Chairs and Vice-Chairs of the Permanent Council1/
January - December 2006
THREE-MONTH PERIOD
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MEMBER STATES
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POSTS
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January
to March |
Saint Lucia
Trinidad and Tobago2/ |
Chair
Vice Chair |
April
to June |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago |
Chair
Vice Chair |
July
to September |
Suriname
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines3/ |
Chair
Vice Chair |
October
to December |
Trinidad and Tobago
Saint Lucia |
Chair
Vice Chair |
[1]. Article 5 of the Statutes of the Permanent Council provides: The office of
Chair of the Permanent Council shall be held by each of the principal
representatives in turn, following the alphabetical order in Spanish of the
names of their respective countries. Article 6 provides: The Chair and
Vice Chair shall hold office for a term of three months. These terms shall
begin automatically on the first day of each quarter of the calendar year.
Article 7 provides: In the event of the temporary absence or disability of
the Chair, the Vice Chair shall replace him/her and, in the event of the
absence or disability of both of them, the principal representative of
greatest seniority shall preside. If for any reason the country to which
the Chair corresponds does not have a principal representative, the Vice
Chair shall serve as Chair until a principal representative of that country
joins the Council. If during a term or part thereof a country to which the
Chair or Vice Chair corresponds does not have a principal representative,
that term shall not be interrupted. Once it has ended, the Chair or Vice
Chair shall go to the following country, in accordance with the order
established in Article 5.
[2]. Serves as acting vice chair in the absence
of the principal representative of Uruguay (Articles 4 and 5 of the Rules of
Procedure of the Permanent Council.
[3]. Article 7 of the Rules of
Procedure of the Permanent Council establishes that if the offices of chair and
vice chair of the Permanent Council should both devolve upon the principal
representative of the same state, the representative shall be the chair.
The office of vice chair shall devolve upon de principal representative of the
state next in reverse alphabetical order, and thus, successively.
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