Number of States Parties present and voting 25
Number of valid voting papers 25
France 25 votes
Iran 23 votes
Nigeria 23 votes
Tunisia 23 votes
United States of America 23 votes
Egypt 22 votes
Ecuador 21 votes
Yugoslavia 19 votes
Australia 18 votes
Canada 17 votes
Federal Republic of Germany 17 votes
Ghana 17 votes
Poland 17 votes
Senegal 17 votes
Iraq 15 votes
Jordan 14 votes
Switzerland 14 votes
16. The Chairman declared elected the first fifteen States mentioned above which had obtained the majority of votes required.
17. At the opening of the second meeting, the representative of the Director General recalled the procedure foreseen for the renewal, of members of the World Heritage Committees designated at the first election. In conformity with Article 9 of the Convention, the term of one-third of the members of the Committee shall cease at the end of the first ordinary session of the General Conference following that at which they were elected, and the term of office of a further third of the members designated at the same time shall cease at the end of the second ordinary session of the General Conference following that at which they were elected. The names of the outgoing members shall be chosen by lot by the President of the General Conference after the first election.
18. The choice by lot took place in Nairobi on 30 November 1976. The official record thereof is set out in Annex I.