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ITH/08/2.GA/CONF.202/9 Annex Paris, 17 June 2008
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UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATES PARTIES TO THE
CONVENTION FOR THE SAFEGUARDING OF THE INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE
Second Session
UNESCO Headquarters, Room II, 16 to 19 June 2008
Annex to Item 9 of the Provisional Agenda: Follow-up to Resolution 1.EXT.GA 3
Resolution required: paragraph 3.
This Resolution should be considered in relation with Resolution 2GA 9 A
(document ITH/08/2.GA/CONF.202/9)
1. At its first extraordinary session, the General Assembly adopted Resolution 1.EXT.GA 3:
RESOLUTION 1.EXT.GA 3 The General Assembly,
1. Having examined document ITH/06/1.EXT.GA/CONF.203/3,
2. Recalling Resolution 1.GA 3 adopted at its first session in June 2006,
3. Expresses appreciation for the generous decision of Group V(a) to cede one seat voluntarily to Group I, on an exceptional basis and on the understanding that this decision is not linked to the immediate establishment of an upper limit at this meeting, 4. Decides to examine the issue of the upper limit at the next ordinary session of the
General Assembly. If a decision is taken on this issue, it will be adopted by a simple majority.
5. Decides that, for the purpose of the election at its first extraordinary session, the six seats are distributed among the electoral groups in the following manner: Group I (1);
Group II: 1; Group III: 1; Group IV: - ; Group V(a): 2 and Group V(b): 1.
2. The General Assembly, at its second session, added a new agenda item concerning the desirability of introducing an upper limit in the number of seats to be attributed to any electoral group.
3. The General Assembly may wish to adopt the following Resolution:
DRAFT RESOLUTION 2.GA 9 B The General Assembly,
1. Having examined document ITH/08/2.GA/CONF.202/9 + Annex;
2. Recalling Article 6 of the Convention;
3. Further recalling its Resolution 1.EXT.GA 3 and Rule 13 of its Rules of Procedure;
4. Decides to examine the issue of the upper limit at the next ordinary session of the General Assembly. If a decision is taken on this issue, it will be adopted by a simple majority. This item should be on the Agenda and examined before the elections of the Committee.
Adopted
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