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Resolution 1789 (2011) Final version
Challenge on procedural grounds of the still unratified credentials of the parliamentary delegations of Montenegro, San Marino and Serbia
1. On 24 January 2011, the still unratified
credentials of the parliamentary delegations of Montenegro, San Marino
and Serbia were challenged on procedural grounds, in accordance
with Rule 7.1 of the Parliamentary Assembly’s Rules of Procedure,
on the ground that their delegations comprised no female representative,
in violation of Rule 6.2.a of
the Rules of Procedure.
2. The Parliamentary Assembly reiterates its commitment to promoting
a balanced representation of women and men in political and public
decision making and to applying the principle of gender equality
in its internal structures, in particular by encouraging a balanced
representation of women and men in national delegations.
3. The Assembly notes that the composition of the three delegations
in question does not fulfil the conditions laid down in Rule 6.2.a of its Rules of Procedure and
that their credentials have been legitimately challenged. It notes
that the delegations have stated that it had been impossible for
them to satisfy the condition laid down by the Rules of Procedure
in the time available and that they undertake to ensure full compliance
at the earliest opportunity.
4. Accordingly, the Assembly decides:
4.1. with regard to the credentials of the delegation of Montenegro,
to ratify the credentials of the parliamentary delegation, but to
suspend the voting rights of its members in the Assembly and its
bodies in accordance with Rule 7.3.c of
the Rules of Procedure, with effect from the beginning of the Assembly’s April
2011 part-session, until the composition of this delegation is brought
into conformity with Rule 6.2.a in
so far as it relates to the appointment in a national delegation
of, at a very minimum, one member of the under-represented sex as
a representative;
4.2. with regard to the credentials of the delegation of San
Marino, to ratify the credentials of the parliamentary delegation,
but to suspend the voting rights of its members in the Assembly
and its bodies in accordance with Rule 7.3.c of
the Rules of Procedure, with effect from the beginning of the Assembly’s April
2011 part-session, until the composition of this delegation is brought
into conformity with Rule 6.2.a in
so far as it relates to the appointment in a national delegation
of, at a very minimum, one member of the under-represented sex as
a representative;
4.3. with regard to the credentials of the delegation of Serbia,
to ratify the credentials of the parliamentary delegation, but to
suspend the voting rights of its members in the Assembly and its
bodies in accordance with Rule 7.3.c of
the Rules of Procedure, with effect from the beginning of the Assembly’s April
2011 part-session, until the composition of this delegation is brought
into conformity with Rule 6.2.a in
so far as it relates to the appointment in a national delegation
of, at a very minimum, one member of the under-represented sex as
a representative.