13. Under item 8 of its agenda the General Assembly was called on to elect seven Members to the World Heritage Committee to replace the following seven Members who would have completed their term of office at the end of the twenty-fifth session of the General Conference: Algeria, Australia, Lebanon, Malawi, Norway, Sri Lanka and Turkey. The list of States Parties having submitted their candidature was read out to the Assembly. In accordance with Article 16, paragraph 5, of the Convention, the list of candidates was limited to those States Parties which had paid their contributions to the World Heritage Fund up to and including 1988. The following States Parties were declared candidates: Colombia, Cyprus, Finland, the Federal. Republic of Germany, Finland, Hungary, Indonesia, New Zealand, Oman, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Senegal, the Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand and Yugoslavia.
14. On the decision of the Chairman, the elections took place by secret ballot. The delegates of the German Democratic Republic and of Monaco were appointed tellers.
15. The results of the first ballot which were announced by the Chairman, were as follows:
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First Ballot Number of States Parties voting Number of States absent Number of abstentions Number of invalid ballot papers Number of votes recorded Number of votes constituting the majority required to be elected States obtaining the required majority of votes: Senegal Oman Colombia |
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29 0 2 80 41
43 41 |
The Chairman declared elected to the World heritage Committee after the first ballot the following States Parties: Colombia, Oman and Senegal.
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. Among the remaining candidates, Thailand, Peru, Indonesia, the Syrian Arab Republic, New Zealand, Hungary, Yugoslavia and Finland had obtained the greatest number of votes. A second ballot limited to these eight States was held.
17. The results of the second ballot, which were announced by the Chairman, were as follows:
Second Ballot
Number of States Parties voting 111
Number of States absent 45
Number of abstentions 0
Number of invalid ballot papers 0
Number of votes recorded 66Number of votes constituting the majority required to be elected 34
States obtaining the required majority of votes:
Peru 41
Syrian Arab Republic 39
The Chairman declared elected to the World heritage Committee after the second ballot the following States Parties: Peru and the Syrian Arab Republic.
18. Resuming the session, on 13 November 1989, the third ballot was organized with two new tellers, India and Portugal. In accordance with the Rules of Procedure, the third 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. Among the remaining candidates, Thailand, Finland, Indonesia and New Zealand had obtained the greatest number of votes. The results of the vote, which were announced by the Chairman, were as follows:
Third Ballot
Number of States Parties voting 111
Number of States absent 51
Number of abstentions 0
Number of invalid ballot papers 2
Number of votes recorded 58
Number of votes constituting the majority required to be elected 30
Thailand having alone obtained the required majority with 39 votes in its favour, a fourth ballot was organized between Finland and Indonesia.
19. The results of the fourth ballot, which were announced by the Chairman, were as follows:
Fourth Ballot
Number of States Parties voting 111
Number of States absent 48
Number of abstentions 0
Number of invalid ballot papers 2
Number of votes recorded 61
Number of votes constituting the majority required to be elected 32
Indonesia, having polled 34 votes, was declared elected.