statutes, Art.2). IOC is established as a body with functionnal autonomy within UNESCO.
The Assembly is the principal organ of the Commission. Convened every two years, it establishes general policy and the main lines of work of the Commission, and provides the IOC biennial draft Programme and Budget.
During the course of each session, the Assembly elect a Chairperson and five Vice-chairpersons representing five geographic and electoral groups. They constitute the Officers of the Commission. For more information, visit the IOC ELECTIONS 2025 webpage.
Before the Assembly session, the IOC Executive Council will meet for its 58th session on 24 June 2025 and will act as the steering committee for the Assembly.
The provisional agenda and timetable for the session were discussed with the IOC Officers at their January 2025 meeting. The Action Paper provides the information necessary for effective participation in the discussion for each item on the agenda.
New documents
Tuesday 24 June 2025
- Draft Resolution on item 4.8 (Ocean Decade mid-terme evaluation) - for information pending the Resolutions Committee review
- Draft Resolution on item 3.3.1 (Strengthening the IOCAFRICA Secretariat) - for information pending the Resolutions Committee review
- Template for submission of statements delivered during the Assembly
Wednesday 25 June
- IOC/A-33/5.1.Doc(2): Report of the Chairperson of the IOC Intersessional Financial Advisory Group (2024-2025), 23 June 2025
- IOC/EC-58/Decisions: Decisions adopted by the IOC Executive Council at its 58th session, 24 June 2025
Thursday 26 June
- Draft Resolution on item 3.3.1 (Strengthening the IOCAFRICA Secretariat) (revised)- for information pending the Resolutions Committee review
Friday 27 June
- IOC/A-33/NOM/WP3: List of candidates for elections (27 June, 19:00)
Monday 30 June
Tuesday 1st July
- IOC/EC-58/SR Prov.: Summary Report of the 58th Session of the IOC Executive Council, 24 June 2025
- IOC/A-33/5.5.NOM(1): List of candidates for election (27 June, 18:00)
Wednesday 2nd July
- DRAFT RESOLUTION A-33/DR.[4.8]: Implementation of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030)
- DRAFT RESOLUTION A-33/DR.[3.3.1] Strengthening the IOCAFRICA Secretariat: a strategic imperative for advancing ocean science and governance in Africa and small island States
- DRAFT RESOLUTION A-33/DR.[5.4] Governance, programming and budgeting matters of the Commission
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- 1. - Opening
- 2. - Organization of the Session
- 2.3 - Establishment of Sessional Committees and Working Groups
- 2.2 - Designation of the Rapporteur
- 2.4 - Introduction to Timetable, Documentation and IOC Memorial Lectures
IOC/BRO/2025/9 Rev. Programme of the 2025 IOC Ocean Science Day, 30 June, UNESCO Headquarters
IOC/A-33/2.4.Inf.Add. Template for submission of statements delivered during the Assembly session
- 3. - IOC Matters and Reports
- 3.1 - Statement of the Chairperson
IOC/A-33/3.1.Inf.1 Statement from the IOC Chairperson on the Occasion of the 33rd Session of the Assembly, 25 June–3 July 2025 - 3.2 - Report of the Executive Secretary on the work accomplished since the Thirty-second Session of the Assembly
IOC/A-33/3.2.Doc(1) Report of the IOC Executive Secretary on the work accomplished since the Thirty-second Session of the Assembly (June 2023-May 2025)
IOC/A-33/3.2.Doc(3) Financial situation of the IOC Special Account as at year end 2024 and forecast for 2025
IOC/A-33/3.2.Doc(2) Report on 2024–2025 (42 C/5) budget implementation as at 31 December 2024
IOC/A-33/3.2.Inf.1 Progress on planning for the 2026 State of the Ocean Report (StOR)
IOC/A-33/3.2.Inf.2 Progress report on the third edition of the Global Ocean Science Report (GOSR)
IOC/A-33/3.2.Doc(1) Add. Extended Report of the IOC Executive Secretary on the work accomplished since the Thirty-second Session of the Assembly (June 2023–May 2025) - 3.3 - Reports of the IOC Sub-Commissions
- 3.3.1 - IOC Sub-Commission for Africa and the Adjacent Island States: 8th Session of IOCAFRICA
