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ARRIERES DE CONTRIBUTIONS (suite)
ARREARS IN CONTRIBUTIONS (continued)
CONTRIBUCIONES ATRASADAS (continuación)
ЗАДОЛЖЕННОСТИ ПО ВЗНОСАМ (продолжение)
5.1 The PRESIDENT:
The General Committee also discussed the status of Member States which are in arrears and have not
sent communications invoking the provisions of Article IV.C, paragraph 8(c), of the Constitution. May I remind
you that according to Rule 86, paragraph 2, of the Rules of Procedure of the General Conference, a Member
State shall have no vote in the General Conference if the total amount of contributions due from it exceeds the
total amount of the contributions payable by it for the current year and the immediately preceding calendar year.
However, the General Conference can permit such a Member State to vote if it is satisfied that the failure to pay
is due to conditions beyond the control of the Member State. Paragraph 4 of the same rule stipulates that Member
States shall address their communications invoking the provisions of Article IV.C, paragraph 8(c), of the
Constitution to the Director-General, who shall transmit them to the Administrative Commission. You may recall
that on the recommendation of the General Committee, the General Conference decided to extend the deadline
for receiving these communications to 1 p.m. on 2 November, which was yesterday. The Administrative
Commission has examined the communications received before the expiration of the new deadline.
5.2 I would like to inform you about the status of Member States in arrears that did not send
communications to that effect before the new deadline. These States are: Afghanistan, Antigua and Barbuda, Sao
Tome and Principe, Yugoslavia and Vanuatu. It should be pointed out that among these five States, only
Afghanistan, Sao Tome and Principe and, as of yesterday, Vanuatu are actually represented and are participating
in the session. According to Rule 86, paragraph 5, of the Rules of Procedure of the General Conference, in the
absence of communications invoking the provisions of Article IV.C, paragraph 8(c), these Member States “may
no longer be authorized to take part in voting at that session of the General Conference”. I now invite the plenary
to take note of this list of countries which will not have the right of vote during this session, as presented by the
General Committee. There are no comments. The General Conference has taken note that we shall abide by the
agreed Rules of Procedure.
DEBAT DE POLITIQUE GENERALE (suite)
GENERAL POLICY DEBATE (continued)
DEBATE DE POLÍTICA GENERAL (continuación)
ОБСУЖДЕНИЕ ВОПРОСОВ ОБЩЕЙ ПОЛИТИКИ (продолжение)
6. The PRESIDENT:
We now continue the general policy debate, scheduled for today. As the first speaker, I call upon His
Excellency Dr Alkilou Ahmet Barringaye, Minister of National Education of Niger.
7.1 M. BARINGAYE (République du Niger) :
Madame la Présidente de la Conférence générale, Monsieur le Président du Conseil exécutif, Monsieur
le Directeur général, Mesdames et Messieurs les chefs de délégation, honorables participants, Mesdames et
Messieurs, permettez-moi tout d'abord de présenter à Madame la Présidente de la Conférence mes chaleureuses
félicitations pour sa brillante élection et tous mes voeux de succès dans l'accomplissement des tâches ardues et
exaltantes qui sont les siennes. C'est également pour moi l'occasion de rendre un hommage mérité au Directeur
général de l'UNESCO, M. Federico Mayor, dont le mandat, marqué par des innovations pertinentes, a de toute
évidence insufflé une dynamique nouvelle à notre Organisation.
7.2 Monsieur le Directeur général, en cette aube du XXIe siècle où la prolifération de la violence et des
conflits de tous ordres constitue dans différentes régions de notre planète le lot quotidien de nos semblables et
une menace pour la survie de l'humanité, l'UNESCO a retrouvé sous votre conduite la vitalité et la plénitude de
sa mission originelle : construire la paix. En faisant de la paix et de la tolérance le substrat de votre action à la
tête de l'UNESCO, vous avez réussi - avec brio il faut le dire - à faire partager à ce monde dominé par la culture
de la violence, l'intolérance, la marginalisation et l'exclusion, votre conviction profonde qu'il ne peut y avoir de
développement humain durable sans la paix et la stabilité.
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