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Key dates and deadlines

  • 27 September 2021: Invitations to participate sent out (General Rules (GR) 5)
  • 31 December 2021: Deadline for Member States to announce their provisional choice of class of contribution
  • 26 January 2022: Deadline for submission of proposals to amend the Constitution (CS) or Convention (CV) (CS224/CV519)
  • 21-31 March 2022: 2022 session of the Council (C22)
  • 1st inter-regional preparatory meeting in conjunction with C22: 28 March 2022
  • May 2022: Opening of online registration
  • 26 May 2022: Deadline for submission of other proposals (GR 40)
  • 2nd inter-regional preparatory meeting, 5 June 2022 in Kigali, Rwanda
  • 23.59 hours, GVA time, 29 August 2022: Elections: Deadline for submission of candidatures (GR 170)
  • 3rd inter-regional preparatory meeting after the deadline for candidatures, 30-31 August 2022 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • 5 September 2022: Firm deadline for all contributions (Res. 165)
  • 24 September 2022: Last meeting of C22
  • 25 September 2022: Informal meeting of Heads of Delegation
  • 26 September 2022: Meeting of Heads of Delegation, Opening Ceremony, and First Plenary
  • 29 September 2022: Elections begin on 4th day of the Conference. Order is as follows: SG, DSG, Directors of the Bureaux, and RRB and Council.