IOCAFRICA-VIII/3s Executive Summary Report of the 8th Session of the IOC Sub-Commission for the for Africa and the Adjacent Island States, Mombasa, Kenya, 7–9 May 2025
IOC/A-33/DR.[3.3.1] revised proposal (Draft Resolution) Strengthening the IOC AFRICA Secretariat: A Strategic Imperative for Advancing Ocean Science and Governance in Africa - 3.3.2 - IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific:15th Session of WESTPAC, Tokyo, Japan, 11–13 March 2025
IOC/SC-WESTPAC-XV/3s Executive Summary Report of the 15th Intergovermental Session of the IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC), Tokyo, Japan, 11–13 March 2025 - 3.3.3 - IOC Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions: 18th Session of IOCARIBE
IOC/SC-IOCARIBE-XVIII/3s Executive Summary Eighteenth Intergovernmental Session of the Unesco-IOC Sub- Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (IOCARIBE-XVIII) - 3.3.4 - IOC Sub-Commission for the Central Indian Ocean: 1st Session of IOCINDIO, United Arab Emirates,
IOCINDIO-1/3s Executive Summary Report of the 1st Session of the IOC Sub-Commission for the Central Indian Ocean, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, 21–23 May 2025
- 3.4 - Reports of other IOC Subsidiary Bodies
- 3.4.4 - An IOC Ocean Best practice System (OBPS)
IOC/A-33/3.4.4.Doc(1) An IOC Ocean Best Practices System - 3.4.2 - International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange: 28th Session of IODE, Santa Marta, Colombia, 12–14 March 2025
IOC/IODE-28/6.3 Performance Review of the IOC Project Office for IODE 2024
IOC/IODE-28/3 Annex II IODE-28 adopted decisions and recommendations
IOC/IODE-28/3 Annex V IODE-28 Action Sheet (2025)
IOC/IODE-28/3 Summary Report of the 28th session of the International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange Committee, Santa Marta, Colombia, 12–14 March 2025 - 3.4.5 - IOC-FAO Intergovernmental Panel on Harmful Algal Blooms: 17th Session of IPHAB, FAO, UNESCO, Paris, 18–20 March 2025
IOC-FAO/IPHAB-XVII/3s Executive Summary Report of the 17th Session of IOC-FAO Intergovernmental Panel on Harmful Algal Blooms, UNESCO, 18–20 March 2025 - 3.4.1 - Warning and Mitigation Systems for Ocean Hazards
- 3.4.1.1 - Regional Early Warning Services
IOC/ICG/NEAMTWS-XIX/3 Summary Report of the Nineteenth Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the North-eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Connected Seas (ICG/NEAMTWS-XIX), 27–29 November 2024, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris
IOC/ICG/IOTWMS-XIV/3s Executive Summary Report of the Fourteenth Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/IOTWMS-XIV), Banten, Indonesia, 17-19 November 2024
IOC/ICG/CARIBE-EWS-XVIII/3s Executive Summary Report of the 18th Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (ICG/CARIBE-EWS-XVIII), online, 5–7, and 9 May 2025
IOC/ICG/PTWS-XXXI/3s Executive Summary of the 31st Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/PTWS-XXXI), Beijing, China, 7–11 April 2025 - 3.4.1.2 - Global Coordination of Warning and Mitigation Systems for Ocean Hazards
IOC/TOWS-WG-XVIII/3s Report of the 18th Meeting of the Working Group on Tsunamis and Other Hazards related to Sea Level Warning and Mitigation Systems (TOWS-WG-XVIII), 24–25 February 2025, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris
- 3.5 - IOC Report to the 43rd General Conference of UNESCO
IOC/A-33/3.5.Doc(1) Report of the IOC activities (2024–2025) to the Forty-third General Conference of UNESCO
- 4. - Programmatic Developments
- 4.1 - Draft IOC-wide Strategy on Sustainable Ocean Planning and Management
IOC/A-33/4.1.Doc(1) IOC-Wide Strategy on Sustainable Ocean Planning and Management (2025–2030) and Implementation Plan (2025-2027)
IOC/INF-1541 Report of the IOC Working Group on Sustainable Ocean Planning and Management during the intersessional period (2024–2025) - 4.2 - Draft Implementation Plan for the IOC Capacity Development Strategy 2023-2030
IOC/A-33/4.2.Doc(1) Draft Implementation Plan for the IOC Capacity Development Strategy 2023–2030 - 4.3 - General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO) -- Report and Follow-up on the Governance Review
