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CHAPTER XI

Minutes of the sessions

Article 58: Notwithstanding articles 59 and 60 of these Rules of Procedure, the Secretariat shall prepare summary minutes of the sessions of the Committee. Such minutes shall include the opinions expressed, the date and the hour of the session, the names of those present, the matter or matters considered, and the agreements that might have been reached.

Minutes of the sessions of the subcommittees or working groups shall not be prepared except when so decided by the Committee by the affirmative vote of at least six of its members.

Article 59: The minutes shall contain a verbatim report of the statement of any member when for such purpose he presents it in writing during a session or within one working day immediately following the session.

Article 60: The Committee, by the affirmative vote of at least six of its members, may decide in special cases that the minutes be taken by a stenographic or recording system.

Article 61: The minutes shall be signed by the Chairman, who may delegate that function to the Secretary. The minutes shall be kept permanently in the files of the Committee.

Article 62: A copy of all the minutes shall be sent to the General Secretariat, which, in turn, shall distribute them to the Member States, and to those organs of the Organization or the Inter-American System directly interested in the matters considered.