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one of the organizations of the United Nations system. I therefore fail to understand how there can be any talk of
prearranged places in the IOC Executive Council.
96. The PRESIDENT:
May I ask the Chairperson of the Commission which dealt with the issue for his opinion on the matter?
97. Mr LUGUJJO (Uganda), Chairperson of Commission III:
Madam President, I think the gist of the amendment deals with promoting the participation of
developing countries in the activities of IOC. And indeed, in this august body, we have such references to certain
regions where, although we know there are formal channels, some emphasis is placed on certain domains. I think
this is a suitable framework for such an amendment. It does not infringe on any constitutional platform of the
Organization but it emphasizes the issue of the promotion and fostering and participation of less-developed or
developing countries or countries in transition into the activities of IOC. This is the way I see it. Thank you,
Madam President.
98. The PRESIDENT:
I also understand these two paragraphs mainly as a deal. I shall close the list after Zimbabwe, Guinea,
Senegal and Barbados. I should like to close the debate on this because I think we could reach a consensus. I give
the floor to the representative of Zimbabwe.
99. Mr MAMBO (Zimbabwe):
Madam President, I will be very brief. I concur entirely with what the Chairperson of Commission III
has just stated. Thank you, Madam President.
100. The PRESIDENT:
Thank you. I call upon the representative of Guinea.
101. M. FODA (Guinée) :
Madame la Présidente, je serai bref moi aussi. Je souhaite simplement m'associer aux propos du
Président de la Commission. C'est une situation que peut aussi se produire dans le cas du Comité du patrimoine
mondial. Quand il y a élection, tous les pays sont candidats dans le cadre de leurs groupes respectifs. Cet
amendement vise simplement à inviter les autres groupes électoraux à tenir compte du nombre de sièges. Si les
candidatures sont proportionnelles à ce nombre de sièges, les candidats du groupe V pourront donc dans une
certaine mesure tout cas avoir les mêmes chances que ceux des autres groupes électoraux. Je vous remercie.
102. The PRESIDENT:
Thank you. Now, the last speaker on this particular issue is Senegal. I call upon the representative of
Senegal to take the floor.
103. M. MODOU GUEYE (Sénégal) :
Merci, Madame la Présidente. Je serai très bref. L'absence d'un secrétariat régional de la COI pour
l'Afrique de l'Ouest et l'Afrique centrale explique me semble-t-il en partie la sous-représentation de l'Afrique au
sein de la COI. Si tel est bien le cas, je pose la question : à quand la création d'un tel secrétariat régional ? Je
vous remercie, Madame la Présidente.
104.1 The PRESIDENT:
I do not think I can answer this question. Can anyone answer it? I do not think so. Well, this brings us to
the end of the discussion of this particular item, which was introduced by the United Republic of Tanzania,
supported by several countries and also supported by the Chairperson of the Commission. So if there are no
strong objections to this, can we reach a consensus to accept this amendment? The amendment is accepted.
104.2 I give the floor to the representative of Barbados, who, I believe, wishes to speak on a different topic.
105.1 Ms CUMMINS (Barbados):
Thank you, Madam President. I wish to draw the attention of this body to a slightly inconvenient
situation which we could try to amend. On page 21 of document 30 C/63, the decision recommended by the
Commission with respect to the transdisciplinary project “Towards a culture of peace”, a decision which is in no
way in dispute, is very similar to a decision recommended by Commission IV on page 11 of document 30 C/64.
It occurred to me that it might be advisable to harmonize the two decisions for the sake of consistency. There are
slight differences in subparagraph (i) and a completely new paragraph 4 in Commission IV’s report. I propose
that we amend the paragraphs in Commission III’s report to bring them into line with the draft resolution in
Commission IV’s report. I will read out the differences in working to make this clear.
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