IOC/A-33/4.3.Doc(1) Report of the GEBCO Guiding Committee to the IOC on its activities, 2024–2025
IOC/INF-1543 General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO) Strategy Implementation Process- 4.4 - IOC Ocean Literacy Action Plan and Strategy
IOC/2024/ODS/51.11 A Theory of Change for the Ocean Decade Challenge 10
IOC/POL/2025/1 Rev. Promoting Ocean Literacy: an education policy brief
IOC/A-33/4.4.Doc(1) Draft IOC Ocean Literacy Plan of Action for 2026–2030
IOC/A-33/4.4.Doc(1) Add. Addendum to Draft IOC Ocean Literacy Plan of Action for 2026–2030
IOC/2025/MG/98 Blue School Global Network: a toolkit
- 4.5 - Global Ocean Observing System
- 4.5.1 - GOOS Governance
IOC/A-33/4.5.1.Doc(1) Proposal for a Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) Reform - 4.5.2 - GOOS Steering Committee Workplan
IOC/A-33/4.5.2.Doc(1) Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) Steering Committee Workplan - 4.5.3 - Report of the Intersessional Working Group on Ocean Observations in Areas under National Jurisdiction
IOC/A-33/4.5.3.Doc(1) Report of the Intersessional Working Group on Ocean Observations in Areas under National Jurisdiction (2025)
- 4.6 - Joint WMO-IOC Collaborative Board (JCB) Strategic Advice on Joint Work to achieve Common Objectives
IOC/A-33/4.6.Doc(1) Report of the Joint WMO-IOC Collaborative Board (JCB)- 4.7 - IOC Contributions to United Nations Governance Process
IOC/A-33/4.7Doc(1) IOC Contributions to UN Governance Processes (2025)
A/CONF.230/2025/14 2025 UN Ocean Conference Political Declaration
- 4.8 - Report on the United Nations Ocean Decade 2021-2030 Implementation Plan and Results of the Mid-term Evaluation
IOC/A-33/4.8.Doc(1) Update on implementation of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development
IOC/A-33/4.8.Doc(3) Revised Terms of Reference for the Decade Advisory Board
IOC/A-33/4.8.Doc(2) Summary of the mid-term evaluation of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development and Management Response to Evaluation Findings
IOS/EVS/PI/223 | IOC/INF-1545 Mid-term evaluation of the UN Ocean Decade
IOC/A-33/DR.[4.8] (Draft Resolution) Implementation of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030)
IOC/INF-1546 International Platform for Ocean Sustainability (IPOS) and Options for Future Role of IOC
IOC/A-33/4.8.Inf.1 A Strategic Overwiew towards IPOS
- 5. - Governance, Programming and Budgeting
- 5.1 - Draft Programme and Budget for 2026-2029 (Draft 43 C/5; first biennium 2026-2027)
IOC/A-32/5.1.Doc(1) Draft Programme and Budget for 2026–2027 (Draft 43 C/5, first biennium of the 2026–2029 quadrennium)
IOC/A-33/5.1.Doc(2) Report of the Chairperson of the IOC Intersessional Financial Advisory Group (2024–2025) - 5.2 - External Assessment of IOC's Governance and Management Process Proposal
IOC/A-33/5.2.Doc(1) Assessment of IOC's governance and management processes - 5.3 - IOC and the Future of the Ocean: Consultation Process
IOC/A-33/5.3.Doc(2) Action Plan in response to the IOS Evaluation of the IOC Strategic Positioning: Update on implementation
IOC/INF-1547 Summary of UN Best Practices for Gender Equality
IOC/A-33/5.3.Doc(1) IOC and the Future of the Ocean Consultation Process: Summary of Phase 1 - 5.4 - Report by the Chairperson of the Financial Committee
- 5.5 - Elections of the Officers of the Commission and Members of the Executive Council
IOC elections 2025
IOC/A-33/5.5.NOM(1) List of candidates for elections (1 July 2025, 18:00)- 5.5.1 - Elections of the Chairperson of the Commission
- 5.5.2 - Elections of the Vice-Chairpersons of the Commission
- 5.5.3 - Elections of the Members of the Executive Council
- 5.6 - 34th Session of the Assembly and 59th Session of the Executive Council
- 6. - Adoption of Resolutions and Modalities for the Finalization of the Report
IOC/A-33/Decisions Decisions and Resolutions adopted by the IOC Assembly at its 33rd session, 25 June-3 July 2025, UNESCO
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