CHAIRMAN: I call upon the Assistant Secretary-General to read the report of the General Committee this morning.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL: I shall read the text as follows:
"THE CONFERENCE,
Having proceeded to a secret ballot, in accordance with the provisions of Rule XII of the General Rules of the Organization,
1. Declares that M.S. Swaminathan is appointed Independent Chairman of the Council for a period
of two years, that is until the end of the regular session of the Conference to be held in 1985;
2. Decides that the conditions of appointment, including the allowances attached to the office
of the Independent Chairman of the Council, shall be as follows:
(a) An annual allowance of the equivalent of $10 000 to cover representation expenses and secretarial assistance in the Chairman's home station, on the understanding that the Director-General will provide secretarial assistance when the Chairman attends sessions of the Council or Conference; one half of the allowance shall be payable in US dollars, the balance being payable, in whole or in part, in the currency of the home country of the Chairman, or in Italian Lire, according to his desires;
(b) A per diem allowance at a rate equivalent to that for the Deputy Director-General, while the Chairman is absent from his home station on Council business, the allowance being reduced to $20.00 per diem while the Chairman is in travel status;
(c) Travel expenses, including the above per diem allowance, shall be defrayed by the Organization, in conformity with its regulations and existing practice when the Chairman attends sessions of the Council, of the Programme and Finance Committees, of the Conference, or when he is invited by the Council or by the Director-General to travel for other purposes."
That is the end of the text, Mr Chairman.
CHAIRMAN: Thank you very much. You have heard the Report of the General Committee, are there any objections? If there are no objections then the Report stands approved.
Adopted
Adopté
Aprobado
CHAIRMAN: I will now call upon the Vice-Chairman of Commission III, the delegate of Nigeria, to proceed with the adoption of Part 6 of our report - from Commission III.
R.R. FAJEYISAN (Vice-Chairman, Commission III): Document C 83/REP/6, the Draft Report of the Plenary, Part 6, is from Commission III and was adopted in Commission yesterday afternoon. I suggest we now take each item in turn, starting with item 17.
CHAIRMAN: The recommendation is that we go item by item.
Paragraphs 1 and 2 approved
Les paragraphes 1 et 2 sont approuvés
Los párrafos 1 y 2 son aprobados
Paragraphs 3 to 6 approved
Les paragraphes 3 ã 6 sont approuvés
Los párrafos 3 a 6 son aprobados
Paragraph 7, including Resolution, adopted
Le paragraphe 7, y compris la résolution, est adopté
El párrafo 7, incluida la Resolución, es aprobado
Paragraphs 8 and 9 approved
Les paragraphes 8 et 9 sont approuvés
Los párrafos 8 y 9 son aprobados
Paragraph 10, including Resolution, adopted
Le paragraphe 10, y compris la resolution, est adopté
El párrafo 10, incluida la Resolución, es aprobado
CHAIRMAN: New paragraphs 11 to 14. Are there any corrections or additions to these paragraphs?
Sra. Da. M. RUIZ ZAPATA (México): Gracias señor Presidente, mi delegación quiere dejar constancia de que vota en contra de la escala de cuotas propuesta.
Sra. Doña L. PLANAS GIRON (Venezuela): Gracias señor Presidente, sólo para dejar constancia de que mi delegación también vota en contra de la escala de cuotas propuesta.
CHAIRMAN: That shall be so recorded.
M. AL SAGHIR (Libya)(original language Arabic): My delegation would I'ike to vote against the Scale of Contributions proposed in these paragraphs.
Ms A. SALGADO SANTOS (Brazil): I would just like to say that our delegation is voting against the scale of Contributions.
CHAIRMAN: Are there other comments or corrections? Seeing none, I declare the paragraphs 11 to 14, item 20, adopted.
Paragraphs 11 to 13 approved
Les paragraphes 11 à 13 sont approuvés
Los párrafos 11 a 13 son aprobados
Paragraph 14, including Resolution, adopted
Le paragraphe 14, y compris la resolution, est adopté
El párrafo 14, incluida la Resolución, es aprobado
Paragraphs 15 to 23 approved
Les paragraphes 15 á 23 sont approuvés
Los párrafos 15 a 23 son aprobados
That concludes Part 6 from Commission III, with my compliments to the Vice-Chairman for a very able job, I thank her for her efforts.
Draft Report of Plenary - Part 6, was adopted
Projet de rapport de la pléniére, Sixième partie, est adoptée
El proyecto de informe de la Plenaria - Parte 6, es aprobado
The meeting rose at 15.15 hours
La séance est levée á 15 h 15
Se levanta la sesión a las 15.15 horas