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5 DE MAIO DE 1989

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assembly. Locations shall be rotated among the several geographical regions. The decision of the council as to time and location shall be communicated to the members of IUCN by the director general, with a tentative agenda, at least nine months in advance of each session.

7 — The president, the regional councillors and the chairmen of commissions shall be elected by the general assembly, the method of election being as prescribed in the regulations.

8 — The president, or at the president's request the chairman of the bureau or one of the vice-presidents of IUCN, shall take the chair at sessions of the general assembly.

9 — The general assembly shall adopt its own rules of procedure.

Voting

10 — The chairman of the general assembly may rule that a decision has been made by an informal vote. If the chairman thinks it necessary the chairman may decide to proceed to a formal vote and shall if so requested by a voting member. The procedure for a formal vote shall be as provided in the rules of procedure of the general assembly.

Review of decisions

11 — If a decision is taken under the following circumstances:

a) When less than half of the total votes of

members in cither category A or B are represented at the general assembly, or

b) When it involves a question not on the agenda

distributed to all members before the meeting;

then the decision shall be subject to suspension. This suspension may occur if a group of members representing at least one-fifth of the total votes in cither category so requests within three months of mailing the minutes reporting the decisions. The matter shall then be subject to mail ballot in accordance with article v.

ARTICLE V Mail ballot

1 — All matters within the competence of the general assembly may be decided by mail ballot.

2 — Except as otherwise provided in these Statutes, such a mail ballot will take place only upon matters of urgency on the request of the council, or three category A members, or twenty category B members.

3 — The ballot form shall be distributed by registered mail to all voting members. There shall be four voting options provided on this form: yes, no, abstain, or refer to the next general assembly.

4 — Except as otherwise provided in these Statutes, decisions shall be taken by simple majority of votes cast in each category of voting member. In the event that none of the options receives the required majority, ihc matter shall be referred to the next general wsembly.

ARTICLE VI The council

Composition

1 — The members of the council shall be:

c) The president of IUCN;

b) Three councillors from each region;

c) Five co-opted councillors;

d) The chairmen of the commissions.

2 — Regions referred to in paragraph 1, b), of this article shall be:

a) Africa;

b) Central and South America;

c) North America and the Caribbean;

d) East Asia;

e) West Asia;

/) Australia and Oceania;

g) East Europe;

h) West Europe.

Nominations for candidates from a region shall be made by category A and category B members from that region in the manner prescribed in the regulations. States included in each region shall be prescribed in the regulations. Not more than two regional councillors shall be from any one State.

3 — The co-opted councillors shall be appointed by the elected members of the council as soon as practicable after the latter's election, with due regard to the need to maintain an appropriate balance of diverse qualifications, interests and skills on the council. In making such appointments the elected councillors shall ensure that there is at least one member of the council from the State in which IUCN has its seat.

4 — Nominations for the president of IUCN shall be made by the council after considering suggestions made by the members in category A and category B. Nominations may also be made by a petition subscribed to by one-fifth of the voting rights in either category, provided such petition is received at IUCN head quarters not less than ninety days prior to the opening of the general assembly.

5 — Nominations for the chairman of each commission shall be made by the council after considering suggestions made by the members in category A and category B and by the members of that commission. Not more than two chairmen of commissions shall be from any one State.

6 — The council shall appoint a deputy chairman for each commission. The deputy chairman of each commission shall act in the place of the chairman of that commission whenever that chairman is unable to attend a meeting of the council. The deputy chairman of each commission may also attend meetings of the council at which the chaiman of that commission is present and on such occasions he shall be regarded as an observer without voting rights.

7 — The president of IUCN, regional councillors and chairmen of commissions shall be elected for a term extending frcm the close of the ordinary session of the general assembly at which they are elected until the close of the next succeeding ordinary session of the general assembly. The co-opted councillors shall