Is requested to:

Thank and acknowledge the outgoing IUCN Council for its reflections on the requirements for establishing National Committees, Regional Committees and Interregional Committees, including proposed actions to strengthen Council’s oversight of Committees to ensure their transparency, independence and integrity;

Recognise the value of the National, Regional and Interregional Committees within the Union;

Request the next IUCN Council to study these reflections, in consultation with representatives from Members, National/Regional/Interregional Committees and the Global Group for National and Regional Committee Development, taking into account the comments received from Members during the online discussion and at Congress, as summarised in the report of the Governance Committee of the Congress; and

Authorise the next IUCN Council, in consultation with representatives from Members, National/Regional/Interregional Committees and the Global Group for National and Regional Committee Development, to develop proposals for consultation with the Members and submission to an electronic vote by IUCN Members during the intersessional period.