ISPRS Resolutions are formal statements approved by the General Assembly (GA) to set a course of action for the Society to pursue during the succeeding four-year term. Resolutions may be formulated to address scientific and technologic activities to be pursued, or may be more general to address science and technology policy or to direct Society organization or administration.

The adoption of Resolutions concerning admission or cancellation of Members, alteration to Statutes or Bylaws, dissolution of the Society or its amalgamation with another international organization shall require three quarters of GA votes in favour, whereas all other Resolutions require a majority of votes in favour.

• 1. Any Member or officer of ISPRS may propose Resolutions for consideration by the General Assembly. Members include representatives or delegates of accredited ISPRS Ordinary, Associate, Regional or Sustaining Members. Officers include Council, Technical Commission Presidents, Working Group Chairpersons, and the Financial Commission.
• 2. Resolutions prepared by Technical Commissions shall be submitted to the Council no later than at their Joint Meeting with Council in the first quarter of the Congress year.
• 3. At least six months in advance of a Congress, the President of each Technical Commission shall form a committee to prepare Resolutions for the Commission. This Commission Resolutions Committee shall identify the more important problems requiring solution and submit to Council, Resolutions on the work needed to solve them, no later than three months in advance of the Congress. The First Vice President, on behalf of Council, will forward the resolutions to the International Science Advisory Committee for review.
• 4. At the Congress, additional Resolutions are to be solicited from Members at the Open Business Meetings of the Technical Commissions. These Resolutions must be submitted to the First Vice President no later than 48 hours preceding the General Assembly in which they are to be considered.
• 5. The First Vice President, as Chairperson of the Congress Resolutions Committee shall be responsible for:
  • a. Coordination of the proposed Resolutions.
  • b. Selection of the members of the Congress Resolutions Committee.
  • c. Submission of the Resolutions to the General Assembly for consideration. The submission shall be written in English.
  • d. Presentation of the approved Resolutions to the final Plenary Session of the Congress.
• 6. The Congress Resolutions Committee shall be comprised of three to five members. All official languages of the Society shall be represented on the Committee. The initial task of the Congress Resolutions Committee is to prepare the Resolutions in a standardized form that avoids duplications and conflicts in content. After the Congress, the Congress Resolutions Committee (with cooperation of Ordinary Members representing the official languages) is responsible for translation of the approved English version of the Resolutions into the official languages of the Society for publication in official documentation of the Society (Silver Book, Archives A).
• 7. The standard format and phrasing of a Resolution shall be:
  • a. Title of Resolution
  • b. THE CONGRESS,
  • c. "Noting" the technical background (advancement, development, change etc.)
  • d. "Recognizing" the necessity (need, requirement etc.)
  • e. "Recommends" the Resolution (concrete goals, activities, etc.)