Representatives and substitutes
Rule 10Decision
of the Assembly on a challenge or reconsideration of credentials
10.1. Reports
submitted to the Assembly or the Standing Committee under Rules 7.
, 8.3.
, 8.4.
, 9.2.
and 9.3.
shall contain a draft resolution proposing
in its operative part one of the following three options:
10.1.a. ratification of
the credentials, or confirmation of ratification of the credentials;
10.1.b. non-ratification
of the credentials, or annulment of ratification of the credentials;
10.1.c. ratification of
the credentials, or confirmation of ratification of the credentials
together with depriving or suspending the exercise of some of the
rights of participation or representation of members of the delegation
concerned in the activities of the Assembly and its bodies.
The members’ rights to vote, to speak and to be represented
in the Assembly and its bodies shall not be suspended or withdrawn
in the context of a challenge to or reconsideration of credentials.
10.2. The provisions
on amendments (Rule 34
) shall apply. Any amendments to the
operative part of the draft resolution may propose only one of the
three options above.
10.3. The
members of a national delegation whose credentials are challenged
may sit provisionally with the same rights as other Assembly members
until the Assembly, or the Standing Committee acting on behalf of
the Assembly, has reached a decision. However, those members shall
not vote in any proceedings relating to the examination of credentials
which concern them.
