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CHAPTER IV: OFFICERS

Rule 15: Officers

(1) The Conference, meeting in Plenary and presided over by the Director General of WIPO, shall elect its President, and, presided over by its President, shall elect six Vice-Presidents.

(2) The Credentials Committee, the Main Committee and the Drafting Committee shall each have a Chairman and two Vice-Chairmen.

(3) Each of the bodies mentioned in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall elect its officers from among the delegates of States whose Delegations are its members. The Main Committee shall elect the officers of any working group.

(4) Precedence among the Vice-Presidents and Vice-Chairmen of a given body shall depend on the place occupied by the name of the State of each of them in the list of Member Delegations established in the French alphabetical order, beginning with the name of the State drawn by lot by the President of the Conference.

Rule 16: Acting President or Acting Chairman

(1) If the President of the Conference or any Chairman is absent from any meeting of the body (the Conference, meeting in Plenary, the committee or working group) to be chaired by him, such meeting shall be presided over, as Acting President or Acting Chairman, by that Vice-President or Vice-Chairman of that body who, among the Vice-Presidents or Vice-Chairmen present, has precedence over the others.

(2) If all the officers of a body are absent from any meeting of that body (Conference, meeting in Plenary, committee or working group), an Acting President or Acting Chairman, as the case may be, shall be elected by that body.

Rule 17:

Replacement of President or Chairman

If, for the rest of the duration of the Conference, the President or any Chairman is unable to perform his functions, a new President or Chairman shall be elected.

Rule 18: Vote by Presiding Officer

(1) No President or Chairman, whether elected as such or Acting (hereinafter referred to as "the Presiding Officer"), shall vote. Another member of his Delegation may vote in the name of his Delegation.

(2)

Where the Presiding Officer is the only member of his Delegation, he may vote, but only after all other Delegations have voted.