No-action Motion of the Rules of Procedure of the Functional Commissions of ECOSOC
2003-11-25 10:36
A. No-action motion is a procedural motion provided
by Article 2 of Rule 65 of Rules of Procedure of the
Functional Commissions of the Economic and Social Council of
the United Nations. The Rules of Procedure were initially
adopted in resolution 100 (V) of 12 August 1947 and has been
revised several times since.
B. The text of
Article 2 of Rule 65 reads that "A motion requiring
that no decision be taken on a proposal shall have priority
over that proposal."
C. Since the
adoption of the Rules of Procedure of ECOSOC, the no-action
motion has been proposed on numerous occasions by countries
on draft resolutions in different functional commissions of
the ECOSOC including the Commission on Human Rights and the
Sub-Commission on Promotion and Protection of Human Rights.
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