Intergovernmental Bioethics Committee (IGBC)

• Election of the Bureau of the IGBC, 22 November 2021
• Twelfth Session, Online, 23-24 September 2021
• Joint Session of the IBC and the IGBC / Extraordinary Session of the IBC / Eleventh (Extraordinary) Session of COMEST, Online, 22-26 February 2021
• Session of the IGBC to elect its Bureau, Paris, France, 25 November 2019 
• Eleventh Session, UNESCO Paris, France, 6-7 June 2019
• Joint Session of the IBC and the IGBC / Twenty-fifth (Ordinary) Session of the IBC / Tenth Extraordinary Session of COMEST / Session of the IGBC to Elect its Bureau, UNESCO Paris, France, 11-12 September 2018
• Session of the IGBC to elect its Bureau, UNESCO Paris, France, 11 November 2017
• Tenth Session, UNESCO Paris, France, 19-20 June 2017
• Joint Session of the International Bioethics Committee (IBC) and the IGBC / Extraordinary Session of the IGBC / Twenty-third (Ordinary) Session of the IBC / Ninth Extraordinary Session of the World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST), UNESCO Paris, France, 12-16 September 2016
• Session of the IGBC to elect its Bureau, Paris, France, 14 November 2015
• Ninth Session, Paris, France, 16-17 July 2015
• Joint Session of the International Bioethics Committee (IBC) and the IGBC, Paris, France, 9-10 September 2014
• Session of the IGBC to elect its Bureau, Paris, France, 19 November 2013
• Eighth Session, Paris, France, 5-6 September 2013
• Session of the IGBC to elect its Bureau, Paris, France, 13 September 2012
• Joint Session of the International Bioethics Committee (IBC) and the IGBC, Paris, France, 13-14 September 2012
• Seventh Session, Paris, France, 5-6 September 2011
• Extraordinary Session, Paris, France, afternoon of 29 October 2010
• Joint Session of the International Bioethics Committee (IBC) and the IGBC, Paris, France, 28 - morning of 29 October 2010
• Sixth Session, Paris, France, 9-10 July 2009
• Joint Session of the International Bioethics Committee (IBC) and the IGBC, Paris, France, 29-30 October 2008
• Fifth Session, Paris, 19-20 July 2007
• Joint Session of the International Bioethics Committee (IBC) and the IGBC, Paris, 26-27 January 2005
• Fourth Session, Paris, 24-25 January 2005
• Third Session, Paris, 23-24 June 2003
• Second Session, Paris, 14-16 May 2001
• First Session, Rabat, 7-13 October 1999

• Argentina*
• Austria*
• Belgium*
• Brazil
• Colombia*
• Côte d’Ivoire*
• Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• Iran (Islamic Republic of)*
• Japan*
• Jordan*
• Kenya
• Latvia
• Libya*
• Madagascar
• Mauritania*
• Mexico*
• Mozambique*
• Namibia
• Panama
• Portugal
• Republic of Korea*
• Russian Federation*
• Singapore
• Slovakia
• Sri Lanka*
• Sudan*
• Thailand*
• Togo*
• Uruguay
• Zimbabwe

* States elected at the 40th session of the General Conference; members of the IGBC until the end of the 42nd session (Autumn 2023).

The other States remain members until the end of the 43rd session (Autumn 2025).

** During the 41st session of the General Conference, Group I presented four candidates for five vacant seats, Group II presented two candidates for three seats, and Group Va presented four candidates for five seats in their respective electoral groups. As a result, 15 members were proposed for election by the General Conference at its 41st session. The remaining seats will be open for election at the 42nd session of the General Conference.