14. On the decision of the Chairman, the elections were held by secret ballot. The delegates of Germany and the Philippines were appointed tellers.
15. The results of the first ballot were as follows:
Number of States Parties eligible to vote 136
Number of States absent 36
Number of abstentions 0
Number of invalid ballot papers 3
Number of votes recorded 97
Number of votes constituting the majority required to be elected 49
No candidate received the required majority of votes, thus no State Party was elected.
16. In accordance with the Rules of Procedure, the second ballot was to be limited to those States which had obtained the greatest number of votes, provided that the number of States did not exceed twice the number of seats remaining to be filled which was seven seats. The second ballot was thus organized between the fourteen following candidates: Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Guatemala, India, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Mozambique, Niger, Poland, United States.
17. The results of the second ballot were:
Number of States Parties eligible to vote 136
Number of States absent 43
Number of abstentions 0
Number of invalid ballot papers 4
Number of votes recorded 89
Number of votes constituting the majority required to be elected 45
States which obtained the required majority of votes were:
Japan: 49
France: 47
United States: 46
The Chairman thus declared the above States Parties elected to the World Heritage Committee.
18. Four seats remaining to be filled, the following States, having obtained the greatest number of votes, were maintained as candidates for the third ballot: Brazil, Canada, India, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Niger, Poland.
19. The results of the third ballot were as follows:
Number of States Parties eligible to vote 136
Number of States absent 43
Number of abstentions 0
Number of invalid ballot papers 3
Number of votes recorded 90
Number of votes constituting the majority required
to be elected 46
Niger, having polled 46 votes, was declared elected by the Chairman.
20. Three seats remained to be filled. Amongst the States having obtained the greatest number of votes: Brazil, Canada, India, Italy, Lebanon, Jordan, Poland, the latter two candidates had obtained the same number of votes. In accordance with the Rules of Procedure, an eliminatory vote was held between Poland and Jordan.
21. The results of this eliminatory vote were:
Number of States absent 67
Number of abstentions 0
Number of invalid ballot papers 1
Number of votes recorded 68
Poland, having obtained the greatest number of votes (41) , was maintained as a candidate for the fourth ballot.
22. The results of the fourth ballot were:
|
Number |
of |
States Parties eligible to vote |
136 |
|
Number |
of |
States absent |
61 |
|
Number |
of |
abstentions |
0 |
|
Number |
of |
invalid ballot papers |
1 |
|
Number |
of |
votes recorded |
74 |
|
Number |
of |
votes constituting the majority required to be elected |
38 |
No candidate having obtained the required majority of votes, no State Party was elected, and a fifth ballot was held with the same candidates.
23. The results of the fifth ballot were:
Number of States Parties eligible to vote 136
Number of States absent 68
Number of abstentions 0
Number of invalid ballot papers 1
Number of votes recorded 67
Number of votes constituting the majority required to be elected 34
Italy, having polled 36 votes, was declared elected by the Chairman.
24. Two seats remaining to be filled, the following States, having received the greatest number of votes, were maintained as candidates for the sixth ballot: Brazil, Canada, Lebanon, Poland.
25. The results of the sixth ballot were:
Number of States Parties eligible to vote 136
Number of States absent 77
Number of Abstentions 0
Number of invalid ballot papers 1
Number of votes recorded 58
Number of votes constituting the majority required 30
No candidate having obtained the required majority, no State Party was elected, and a seventh ballot was held with the same candidates.
26. The results of the seventh ballot were:
Number of States Parties eligible to vote 136
Number of States absent 35
Number of abstentions 0
Number of invalid ballot papers 1
Number of votes recorded 100
Number of votes constituting the majority required to be elected 51
Lebanon, having polled 51 votes, was declared elected by the Chairman.
27. One seat remaining to be filled, the following States, having obtained the greatest number of votes, were maintained as candidates for the eighth ballot: Brazil and Canada.
28. The results of the eighth ballot were:
Number of States Parties eligible to vote 136
Number of States absent 47
Number of abstentions 0
Number of invalid ballot papers 2
Number of votes recorded 87
Brazil, having polled 47 votes, was declared elected by the Chairman.