Voting
Rule 42Quorum
42.1. The Assembly
may deliberate, decide upon procedural motions, and agree to adjourn, whatever
the number of representatives present.
42.2. All votes
other than votes by roll call shall be valid whatever the number
of members voting, unless, before the voting has begun
, the President has been requested
to ascertain whether there is a quorum. At least one sixth of the
representatives authorised to vote
,
belonging to at least five national delegations, have to vote in
favour of the request. To ascertain whether there is a quorum, the
President, before proceeding to a vote on the subject matter that prompted
the request, invites representatives to mark their presence in the
Chamber using the electronic voting system.
42.3. The quorum
is one third of the number of representatives of the Assembly authorised to
vote.
42.4. A vote by
roll call shall not be valid, nor the result made public, unless
one third of the representatives authorised to vote
took
part. The President may decide to ascertain whether there is a quorum,
using the procedure of Rule 42.2.
,
before proceeding to a vote by roll call.
42.5. In the
absence of a quorum, the vote shall be postponed until the next
sitting or, on a motion from the Chair, until a subsequent sitting.
The Assembly proceeds
to the next item on the agenda.
42.6. If,
owing to the absence of a quorum, the Assembly is unable to take
a decision on one of the procedural motions specified in Rule 37
, the
President shall declare that motion to be null and void.
