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ANNOTATIONS
Plenary meeting
1.
Suspension of Rule 5 of the Rules of
Procedure of the General Conference
Rule 5 of the Conference's Rules of Procedure requires that special
sessions of the Conference be held not later than 90 days after the
receipt by the Director General of a request for such a session from the
Board. The opening date of the special session (24 September 1986) is
somewhat more than 90 days after the date on which the Director General
received the request from the Board (13 June 1986), and this item has
accordingly been included in the provisional agenda in order to
facilitate a formal suspension of Rule 5 by the General Conference.
Plenary meeting
2.
Election of officers and appointment
of the General Committee
Under Rule 34 of the Rules of Procedure the General Conference will
be called upon to elect a President, and the President will propose for election the names of eight Vice-Presidents and the name of a Chairman of
the Committee of the Whole. Also, under Rule 40 the Conference is
required to appoint a General Committee consisting of the President, the eight Vice-Presidents, the Chairman of the Committee of the whole and
five additional members, elected on the proposal of the President.
3.
Statement by the Director General
Plenary meeting
The Director General proposes to make a statement to the Conference.
4.
Arrangements for the Conference
(a)
Adoption of the agenda and allocation
General Committee
of items for initial discussion
The General Committee is required to report to the Conference under