Requested Disclosure of Board Records - Access to Information Consultation Memorandum 2022-1 - Case AI8113 and AI8152

Jul 19, 2026

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The consultation memorandum notifies Executive Directors that certain Board records are responsive to public requests for access under the Bank’s Policy on Access to Information. The identified records, including specific transcripts referenced in the annex, are determined eligible for declassification and disclosure based on applicable declassification schedules tied to the deliberative information exception. The document also sets out the consultation process, management involvement, and the decision pathway for any concerns or objections raised, including potential referral to COGAM for further consideration.

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Notification

Information classification and responsiveness

Access to Information Policy Considerations

Eligibility under declassification schedules

Exceptional restriction circumstances

Process

Executive Directors review and comment workflow

Management consultation and COGAM referral

Views of the Access to Information Committee

Eligibility determination for annexed versions

To Facilitate Executive Directors’ Review

Board Resource Center for transcript review

Access to Information Policy

Streamlining procedures for disclosure

Annex

Board records eligible for immediate declassification and disclosure

Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Requested Disclosure of Board Records: Access to Information Consultation Memorandum 2022-1 (Case Numbers AI8113 and AI8152) 1. Notification: The Executive Directors are hereby notified that the Board records noted in paragraph 2 of this consultation memorandum contain information that is responsive to public requests for access to certain records (Access to Information Case Nos AI8113 and AI8152) . The versions of the records prepared for disclosure have been determined by the Corporate Secretariat to be eligible for declassification and disclosure under the Bank’s Policy on Access to Information (“AI Policy”) . 2. Type, Information Classification, and Nature of the Board Records Requested: The transcripts listed in the Annex to this memorandum, summarized in the table below, have been determined to include information responsive to the two public requests for Board records. The transcripts all have the information classification Strictly Confidential. | AI Case No. | Nature of Request | No. of Board records responsive to request | | --- | --- | --- | | AI8113 | Board discussions related to Japan’s shares and votes in IBRD as well as IDA contributions from 1980-1984. | 7 | | AI8152 | Board discussions related to demonstrations at the American Embassy in Stockholm in July 1970 and the 1970 Annual Meeting protests in Copenhagen. | 2 | | | Total number of documents under this consultation | 9 | 3. Access to Information Policy Considerations: Under the AI Policy, information restricted only by the Deliberative Information exception is eligible for declassification and disclosure in accordance with the AI Policy’s declassification schedule.1 The declassification schedule for transcripts of regular sessions of Board and Board Committee meetings subject only to the Deliberative Information exception is ten years.2 As the versions of the transcripts noted in the Annex have been determined to be subject only to the AI Policy’s Deliberative Information exception and satisfy their corresponding declassification schedule age requirements, they are all eligible for declassification and disclosure.3 The AI Policy provides that the Board may, under exceptional circumstances, exercise the Bank’s prerogative to restrict access to Board records that would normally be disclosed, if it determines that the disclosure of the records would likely cause harm that would outweigh the benefits of the disclosure.4 4. Process: Under procedures approved by the Board, this consultation memorandum is being submitted to Executive Directors, so they have an opportunity to review and comment on 1 AI Policy, Section III.B.6(a) and (b) . 2 AI Policy, Section III.B.6(b)(ii) . 3 SEC determined, in consultation with the Legal Vice Presidency, that the original versions of the transcripts marked as items 4, 5 and 7 in the Annex contain specific portions subject to the AI Policy’s Attorney-Client Privilege exception. It is proposed to have the information restricted by the Attorney-Client Privilege exception redacted, on an exceptional basis, in order to make the transcripts eligible for public disclosure. 4 AI Policy, Section IV.2(a) . the disclosure of these transcripts.5 Management is also consulted about the disclosure of Board records when relevant. After the closing date for comments, the transcripts for which concerns/objections have not been expressed by an Executive Director or management will be disclosed by management in accordance with the AI Policy. Any transcripts which receive concerns/objections from an Executive Director and/or management will be submitted to COGAM, and subsequently to the Board, for further consideration.6 5. Views of the Access to Information Committee: Based on the AI Policy’s declassification schedules noted above and the Corporate Secretariat’s indication of the type, nature, and information classification of the records at issue, it is the AIC’

FAQs

What is the purpose of the Access to Information consultation memorandum 2022-1?

It informs Executive Directors that Board records listed in the annex are responsive to public requests for access and are eligible for declassification and disclosure under the Bank’s Access to Information policy, subject to the stated exceptions and schedules.

Which Board records are addressed, and how are they classified?

The memorandum covers transcripts associated with Access to Information case numbers AI8113 and AI8152, with the transcripts initially classified as strictly confidential and determined eligible for declassification based on the policy’s deliberative information exception and related schedules.

How does the disclosure process work if concerns or objections are raised?

After the comment closing date, transcripts without expressed concerns/objections are disclosed by management. Transcripts that receive concerns or objections from Executive Directors and/or management are submitted to COGAM and then to the Board for further consideration.

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