, inter alia, "to embark, as soon as possible, on a study of the composition and terms of reference of the Council ",
Considering
the need to keep the
Council
to a manageable size in order to retain efficiency,
Recognizing
that the increase in the Organization's membership since the present size of the
Council
had been established in 1973 and the need to improve the geographical representation of certain regions, especially that of Africa, would call for a limited increase in the size of the Council ,
Having examined
the Report of the Seventy-First Council Session and the proposal to increase the size of the
Council
by 7 seats, giving a total of 49 seats,
1.
Decides
to amend
Article V.1 of the Constitution and
Rule XXII.1(b) of the General Rules of the Organization as follows:
"
Article V.1 of the Constitution
1.
A Council of the Organization consisting of [
forty-two
]
forty-nine
Member Nations shall be elected by the Conference ...
"
Rule XXII.1(b) of the General Rules of the Organization
(b)
The Conference shall make such provisions as will ensure that the terms of office of [
fourteen
]
sixteen
members of the Council shall expire in each
of two successive
calendar years and
seventeen in the third calendar year
.
"
2.
Decides
that three additional seats shall be allocated to the Region of Africa, and one additional seat each to the Regions of Asia and the Far East, Europe, Latin America and the Near East.
