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Council Working Group on Financial and Human Resources

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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


CWG-FHR and CWG-SFP Joint meeting (physical with remote participation): Monday, 27 April 2026, 1430-1730 hours, Room C
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- Circular Letter CL-26/6
- Draft agenda (to be posted soon)
- Official documents (no documents yet)
- Webcast live / Webcast archives​ (TIES protected)

Virtual information session held on 5 March 2026​ on the review of the regional presence:​
- Review of the ITU Regional Presence
- UN80 Initiative - Updates
- Overview of ITU's Regional Presence​​

Virtual information session held on 3 March 2026​ on the methodology for provisions of estimates of the financial implications of proposed decisions and resolutions at ITU conferences and assemblies (TIES protected)

​Twenty-second meeting: 14-16 January 2026, ITU HQ
- Invitation letter CL-25/44
- Official documents/contributions​​
- Information documents​ (INF)
- Final list of present participants (TIES protected)
- Webcast archives​ (TIES protected)​

Information sessions​
​​Presentation of the Information session held on 16 December on Satellite Network Filings (SNF) Methodology Update
Presentation of the Information session held on 24 November 2025 in Baku, Azerbaijan, on ITU Regional Presence Review - Preliminary findings based on Membership survey​ (TIES protected)
Presentation of the Information session held on 30 October 2025 on the ​selection process for host countries for ITU conferences and assemblies​ (TIES protected)

Twenty-first meeting: 10-12 September 2025, ITU HQ
- Invitation letter CL-25/32
- Official documents/contributions
- 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 C​L-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