The Assembly consequently decides to
amend its Rules of Procedure as follows (the changes to the current wording are
underlined):
3.1 Add the following footnote to
Rule 5.2: “This does not prevent the Provisional President from addressing the
Assembly for five minutes at the most”.
3.2 in Rule 20.5,
delete the words “by standing up”;
3.3 replace Rule 34.1 as
follows: “For amendments and sub-amendments to be tabled, they must be signed
by at least five Representatives or Substitutes, or approved by the committee
submitting the report or an opinion”.
3.4 Delete Rule
37.4.
3.5 Replace Rule 39.3
Note as follows: “39.3. If need be, the President
may decide that the Assembly shall vote by show of hands or by sitting and
standing.”
3.6 in Rule 39.4, add after the words “in case of a
show of hands”: “or of a vote by sitting and standing”;
3.7 in
Rule 39.5, replace the words “if at least twenty members so request” by the
words “if at least one sixth of the Representatives of the Assembly authorised
to vote, belonging to at least five national delegations, so
request
Note”;
3.8 replace Rule 39.7 as follows: “Voting by roll call shall begin after
the warning bells have been run. The President asks if all members have voted
before declaring the vote closed and announcing the result. The votes are
recorded in the minutes of proceedings of the sitting in the alphabetical order
of the Representatives’ names. If the electronic voting system cannot be used
for technical reasons when the Assembly is to proceed to a roll-call, the roll
shall be called in alphabetical order, beginning with the name of a
Representative drawn by lot. Voting shall be by word of mouth and shall be
expressed by ‘yes’, ‘no’ or ‘abstention’ only”;
3.9 replace
Rule 39.8 as follows: “Once the President has declared the vote closed, a
member may not change his or her vote”;
3.10 replace Rule 41 as
follows:
3.10.1 “41.1. The Assembly may deliberate, decide the orders
of the day, approve the minutes of proceedings, decide upon procedural motions,
and agree to adjourn, whatever the number of Representatives
present.”
3.10.2 “41.2. All votes other than votes by roll call
shall be valid whatever the number of members voting, unless, before the voting
has begun
Note, the President has been requested to ascertain
whether there is a quorum. At least one-sixth of the Representatives authorised
to vote
Note, 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.”
3.10.3 “41.3. The quorum is one-third of the number of Representatives of
the Assembly authorised to vote
Note.”
3.10.4 “41.4. A vote by roll call shall not be
valid, nor the result made public, unless one-third of the Representatives
authorised to vote
Note took part.
The President may decide to ascertain whether there is a quorum, using the
procedure of Rule 41.2, before proceeding to a vote by roll-call”.
3.10.5 “41.5. 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
Note. The Assembly proceeds to the next item on the orders
of the day.”;
3.11 replace Rule 43.4.a as
follows: “43.4.a. The Assembly may set up ad hoc committees for specific
purposes. A motion to set up an ad hoc committee is considered by the Bureau.
If the Bureau approves it, it refers the proposal to the committee concerned by
the proposal’s subject matter, for report, and to the Committee on Rules of
Procedure and Immunities, for opinion”;
3.12 in Rule 45.3,
replace the word “so” by the words “full member or alternate of the committee
concerned”.
