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If in the second ballot the votes are equally divided, the President shall decide between the candidates by drawing lots.

Two of the initial five members, to be identified by the drawing of lots, shall be appointed for an initial fouryear period.

It suggested that an alternative solution would be to draw lots among the regional groups with more than three seats, should consultations prove fruitless.

To ensure the timely completion of the exercise, any repeat draws will be held on the second and third days of the meeting of the Implementation Review Group.

On the Friday morning preceding the beginning of the session, the President, in the presence of the Bureau, will draw by lot the first speaker on the list.

However, in the case of a tie between a greater number of unsuccessful candidates a special ballot shall be held for the purpose of reducing the number of candidates to the required number; if a tie again results among more than the required number of candidates, the President shall reduce their number to that required by drawing lots.

If in the second ballot the votes are equally divided, and a majority is required, the Chairman shall decide between the candidates by drawing lots.

[...] [...] for the purpose of choosing the Member [...] [...]

The General Assembly decided, in its resolution 62/228, that judges shall serve only one non-renewable term of seven years on either tribunal, with the exception of two of the initial judges of the Dispute Tribunal and three of the initial judges of the Appeals Tribunal, to be determined by drawing of lots, who shall serve three years and may consequently apply to the same Tribunal for a non-renewable term of seven years.

Some of the judges were afforded shorter terms of office, through the mechanism [...] [...]

(c) If there are mandates left unassigned per constituencies, the Central Electoral Bureau establishes them based on an agreement between the political parties, political alliances or electoral alliances to which those mandates are due and in the absence of such an agreement by drawing lots within 24 hours from the closure of the previous operations.

The Group agreed to a request by the Russian Federation to mix the boxes containing the lots of the Group of Asian States and the Group of Eastern European States in drawing its reviewing State party from the same geographical region.

If the demand is higher than the number of land/housing, the allocation is made by notary drawing of lots; if less, commission decides by taking into account the application periods.

A roll call shall be taken in the English alphabetical order of the names of the delegations at the Conference, beginning with the delegation whose name is drawn by lot by the President.

The members of the Board whose terms are to expire at the end of the abovementioned initial period of three years shall be chosen by lot to be drawn by the Secretary-General immediately after the first election has been completed.

On the Friday afternoon, all delegations will be informed of the speaking order and of the speaking time available to delegations.

hands, except that any member may request a roll-call, which shall then be taken in the alphabetical order of the names of the members of the Committee, beginning with the member whose name is drawn by lot by the Chairperson.

In the case of a tie among three or more candidates obtaining the largest number of votes, a second ballot shall be held; if a tie results among more than two candidates, the number shall be reduced to two by lot.

Unless otherwise decided by the Committee, the Committee shall vote by a roll-call, which shall be taken in the English alphabetical order of the names of the members of the Committee, beginning with the member whose name is drawn by lot by the Chairperson.

[...] [...] alternates drawn at random from the general public.

If a tie results among more than two candidates, the number shall be reduced to two by lot and the balloting, restricted to them, shall continue in accordance with the preceding paragraph.

The name of each such State shall be called in all roll-calls, and its representative shall reply “yes”, “no” or “abstention”.

[...] [...] case the drawing of lots should [...]

While the European Union had accepted that one-time solution, it did not believe it befitting of the dignity of one of the Main Committees of the General Assembly to make such decisions by drawing lots.