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Rules of Procedure of the Assembly (December 2025)

(Resolution 1202 (1999) adopted on 4 November 1999) with subsequent modifications of the Rules of Procedure*

Duties of the President, discipline and order

Rule 21Vice-Presidents

21.1. The duties of the President, as set out in Part V, may be discharged by one of the Vice- Presidents.
21.2. The functions of a Vice-President are to replace the President when the latter is unavailable during a debate of the Assembly at one of its part-sessions. A Vice-President may furthermore be called upon by the President to fulfil certain representational obligations of the President.