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4.3 Sous peine d'être considéré comme nul, le bulletin employé pour le vote ne devra porter ni mention, ni
inscription d'aucune sorte, ni signature, et vous devrez utiliser uniquement l'un des bulletins distribués. Vous ne
devrez ni révéler votre identité, ni indiquer l'Etat que vous représentez sur ce bulletin. Enfin, le bulletin qui sera
utilisé devra être glissé dans l'enveloppe blanche qui vous aura été remise, et dans celle-là seulement.
4.4 Le scrutin auquel nous allons procéder maintenant ne portera que sur la partie I du document
30 C/PLEN DR.2, c'est-à-dire sur la partie qui concerne la nomination du Directeur général. Après l'annonce des
résultats, vous serez appelés à vous prononcer sur la partie II du texte, c'est-à-dire celle qui a trait au projet de
contrat entre l'UNESCO et le Directeur général qui vous est soumis.
4.5 Les délégations seront appelées successivement par le Secrétaire dans l'ordre alphabétique français des
Etats membres en commençant par l'Irlande dont le nom a été tiré au sort. A l'appel du nom de l'Etat qu'elle
représente, chaque délégation déposera son bulletin, mis sous enveloppe, dans l'urne qui se trouve devant la
tribune. Madame la Présidente, avec votre autorisation, nous pouvons commencer l'appel nominal.
5.1 The PRESIDENT:
I think that was quite clear. I hope everything was understood. I should now like to designate two tellers.
They are Ms Vera Lacoeuilhe of Saint Lucia and Mr Emil Hother Paulsen of Denmark, who have kindly agreed
to carry out this task, and I should like to invite them to take their places at the table reserved for the tellers.
(The two tellers take their seats near the ballot box)
5.2 The Secretariat is now distributing the ballot papers and the voting will commence shortly.
(The vote is taken by roll-call)
5.3 Ladies and gentlemen, the ballot having ended, we shall now proceed with the counting of the votes. I
invite the Vice-President, Her Excellency Ms Laura Faxas, Dominican Republic, who has kindly accepted to
supervise the counting, to take the key to the ballot box.
5.4 I now suspend the meeting in order that the ballot papers may be counted.
(The votes are counted)
5.5 Ladies and gentlemen, we shall resume our work. First of all I should like to thank Her Excellency
Ms Laura Faxas of the Dominican Republic for having supervised the counting, and the two tellers, Ms Vera
Lacoeuilhe (Saint Lucia) and Mr Emil Hother Paulsen (Denmark), for having kindly accepted the task of tellers. I
shall now announce the results of the ballot: number of Member States entitled to vote during the present session:
178; number of Member States that did not vote: 12; abstentions: 9; invalid ballot papers: 6; number of votes
cast: 151; number of votes constituting the majority required to be appointed: 76; number of votes obtained by
the candidate proposed by the Executive Board: 146; number of votes against: 5.
5.6 Ladies and gentlemen, Mr Koïchiro Matsuura having obtained the required majority, I declare him
appointed Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
(Prolonged applause)
5.7 The ceremony of investiture of Mr Koïchiro Matsuura will take place on Monday 15 November at
10 a.m.
5.8 The Chairperson of the Executive Board has already presented to you the draft contract between
UNESCO and the Director-General, as well as Part II of draft resolution 30 C/PLEN/DR.2. As there are no
objections, I consider Part II of the draft resolution adopted.
5.9 Before I adjourn the meeting, I would like to inform you that I will report on this morning’s General
Committee meeting at the plenary tomorrow morning. Ladies and gentlemen, we have come to the end of this
very important and historic meeting of the plenary. The meeting is adjourned.
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La séance est levée à 12 h.10
The meeting rose at 12.10 p.m.
Se levanta la sesión a las 12.10
Заседание закрывается в 12.10
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