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case, the Conference would have to vote first on the amendment proposed by Canada if the motion to adjourn the
discussion to the 31st session of the General Conference is not carried by the Conference. Thank you Madam
President.
80.1 The PRESIDENT:
We shall now proceed to vote by a show of hands on the proposal put forward by Indonesia and
supported by Kenya, India, Hungary, France, Thailand, Tonga, Russian Federation, United Republic of Tanzania,
Philippines, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Honduras, Nigeria and Mexico, to defer the matter to the next session of the
General Conference. To make the situation clear I repeat the proposal that the amendment presented by New
Zealand will not be dealt with at this General Conference but is to be deferred, along with the amendment
proposed by Canada, to the Executive Board for a decision at the 31st session of the General Conference. Who is
in favour of this proposal? Now who is against this proposal as presented by Indonesia? Are there any
abstentions?
80.2 The proposal as I worded it was voted upon by 81 countries; 47 countries were in favour, 29 countries
were against and there were 5 abstentions. Thus this proposal as put forward by Indonesia and supported by a
number of countries has been adopted.
(Applause)
RAPPORT DE LA COMMISSION ADMINISTRATIVE SUR LE POINT 9.9 : TRAITEMENTS,
ALLOCATIONS ET PRESTATIONS DU PERSONNEL
REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMISSION ON ITEM 9.9: STAFF SALARIES, ALLOWANCES
AND BENEFITS
INFORME DE LA COMISIÓN ADMINISTRATIVA SOBRE EL PUNTO 9.9: SUELDOS, SUBSIDIOS Y
PRESTACIONES DEL PERSONAL
ДОКЛАД КОМИССИИ ПО АДМИНИСТРАТИВНЫМ ВОПРОСАМ ПО ПУНКТУ 9.9:
ОКЛАДЫ, НАДБАВКИ И ДРУГИЕ ВЫПЛАТЫ ПЕРСОНАЛУ
81. The PRESIDENT:
Now may I remind you that the General Committee recommended at its sixth meeting on 8 November
that Part I of the Administrative Commission's report concerning item 9.9, Staff salaries, allowances and benefits,
be examined separately in plenary today with a view to clearing up the situation with regard to this item. I shall
therefore invite the Chairperson of the Administrative Commission to present Part I of the Commission's report
concerning item 9.9, Staff salaries, allowances and benefits. Mr Marshall, you have the floor.
82. Mr MARSHALL (New Zealand), Chairperson of the Administrative Commission:
Thank you, Madam President. This is an excerpt from the Administrative Commission's report and deals
with item 9.9, Staff salaries, allowances and benefits, documents 30 C/42 and Corr. The item was introduced by
the Chairperson, who then opened the floor for the debate. A detailed explanation concerning the amendment
proposed by the President of the General Conference was provided by the first speaker, the representative of
India, who suggested that this amendment should be adopted as it stood. This proposal was supported by the
representatives of the following countries: Nigeria, Uruguay, Kenya, Egypt, Malaysia, Spain and Zimbabwe.
However, the representatives of the following countries expressed their strong reservations about supporting a
resolution details of which were not clearly provided to them by the Secretariat. They were Germany, Barbados,
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, France, Saint Lucia and Argentina. Consequently, three amendments were proposed by
Germany, Barbados and Argentina, respectively. Germany proposed that a decision on this matter should be
postponed by two years to the next session of the General Conference. Barbados proposed to delete the following
words from paragraph 1(f) of the amendment proposed by the President of the General Conference: "on the basis
of agreements reached with the staff representatives". Argentina proposed simply to take note of documents
30 C/42 and Corr. After a lively debate, Madam President, regarding the priority of putting to the vote the three
proposed amendments as presented above and after hearing the opinion of the Legal Adviser, the Chairperson of
the Administrative Commission decided to put forward the Argentina amendment which reads as follows:
"Having examined documents 30 C/42 and Corr., the General Conference, takes note of the contents of
documents 30 C/42 and Corr."
This proposed amendment was adopted by the Commission with 51 votes in favour, 14 votes against and
19 abstentions. That is the end of the report, Madam President.
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