On 16 March 2026, Acting Secretary-General, Ms. Atsuko Hirose, welcomed to the Energy Charter Secretariat the Executive Director of the Clean Energy Center of the Economic Cooperation Organization (CECECO), Ms. Aysel Yagubova. CECECO was established in 2024 as a joint initiative of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and is...

On 16 March 2026, Iceland deposited with the Energy Charter Secretariat, in its capacity as the Depositary of the Energy Charter Treaty on an interim basis, a written notification of its decision to withdraw from the Energy Charter Treaty.  

Pursuant to Article 47(2) of the Energy Charter Treaty, any such withdrawal shall take effect upon the expiry of one year after the date of receipt of the...

On 3 March 2026, in accordance with Article 42(4) of the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), the Slovak Republic deposited with the Energy Charter Secretariat, in its capacity as the Depositary of the ECT on an interim basis, an instrument of ratification of the amendments to the ECT adopted at the 35th Statutory Session of the Energy Charter Conference, held on 3 December 2024 in Brussels.