M - Call for an online vote on all motions following the Congress
M - Call for an online vote on all motions following the Congress
RECOGNISING the immense challenges imposed by the pandemic and the extraordinary efforts by the government of France in organising this Congress and thanking the government of France for facilitating participation of Members in person as much as possible;
NOTING that the COVID-19 pandemic prevented many Members from attending in person, and in light of the need to provide opportunities to vote to all Members, voting after the Congress closes would provide equity of voting; and
HAVING CONSIDERED the proposal from the IUCN Council in response to the requests from a number of IUCN Members to exceptionally submit the motions tabled at the 2021 World Conservation Congress (i.e. draft Resolutions and Recommendations, and proposed amendments to the IUCN Statutes) to an online vote within one month after the closing of the Congress, to enable all IUCN Members to participate equally in the decision making of the Union;
1. DECIDES, in view of the exceptional circumstances linked to the COVID-19 pandemic, to submit all motions that do not require immediate decision of the Members’ Assembly and pertain to defining the general policy of IUCN (Resolutions), influencing the policies and actions of third parties (Recommendations) and addressing the governance of IUCN pursuant to Article 20 (a) and (b) of the IUCN Statutes and Rule 48bis to an online vote in accordance with Regulation 94, albeit with shorter deadlines and without previous online discussion. The text of the motions submitted to such online vote will be the text tabled by the Resolutions Committee, following discussion in contact groups, for discussion in plenary but not for the vote. New and urgent motions shall in principle be referred to the online vote except if the Resolutions Committee finds a specific motion urgent (to be decided on a case-by-case basis) and advises the Members’ Assembly to vote on it immediately;
2. REQUESTS the Secretariat to make all necessary preparations for the online vote to open within one month from the end of the Congress; and
3. DECIDES that this decision enters into effect immediately.
CGR-2021-3.2-1 Motion calling for an online vote on all motions following the Congress (as originally submitted)
