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Council Working Group on Financial and Human Resources

Overview

The Council Working Group on Financial and Human Resources (CWG-FHR) was set up in 2011 to examine the provisions of the Financial Regulations and Financial Rules, with a view towards ensuring conformity and consistency with the basic instruments of the Union, decisions of the Plenipotentiary Conference and the Council, as well as the evolving needs of the ITU.

Terms of Reference

The Council, at its 2023 session (11-21 July 2023), approved the modified Terms of Reference for the Council Working Group on Financial and Human Resources.

Meetings and Documents

Twenty-second meeting: during the cluster of CWGs,
12-23 January 2026 - Dates to be confirmed
- Invitation letter CL-25/XX (available in due course)
- Registration (opened mid-October 2025)
- Draft agenda
- Official documents/contributions
- Information documents (INF)
- Webcast live / Webcast archives (TIES protected)

Twenty-first meeting: 10-12 September 2025, ITU HQ
- Invitation letter CL-25/32
- Official documents/contributions
IMPORTANT NOTE: Draft summary record of the 21st meeting: delegates who attended the meeting can provide comments on this draft report by 9 October 2025, COB, by writing to contributions@itu.int.

- Documents with limited distribution (DL) / Information documents (INF)
- Final list of present participants (TIES protected)
- Webcast archives (TIES protected)
- Presentation on the HQ project and Campus

Twentieth meeting: 17-19 February 2025, ITU HQ
- Invitation letter CL-24/67
- Official documents/contributions
- Information documents (INF) / Temporary documents (DT)
- Final list of participants (TIES protected)
- Webcast archives (TIES protected)

Presentation made by the External Auditors on the Financial statements during the information session of 10 June 2025. (Related to Council-25 Documents C25/40 and C25/41.)

Link to previous meetings of the Council Working Group on Financial and Human Resources

Link to Ad hoc Group on the ITU Regional Presence (2021) and its PWC report, link to the regional presence dashboard (TIES protected)

Link to Previous meetings of Group FINREGs

Participation
Chair
Contact us

The Group is open to all Member States and Sector Members of ITU.

Chair: Ms Vernita Harris (United States)
The Chair was re-confirmed at the 2023 session of Council (11-21 July 2023)
Vice-Chairs

Key Resolutions and Decisions

Decision 563 (Mod. 2023)
Decision 563 (Mod. 2019)
Decision 563 (Mod. 2014)
Financial Regulations
(Ed. 2025: AR, EN, ES, FR, RU, ZH)

SUBMISSION OF CONTRIBUTIONS

In accordance with Council Decision 556, contributions must be submitted to contributions @ itu.int no later than 12 calendar days before the opening of the meeting.

Download template

In accordance with ITU information/document access policy, all contributions to CWG-FHR will be made publicly available unless the submitter of the document advises the ITU secretariat otherwise.

Quick links and Background Information

Summary and Position Paper (TIES protected)
Regional Presence Dashboard (TIES protected)
Group FINREGS on Financial Regulations and other related Financial Management Issues website
Tripartite Group on Human Resources Management