Chairs and Vice-Chairs of the Permanent Council1/
January - December 2010
THREE-MONTH PERIOD
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MEMBER STATES
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POSTS
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January
to March |
Costa Rica
Grenada |
Chair
Vice Chair |
April
to June |
United States2/
El Salvador4/ |
Chair
Vice Chair3/ |
July
to September |
Ecuador
El Salvador |
Chair
Vice Chair |
October
to December |
El Salvador
Ecuador |
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]. The
Permanent Mission of Dominica has indicated that it will not be able to
assume the chair of the Permanent Council for the period from April 1 to
June 30, 2010. Article 5 of the Rules of Procedure of the Permanent Council
establishes that “[i]f the state to which the office of chair corresponds
does not have a principal representative, the vice chair shall serve as
chair. If the state to which the office of vice chair corresponds does not
have a principal representative, the principal representatives of the states
in reverse alphabetical order shall serve in turn as vice chair on an acting
basis. The incumbency of such substitute in either office shall terminate
with the arrival in the Permanent Council of the principal representative of
the state to which that office pertains by right.” Accordingly, the
Permanent Representative of the United States will serve as chair during the
aforementioned period.
[3].
In addition, the provisions of Article 7 of the Rules of Procedure of the
Permanent Council state that, “If the offices of chair and vice chair of the
Permanent Council should both devolve upon the principal representative of
the same state, that representative shall be the chair. The office of vice
chair shall devolve upon the principal representative of the state next in
reverse alphabetical order, and thus successively.” As the aforementioned
Article 7 establishes, and because up to May 9, 2010 El Salvador was
represented by an interim representative, the office of vice chair of the
Permanent Council was assumed by the Permanent Representative of Ecuador.
[4].
The Permanent Representative of El Salvador presented credentials and
assumed the office of vice chair of the Permanent Council on May 10, 2010.
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