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 (6 STAT.] MUILTILATERAL-TELECOMMUNICATIONS-OCT. 2, (947 (Chapter IV. art. 12 KR) (36-b ) 365 § 3. (1) Each member of the Board, including the Chairman, shall have one vote. Voting by proxy or by correspondence is not allowed. Moreover, no member is entitled to vote on any given question if he has not been present at that part of a meeting at which that question was discussed. 366 (2) The minutes shall indicate whether a finding was unanimous or by a majority. In the latter case, the vote of each member present may be recorded on request of a mem- ber, but shall not be made public. 367 (3) Problems of a purely non-technical nature shall be decided by the Board on the basis of a two-thirds vote of the members present. In the consideration of problems having technical characteristics, the Board shall endeavour to reach its decisions by unanimous agreement. If, after reconsidera- tion of such a problem over a period not exceeding 14 days, the Board fails to reach a unanimous decision, it shall imme- diately thereafter decide the problem on the basis of a two- thirds majority vote of the members present. 368 (4) A quorum of the Board shall be one-half of the number of members of the Board. If, however, the verdict of such a quorum on a question coming before it is not unani- mous, the question shall be referred for decision at a later meeting at which at least two-thirds of the total number of members of the Board are present. If these calculations result in a fraction, the fraction shall be rounded up to a whole number. 369 §4. Notices shall be considered by the Board within one week of the expiration of the period for receipt of objection or comments provided in article 11 and cannot be post- poned unless the Board lacks sufficient data to render a deci- sion in connection therewith. However, the Board shall not act upon any notice which has a technical hearing on an earlier 1741

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