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VI. Report of the Credentials Committee

1. At its 1st plenary meeting, on 8 April 2002, the Second World Assembly on Ageing, in accordance with rule 4 of its rules of procedure, appointed a Credentials Committee based on the composition of the Credentials Committee of the General Assembly of the United Nations at its fifty-sixth regular session, namely: China, Denmark, Jamaica, Lesotho, the Russian Federation, Senegal, Singapore, the United States of America and Uruguay.

2. The Credentials Committee held its meeting on 10 April 2002.

3. Mr. Carlos E. Gasparri (Uruguay) was unanimously elected Chairman.

4. The Committee had before it a memorandum by the secretariat of the Assembly, dated 9 April 2002, concerning the credentials of representatives of States to the Second World Assembly on Ageing. The representative of the legal counsel of the United Nations made a statement relating to the memorandum in which she, inter alia, updated the memorandum, indicating those credentials and communications received subsequent to its preparation.

5. As noted in paragraph 1 of the memorandum and the statement relating thereto, formal credentials of representatives to the Second World Assembly on Ageing, in the form required by rule 3 of the rules of procedure of the Assembly, had been received at the time of the meeting of the Credentials Committee from the following 42 States: Andorra, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, China, Croatia, the Dominican Republic, Finland, Gabon, Guinea, the Holy See, Iceland, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Liechtenstein, Malta, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, the Netherlands, Panama, Portugal, Qatar, the Republic of Korea, Slovakia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, the Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uruguay, Venezuela, Viet Nam and Zimbabwe.

6. As noted in paragraph 2 of the memorandum and the statement relating thereto, information concerning the appointment of the representatives of States to the Second World Assembly on Ageing had been communicated to the secretariat of the Assembly at the time of the meeting of the Credentials Committee by cable or fax from the Head of State or Government or the Minister for Foreign Affairs, or by means of a letter or note verbale from the Ministries, Embassies or Permanent Missions concerned, from the following 116 States: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, France, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Latvia, Lebanon, the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia (Federated States of), Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Namibia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Romania, the Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, the Sudan, Suriname, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United Republic of Tanzania, the United States of America, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Yemen, Yugoslavia and Zambia.

7. The Chairman recommended that the Committee accept the credentials of the representatives of all States mentioned in the memorandum of the secretariat of the Assembly, on the understanding that formal credentials for representatives of the States referred to in paragraph 6 above would be communicated to the secretariat of the Assembly, as soon as possible.

8. On the proposal of the Chairman, the Committee adopted the following draft resolution:

“The Credentials Committee,

“Having examined the credentials of the representatives to the Second World Assembly on Ageing of the States referred to in the memorandum of the secretariat of the Assembly dated 9 April 2002,

“Accepts the credentials of the representatives of the States concerned.”

9. The draft resolution proposed by the Chairman was adopted without a vote.

10. The Chairman then proposed that the Committee should recommend to the plenary of the Second World Assembly on Ageing the adoption of a draft resolution (see para. 12 below). The proposal was adopted without a vote.

Action taken by the Assembly

11. At its 10th plenary meeting, on 12 April 2002, the Assembly considered the report of the Credentials Committee (A/CONF.197/6).

12. The Assembly adopted the draft resolution recommended by the Committee in its report (see chap. I, resolution 3).

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