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Board Resolutions

The Accountability Mechanism (AM) was established by the Board of Executive Directors in September 2020. The Board made changes to the structure and functioning of the AM in a Resolution approved on March 7, 2025.

The AM operates with two parallel entities: the Inspection Panel, originally established in 1993, and the Dispute Resolution Service, operationalized in October 2021.

 

2025 AM Resolution
2020 AM Resolution 2020 Panel Resolution

Operating Procedures

On December 5, 2022, the AM Secretary issued the Accountability Mechanism Operating Procedures, which define how the mechanism works, and regulate the service offered to Requesters and Borrowers who choose dispute resolution to settle their differences.

The Accountability Mechanism Operating Procedures supersede the DRS Interim Operating Procedures, originally issued in October 2021. The DRS Interim Operating Procedures continue to apply in full in cases where the Parties commenced mediation prior to the issuance of the AM Operating Procedures.* In all other cases, the AM Operating Procedures apply in full. For the Inspection Panel's legal framework, please visit here.

        *Specifically, DRS cases 21/01/DRS and 21/04/DRS.