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(77) Mr FERNANDEZ (Chile) (Translation from the Spanish):
Thank you very much, Madam President. May I first thank the Chairperson of Commission III for his
very clear report on this subject. There are two issues at stake, one procedural and the other of substance. As to
procedure, my delegation believes that the text of the revised IOC Statutes should be maintained as approved by
the IOC Assembly at its 20th session, since its competence is beyond all doubt and it consists of expertswho
approved the text after a long and exhaustive debate, taking into account all of the legitimate interests and striking a
balance between them. We therefore believe that to reopen this debate on the final day, when the report of
Commission III is to be adopted, would in a sense undermine the important work done by the IOC Assembly and
IOC itself, whose admirable work should not be interfered with. As to the issue of substance, we think that the
wording of Article 2, as it is set out in document 30 C/63 Add., perfectly satisfies the interests of the countries that
have backed the amendment tabled by Tonga, and it would therefore be unnecessary to amend or qualify the text.
Instead of reopening a technical debate that has already been closed, we insist that the text be adopted as it has
been presented. Thank you, Madam President.
78. The PRESIDENT:
Thank you. I shall call on the representative of Guatemala, to be followed by Georgia and Venezuela,
then the last speaker will be Tonga again. Then, as we very likely shall not reach a consensus, I shall put the
matter to a vote. I now call on the representative of Guatemala.
79. Sr. MENDOZA ROSALES (Guatemala):
Muchas gracias, señora Presidenta: Voy a ser muy breve. Simplemente quisiera decir que suscribimos
completamente la opinión del distinguido Delegado de Argentina y los delegados de Costa Rica y otros países, y
manifestamos nuestro apoyo a lo resuelto en la Comisión III. Muchas gracias.
(79) Mr MENDOZA ROSALES (Guatemala) (Translation from the Spanish):
Thank you very much, Madam President. I shall be very brief. I should just like to say that we fully agree
with the opinion of the distinguished delegates of Argentina, Costa Rica and other countries, and we support the
decision reached in Commission III. Thank you very much.
80. The PRESIDENT:
Thank you. I now call on the representative of Venezuela.
81. Sra. ENGELBRECHT (Venezuela):
Muchas gracias, señora Presidenta: Simplemente deseo apoyar lo expresado por los distinguidos
delegados de Argentina, Costa Rica y Chile, cuya opinión coincide plenamente con nuestra forma de ver este
asunto. Muchas gracias.
(81) Ms ENGELBRECHT (Venezuela) (Translation from the Spanish):
Thank you very much, Madam President. I should just like to support what has been said by the
distinguished delegates of Argentina, Costa Rica and Chile. Their opinions on this matter fully match ours. Thank
you very much.
82. The PRESIDENT:
I understand that the representative of Georgia does not wish to speak on this matter. I shall now give
the floor to Tonga, but Sir, you made your point quite clearly so please be brief. We shall then put the matter to
the vote.
83. Mr BLOOMFIELD (Tonga):
Thank you, Madam President. As this is a democracy, it is for the mover of the amendment to speak
again and I thank you very much for the opportunity. The revised Statutes of IOC were originally proposed by
the Executive Board and adopted by the Legal Committee, whose document included marine processes. I just
remind everybody of the fact. In their wisdom Commission III have changed what had been approved by the
Executive Board and adopted by the Legal Committee. I am begging for marine processes to be included as they
were in the first place. Thank you, Madam President.
84.1 The PRESIDENT:
Thank you, Sir. An amendment has been proposed and I believe that everyone now understands what it
entails. It is presented by Tonga and supported by four or five countries. It has been seconded by Belize,
Malaysia, Barbados, Haiti. Other speakers have spoken in favour of retaining the original text of the document
presented by Commission III.
84.2 We shall first vote on the amendment. Would those in favour of the amendment proposed by Tonga
please raise your hands? Thank you. Who is against? May I now have the abstentions. Please be patient while we
do some mathematics, which I am unable to do in English.
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