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RAPPORT DE LA COMMISSION ADMINISTRATIVE SUR LE POINT 1.3 : RAPPORT DU DIRECTEUR
GENERAL SUR LES COMMUNICATIONS RECUES DES ETATS MEMBRES INVOQUANT
LES DISPOSITIONS DE L’ARTICLE IV.C, PARAGRAPHE 8 (c),DEL’ACTECONSTITUTIF
REPORT BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMISSION ON ITEM 1.3: REPORT BY THE DIRECTOR-
GENERAL ON COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED FROM MEMBER STATES INVOKING THE
PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE IV.C, PARAGRAPH 8(C), OF THE CONSTITUTION
INFORME DE LA COMISIÓN ADMINISTRATIVA SOBRE EL PUNTO 1.3: INFORME DEL DIRECTOR
GENERAL SOBRE LAS COMUNICACIONES RECIBIDAS DE LOS ESTADOS MIEMBROS EN LAS QUE
SE INVOCA LO DISPUESTO EN EL ARTICULO IV.C, PÁRRAFO 8 APARTADO C) DE LA
CONSTITUCIÓN
ДОКЛАД КОМИССИИ ПО АДМИНИСТРАТИВНЫМ ВОПРОСАМ ПО ПУНКТУ 1.3: ДОКЛАД
ГЕНЕРАЛЬНОГО ДИРЕКТОРА О СООБЩЕНИЯХ, ПОЛУЧЕННЫХ ОТ ГОСУДАРСТВ-ЧЛЕНОВ
В СВЯЗИ С ПОЛОЖЕНИЯМИ ПУНКТА 8 (С) СТАТЬИ IV.C УСТАВА
1.1 The PRESIDENT:
Distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen, I apologize for being late; this is because we have just
had a very important meeting of the General Committee. Before opening the meeting, I should like to thank the
technicians who have made sure that we can hold this plenary meeting. I do appreciate this. I now declare the
fifteenth plenary meeting of the General Conference open.
1.2 I now give the floor to the Vice-Chairperson of the Administrative Commission, who shall present on
behalf of the Chairperson the Commission’s report on communications received from Member States invoking
the provisions of Article IV.C, paragraph 8(c), of the Constitution. Mr Koch, you have the floor.
2.1 Mr KOCH (Germany), Vice-Chairperson of the Administrative Commission:
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. As required under Rule 86 of the Rules of Procedure of the
General Conference, the Administrative Commission took up this matter at the commencement of its work. It
noted, however, that communications requesting voting rights were still being received by the Secretariat and
decided that the deadline for acceptance of such communications should be 2 November 1999. In this respect, it
was noted that all Member States that had submitted communications by that time could continue to vote until
such time as the Conference in plenary meeting might decide otherwise on the basis of the report of the
Administrative Commission.
2.2 At the beginning of the 30th session of the General Conference, there were 41 Member States with
arrears in excess of the amounts allowed under the Constitution and the Rules of Procedure of the General
Conference. One had since paid the amount required to obtain voting rights. By the deadline of 2 November
1999, 35 communications had been submitted to request exceptions to the voting rights provisions as stipulated
in the Constitution and/or the Rules of Procedure of the General Conference. Before the Administrative
Commission had finished its work on these Member States, one of them, namely Croatia, had paid the amount
required to obtain voting rights and its communication was therefore considered to be withdrawn, reducing the
number of communications to be examined by the Administrative Commission in detail to 34.
2.3 On the other hand, five Member States in arrears in excess of the amounts allowed have not yet
submitted communications requesting voting rights. Therefore, these Member States, whose names I will now
read out, have no right to vote: Vanuatu, Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Antigua and Barbuda, and Sao Tome and
Principe.
2.4 In respect of this examination exercise concerning communications received, the Administrative
Commission decided to set up a working group to conduct a detailed case-by-case study and make suggestions
and recommendations to the Commission for consideration. The working group consisted of Djibouti, Germany,
Islamic Republic of Iran, Mexico, Russian Federation and United Arab Emirates. The group met on 28 and
29 October and on 2 and 3 November 1999.
2.5 Now, within the framework of the provisions as stipulated in the Constitution and the Rules of
Procedure of the General Conference, the working group has tried to review as positively as possible the requests
received from Member States and to that effect, the Member States concerned were involved in the decisionmaking
process and, as appropriate, were invited to provide additional information. Following its deliberations,
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