39th session, Paris, 2017 nom 39 C/NOM/1 10 May 2017 Original: English Item 1.5 of the provisional agenda ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENTS OF THE GENERAL CONFERENCE AND OF THE CHAIRPERSONS, VICE-CHAIRPERSONS AND RAPPORTEURS OF THE COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES 1. In accordance with Rules 29, 35 and 48 of its Rules of Procedure and with the recommendations made by the Executive Board regarding the organization of the work of the 39th session (39 C/2 Prov.) and in pursuance of the recommendations of the Executive Board concerning the election of the President and Vice-Presidents of the General Conference and of the chairpersons of the commissions and committees, respectively, the General Conference will be required to fill the offices of President and Vice-Presidents of the General Conference and of chairpersons, vice-chairpersons and rapporteurs of the various commissions and committees. 1 2. The Bureau of the General Conference consists of the President, the Vice-Presidents and the chairpersons of the committees and commissions of the General Conference (Rule 41.1 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Conference). 3. The Headquarters Committee, whose members were elected by the General Conference at its 38th session, has already elected its Bureau. 2 Its will also be a member of the Bureau of the General Conference. 4. By 29 C/Resolution 87 (1.22), the General Conference decided that candidates for the offices of chairpersons of commissions should be proposed by the Executive Board at the first session of the second year of the biennium. The Executive Board at its 160th session decided that the same timetable should be applied for proposing candidates for the posts of chairpersons of committees (160 EX/Decision 6.1.2, para. 5). 1 2 Rule 48.1 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Conference stipulates that the committees or commissions set up by the General Conference and in which all the Member States are represented shall elect a Chairman, four Vice-Chairmen and a ; this applies to the commissions and the. Rule 48.2 stipulates that any other committee or subsidiary organ set up by the General Conference and in which only a limited number of Member States is represented shall elect a Chairman and, if necessary, one or two Vice- Chairmen and a ; this applies to the Legal Committee and the. See Rule 39.2 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Conference.
39 C/NOM/1 page 2 5. Adopted by the Executive Board at its 201st session, 201 EX/Decision 20 (IV), reads as follows: The Executive Board decided to recommend to the General Conference the following candidates for the offices of s of commissions and committees: SHS Commission Legal Committee Mr. G. Godia (Kenya) Mr M. El Tayeb (Sudan) Ms M. Lubyova (Slovakia) Ms V. Lomonaco (Italy) Mr M. Hadlow (Australia) Ms L. Sol de Pool (El Salvador) Mr J. A. Rodriguez Duvergé (Dominican Republic) Ms S. Al Moosa (Oman) Mr P.M. Eisemann (France) 6. The Executive Board, at its 202nd session, will take a decision on nominations for the offices of President and Vice-Presidents of the General Conference. 7. Having regard to the recommendations made by the Executive Board concerning the organization of the work of the 39th session (39 C/2 Prov.), the procedure to be followed by the General Conference should be as follows: (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) the, which meets on the first day of the session, will be informed by the of the Executive Board of the Board s suggestion regarding its, and will then elect its and, if necessary, Vice- s and ; similarly, when the meets, on the first day of the session, it will be informed of the Executive Board's suggestion regarding its, and will then elect its, Vice-s and, if necessary, ; the will then be informed of the Executive Board's recommendations concerning the posts of President and Vice-Presidents of the General Conference and its suggestions regarding the other posts. The Committee will then make its own recommendations; on the same day, the General Conference will elect in plenary meeting, on the report of the, its President and Vice-Presidents; the Legal Committee will meet the next day to elect its on the report of the, thus completing the constitution of the Bureau; the various commissions and committees will elect their vice-chairpersons and rapporteurs at their first meeting; if in any election there are more candidates than seats to be filled, the election may be held by secret ballot as provided for in Rule 93.2 of the Rules of Procedure. Printed on recycled paper
39th Session, Paris, 2017 nom 39 C/NOM/1 Add. 20 October 2017 Original: English Item 1.4 of the provisional agenda ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENTS OF THE GENERAL CONFERENCE AND OF THE CHAIRPERSONS, VICE-CHAIRPERSONS AND RAPPORTEURS OF THE COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES ADDENDUM 1. At its 202nd session, the Executive Board, by 202 EX/Decision 27.III, recommended the following nominations for the offices of President and Vice-Presidents of the General Conference: President of the General Conference: Ms Zohour Alaoui (Morocco) Vice-Presidents (31): the heads of delegation of the following Member States: Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Cameroon Canada China Colombia Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Ecuador Grenada Indonesia Iraq Kuwait Latvia Mauritius Mozambique Netherlands Philippines Palestine Rwanda Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Serbia Spain Sweden Togo Tunisia Turkmenistan Yemen Job: 201702442
39 C/NOM/1 Add. page 2 2. At its 201st session the Executive Board decided (201 EX/Decision 20.IV) to make the following recommendations to the General Conference: s of the commissions and committees: Legal Committee Mr G. Godia (Kenya) Mr M. El Tayeb (Sudan) Ms V. Lomonaco (Italy) Mr M. Hadlow (Australia<) Ms L. Sol de Pool (El Salvador) Mr J. A. Rodriguez Duvergé (Dominican Republic) Ms S. Al Moosa (Oman) Mr P.M. Eisemann (France) 3. Ms M. Lubyova (Slovakia), nominated at the 201st session of Executive Board for the office of of the SHS Commission, was appointed by the President of Slovakia as Minister of Education, Science, Research and Sport. Subsequently the Executive Board, following the proposal of Electoral Group II decided (202 EX/Decision 27.III) to nominate Mr Milan Konvit (Slovakia) for the office of of the Social and Human Sciences Commission (SHS). 4. In accordance with Rule 43 of its Rules of Procedure, the General Conference establishes at each session such commissions and other subsidiary organs as it deems necessary for the transaction of business. At its 202nd session, the Executive Board decided to recommend that the General Conference organize its work in accordance with the proposals of the Director-General in document 202 EX/27 (Part II Rev.). The General Conference, in approving the recommendations of the Executive Board concerning the organization of the work of the 39th session (39 C/2 Prov. Rev.), will have to fill the following offices: SHS Commission Four Vice-s Four Vice-s Four Vice-s Four Vice-s Four Vice-s Four Vice-s
39 C/NOM/1 Add. page 3 Legal Committee i (if necessary, one or two Vice- s and a ) Four Vice-s (if necessary, one or two Vice- s and a ) 5. At each session, the General Conference also elects Member States which will sit on the Headquarters Committee from the close of the session until the close of the following session. At its 190th session (15 December 2015), the Headquarters Committee elected as its chairperson Mr A. Zainal (Qatar), who will remain in office until the close of the 39th session. The of the Headquarters Committee will also be a member of the Bureau of the General Conference at its 39th session. i At each session, the General Conference elects Member States to sit on the Legal Committee at the following session. Printed on recycled paper