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Elections to the World Heritage Committee

Tipo de documento
Decision
Número de referencia
14-17
Fecha
Oct 7, 1980
Fuente
UNEP, InforMEA
Estado
Activo
Materia
Especies silvestres y ecosistemas
Tratado
Convención para la Protección del Patrimonio Mundial, Cultural y Natural (Nov 23, 1972)
Reunión
3e Assemblée générale des Etats parties
Página web
whc.unesco.org
Resumen

14. The General Assembly was .called on to elect seven members to the World Heritage Committee to replace the following seven members whose term of office was due to expire at the end of the 21st session of the General Conference : Algeria, Ecuador, Ghana, Iran, Nigeria, Sudan and Yugoslavia.

15. The list of the States Parties which had presented their candidature was read out before the Assembly. In addition to Ecuador, which had announced earlier in the proceedings that it was no longer a candidate for election to the Committee, the following States then withdrew their candidature : Algeria, Costa Rica, Ghana, Morocco, Nigeria, Norway, Poland and the Syrian Arab Republic. Ten States remained candidates, namely : Afghanistan, Brazil, Canada, Cyprus, Federal Republic of Germany, Guinea, Guyana, Jordan, Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and Zaire.

16. On the decision of the Chairman, the election was conducted by secret ballot. The delegates of Algeria and Norway were appointed tellers and the Vice-Chairman from Monaco supervised the counting of the votes.

17. The results of the vote which were announced by the Chairman were as follows :

Number of States Parties entitled to vote

53

Number of States Parties present and voting

47

Number of invalid ballot papers

3

Number of votes recorded

44

Number of votes constituting a majority

23


Votes obtained by the States candidates :

Brazil 40
Jordan 36
Zaire 33
Guinea 32
Cyprus 30
Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 29
Federal Republic of Germany 27
Canada 25
Afghanistan 17
Guyana 9

The Chairman declared elected to the World Heritage Committee: Brazil, Cyprus, Federal Republic of Germany, Jordan, Guinea, Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and Zaire.