Annual Session

The Members States of the AALCO normally meet once annually for its Annual Session. It is the supreme decision-making body of the Organization.

62nd Annual Session of AALCO

The Statutory Rules of AALCO provide detailed provisions on the conduct of the Annual Session and its functions. It mandates that any decision of the Organization on matters of a substantive character on the subject placed on the agenda shall be adopted in the plenary meetings in the form of recommendations to be incorporated in a report, interim or final, for submission to the Member States. All decisions on procedural matters shall be effective when adopted at a plenary meeting.   

The decisions of the Organization on matters of a substantive character shall be taken by consensus. The decisions on procedural matters, however, shall be taken by a simple majority. All dissenting views and opinions shall, however, be recorded in the official records of the Organization. The delegations that wish to give explanation on their vote may do so with the permission of the President of the meeting.   

The votes shall be recorded by simply show of hands unless a request has been made by any delegation for secret ballot, in which event voting shall take place through that method to be conducted by a panel of three persons designated by the President.  

At the Annual Session, the Delegation of each Member State shall be composed of the Members who shall be the Head of the Delegation and such number of Alternative Members and Advisers as the Member States may determine.  

The Organization may at its discretion admit to its annual sessions Observers from non-member States, regional, inter-regional and international organizations and specialized agencies and the national liberation movements recognized by the United Nations in accordance with Rule 17 of the Statutory Rules.  

The Organization may also at its discretion invite a recognized expert to attend any of its meetings and assist in its deliberations. The expert so invited shall act in his individual capacity. 

The Annual Session of the Organization is usually held in the Member States by rotation to the extent possible. If, as a result of unseen circumstances, the convening of a Session becomes difficult in one of the Member States, the Secretariat shall arrange for the Session to be held in the country where the Headquarters of the organization is located. This provision, shall however, not be invoked for two successive sessions.  

Apart from the Annual Sessions, special sessions, inter-sessional meetings and meetings of sub-committee or expert groups and special meetings or informal consultations may also be held in accordance with the provisions of the Statutory Rules as may be deemed necessary.

 ANNUAL SESSIONS OF THE ORGANIZATION    

Years 

Dates

Sessions

 Countries

2024 09 - 13 September Sixty-Second Bangkok (Thailand)
2023 16 - 20 October Sixty-First Bali (Indonesia)

2022

26 - 28 September

Sixtieth

New Delhi (HQ, India)

2021

29 November - 1 December

Fifty-Ninth

Hong Kong (China)

2019

21-25 October

Fifty-Eighth

Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)

2018

08-12 October

Fifty-Seventh

Tokyo (Japan)

2017

01-05 May

Fifty-Sixth 

Nairobi (Kenya)

2016

16-20 May

Fifty-Fifth

New Delhi (HQ, India)

2015

13-17 April

Fifty-Fourth

Beijing (P.R. of China)

2014

15-18 September

Fifty-Third

Tehran (Iran)

2013

9 -12 September

Fifty-Second

New Delhi (HQ, India)

2012

18 - 22 June

Fifty-First

Abuja (Nigeria)

2011

27 June - 1 July

Fiftieth

Colombo (Sri Lanka)

2010

5 - 8 August

Forty-Ninth

Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)

2009

17 - 20 August

Forty-Eighth

Putrajaya (Malaysia)

2008

1st December

Extraordinary

New Delhi (HQ, India)

30 June - 4 July

Forty-Seventh

New Delhi (HQ, India)

2007

2 - 6 July

Forty-Sixth

Cape Town (South Africa)

2006

3 - 8 April

Forty-Fifth

New Delhi (HQ, India)

2005

27 June -1 July

Forty-Fourth

Nairobi (Kenya)

2004

21 - 25 June

Forty-Third

Bali (Indonesia)

2003

16 - 20 June

Forty-Second

Seoul (Republic of Korea)

2002

15 - 19 July

Forty-First

Abuja (Nigeria)

2001

20 - 24 June

Fortieth

New Delhi (HQ, India)

2000

19 - 23 February

Thirty-Ninth

Cairo (Egypt)

1999

19 - 23 April

Thirty-Eighth

Accra (Ghana)

1998

13 - 18 April

Thirty-Seventh

New Delhi (India)

1997

3 - 7 May

Thirty-Sixth

Tehran (Iran)

1996 

4 - 8 March

Thirty-Fifth

Manila (Philippines)

1995 

17 - 22 April

Thirty-Fourth

Doha (Qatar)

1994

17 - 21 January

Thirty-Third  

Tokyo (Japan)

1993

1 - 6 February

Thirty-Second

Kampala (Uganda)

1992           

25 January - 1 February

Thirty-First

Islamabad (Pakistan)

1991

22 - 27 April

Thirtieth

Cairo (Egypt)

1990  

12 - 17 March

Twenty-Ninth

Beijing (P.R. of China)    

1989   

13 - 18 February

Twenty-Eighth 

Nairobi (Kenya)

1988 

14 - March

Twenty-Seventh

Singapore

1987   

12 -17 January

Twenty-Sixth  

Bangkok (Thailand)

1986

3 - 8 February 

Twenty-Fifth

Arusha (Tanzania)

1985 

7 - 14 February                      

Twenty-Fourth

Kathmandu (Nepal)

1983  

16 - 20 May

Twenty-Third

Tokyo (Japan)

1981

25 May  - 30 May

Twenty-Second

Colombo (Sri Lanka)

1980                

24 April - 1 May     

Twenty-First

Jakarta (Indonesia)

1979

19 -26 February

Twentieth

Seoul (Republic of Korea)

1978  

17 - 23 January

Nineteenth

Doha (Qatar)

1977

19 - 26 February

Eighteenth

Baghdad (Iraq)

1976

28 June  - 5 July   

Seventeenth

Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)

1975 

26 January - 2 February

Sixteenth

Tehran (Iran)

1974 

7 - 14 January

Fifteenth

Tokyo (Japan)

1973

10 - 18 January

Fourteenth 

New Delhi (India)

1972  

18 - 25 January

Thirteenth

Lagos (Nigeria)

1971     

18 - 27 January

Twelfth

Colombo (Sri Lanka)

1970                

19 - 29 January

Eleventh

Accra (Ghana)

1969 

21- 31 January                         

Tenth

Karachi (Pakistan)

1967  

18 - 29 December

Ninth

New Delhi (India)

1966  

8 - 17 August

Eighth

Bangkok (Thailand)

1965

23 March  - 1 April  

Seventh

Baghdad (Iraq)

1964      

24 February - 6 March

Sixth

Cairo (Egypt)

1962                         

17 - 30 January

Fifth

Rangoon (Burma)

1961

15- 28 February

Fourth

Tokyo (Japan)

1960 

20 January - 4 February     

Third            

Colombo (Sri Lanka)

1958 

1 - 13 October

Second    

Cairo (Egypt)

1957     

18 - 27 April

First

New Delhi (India)