× Information on this section of ECOLEX comes from the InforMEA Portal which compiled information from MEA Secretariats with the support of the European Union. The accuracy of the information displayed is the responsibility of the originating data source. In case of discrepancy the information as displayed on the respective MEA website prevails. Decision VCII/1: Amendments to the rules of procedure Type du document Décision Numéro de référence VCII/1 Date Jui 17, 1991 SourceUNEP, InforMEA Statut active Sujet Air et atmosphère, Déchets et substances dangereuses Traité Convention pour la protection de la couche d'ozone (Mar 22, 1985) Réunion Site web www.informea.org Résumé The Conference of the Parties, in Decision VCII/1 of its Second Meeting, decided: To amend paragraph 2 of rule 6 as follows: Delete the words "in matters of direct concern to the organizations and states they represent" in the third and fourth lines of the paragraph. The paragraph would now read: "Such observers may, upon invitation of the President and if there is no objection from the Parties present, participate without the right to vote in the proceedings of any meeting."; To amend paragraph 1 of rule 21 of the Rules of Procedure to include the following additional sentences: "In electing its officers, the meeting of the Conference of the Parties shall have due regard to the principle of equitable geographical distribution. The offices of the President and Rapporteur of the meeting of the Parties shall normally be subject to rotation among the five groups of States referred to in section I of General Assembly resolution 2997 (XXVII) of 16 December 1972, by which UNEP was established."; To amend rules 23 and 24 as follows: Rule 23 - delete paragraph 2; Rule 24 - delete the words "other than the President" and replace by the words "of the Bureau".