(b) Where there is no consensus and except where by law a resolution requires a special majority, questions arising at a General Assembly meeting must be decided by a majority of votes cast by the ‘A’ accredited members present and entitled to vote at the meeting. Such a decision is for all purposes a decision of the Forum. However, when, in the opinion of the chairperson, such a decision pertains to the policy or principles governing a human rights issue any ‘A’ accredited member who disagrees wholly or partly with such a policy and/or principle may record its dissent/reservation specifying the area of dissent or reservation. (c) Where the votes on a proposed resolution are equal: (1) the chairperson of the meeting does not have a second or casting vote; and (2) the proposed resolution is taken as lost. (d) A resolution put to the vote of a General Assembly meeting must be decided on a show of hands unless, before the vote is taken or before or immediately after the declaration of the result of the show of hands, a poll is demanded by: (1) the chairperson of the meeting; (2) at least 2 ‘A’ accredited members present; or (3) an ‘A’ accredited member or ‘A’ accredited members present at the meeting and representing at least 5% of the total voting rights of all the ‘A’ accredited members on a poll. (e) A demand for a poll does not prevent a General Assembly meeting continuing for the transaction of any business except the question on which the poll has been demanded. (f) Unless a poll is duly demanded, a declaration by the chairperson of a General Assembly meeting that a resolution has on a show of hands been carried or carried unanimously, or carried by a particular majority, or lost, and an entry to that effect in the book containing the minutes of the proceedings of the Forum, is conclusive evidence of the fact without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded in favour of or against the resolution. (g) If a poll is duly demanded at a General Assembly meeting, it must be taken in such manner, and either at once or after an interval or adjournment or otherwise, as the chairperson of the meeting directs. The result of the poll is the resolution of the meeting at which the poll was demanded. (h) A poll demanded at a General Assembly meeting on the election of a chairperson of the meeting or on a question of adjournment must be taken immediately. (i) The demand for a poll may be withdrawn. 13.9 Voting rights (a) Subject to this constitution and to any rights or restrictions attached to any class of membership, at a General Assembly meeting every ‘A’ accredited member present has one vote. (b) Subject to this constitution: 15