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35.3 For the purpose of the present Rules, the expression "States members present and voting" shall mean States members casting an affirmative or negative vote.

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12.4 For the purpose of the present Rules, the expression "States present and voting" shall mean States casting an affirmative or negative vote.

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For the purpose of these rules, the expression “Members present and voting” means Members casting an affirmative or negative vote.

He also observed that the Executive Committee had been able to consider new business planning for the Multilateral Fund and agencies’ shares and support costs. He drew attention to the important sectoral and national phase-out plans included in the business plans to be considered at the current meeting and expressed the hope that the Executive Committee would approve the performance-based agreement guidelines that would further its course in meeting the objectives of the next three-year phase-out plan.

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In addition, the ICBL noted that many efficiency issues they have raised touch upon the role of the United Nations and, in this regard, expressed appreciation for a constructive dialogue that has started in recent months between non-governmental organisations and the UN.

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It was also suggested that FAO should undertake technical work in the following five priority areas to assist States and RFMOs implement resolutions 61/105 and 64/72 and the FAO Guidelines: (i) improving and expanding application of the criteria for the identification of VMEs beyond corals, sponges, seamounts and hydrothermal vents; (ii) developing guidance on impact mitigation measures and best practices for developing and applying encounter protocols relevant to VMEs, particularly by RFMOs; (iii) developing guidance on what and how information should be collected to implement measures for managing fishery impacts on VMEs; (iv) defining certain terms that could clarify implementation of the FAO Guidelines; and (v) developing guidance on best practices for conducting assessments.

After discussion, the Working Group agreed that the questions for further consideration on that matter would include (A/CN.9/717, para. 143): (i) whether a provision on protection of the integrity of the arbitral process should be in the form of a general formulation or should contain specific instances that were meant to be specifically addressed; (ii) the interplay between the protection of the integrity of the arbitral process and the provisions in the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules already dealing with that issue; and (iii) how to determine the threshold for a limitation to transparency based on the ground of the need to protect integrity of the arbitral process.

A few participants, however pointed to a danger that the term “quality education” tended to become too broad complicating any assessment of outcomes or measurement of results, and that an agreed-to definition was warranted.

In the course of consultations with key constituencies (Member States, United Nations and academia) around the desirability of preparing a draft universal declaration of ethical principles in relation to climate change, it became clear that significant work is needed on the upstream clarification of basic ethical principles, including but not limited to climate change issues, along with downstream development of practical policy tools.