Decides, with effect from 1 January 1%8, but without prejudging the question of the installation of mechanical means of voting in the committee rooms, to amend rules 89 and 128 of its rules of procedure as follows:
a
In rule 89:
i
Designate the ex1stmg text as paragraph (a);
ii
Add a new paragraph ( b) as follows:
" ( b) When the General Assembly votes by mechanical means, a non-recorded vote shall replace a vote by show of hands or by standing and a recorded vote shall replace a roll-call vote. Any representative may request a recorded vote. In the case of a recorded vote, the General Assembly shall,
unless a representative requests otherwise,
dispense with the procedure of calling out the names of the Members; nevertheless, the result of the voting shall be inserted in the record in the same manner as that of a roll-call vote."
b
In rule 128:
i
Designate the existing text as paragraph (a);
ii
Add a new paragraph (b) as follows:
" ( b) When the committee votes by mechanical means, a non-recorded vote shall replace a vote by show of har:ds or by standing and a recorded vote shall replace a roll-call vote. Any representative may request a recorded vote.
In the case of a recorded vote, the committee shall, unless a representative requests otherwise, dispense with the procedure of calling out the names of the members; nevertheless,
the result of the voting shall be inserted in the record in the same manner as that of a roll-call vote."
16 December 1967.
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