The Independent Commission for Human Rights
the General Assembly. If the General Assembly decides upon a different methodology of establishing the list of speakers for the general debate of a special session or
an emergency special session, the Holy See will have the right to participate in that
methodology.
2. Without prejudice to the priority of Member States, the Holy See shall have the
right of inscription on the list of speakers under agenda items at any plenary
meeting of the General Assembly, after the last Member State inscribed on the
list.”
In the plenary meetings of the General Assembly, the Holy See will have the right to
inscribe on the list of speakers under any agenda item on which it signifies its desire
to speak after the last Member State inscribed and before Palestine on the list of that
meeting.
The Holy See will have the same priority as Member States when it is participating
in any “all States” conference convened under the auspices of the General Assembly
or in any election of the permanent or ad litem judges of the International Tribunal
for the Former Yugoslavia or the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.
3. The right to make interventions, with a precursory explanation or the recall of
relevant General Assembly resolutions being made only once by the President
of the General Assembly at the start of each session of the Assembly.”
At the beginning of each session of the General Assembly, during its consideration
of the report of the General Committee, the President will indicate that the participation of the Holy See in that session will be in accordance with General Assembly
resolution 58/314 of 1 July 2004, after which there will be no precursory explanation
prior to any intervention by the Holy See in the session.
4. The right of reply.”
The presiding officer will accord the right of reply to the Holy See in the order in
which it signifies its desire to make a reply.
5. The right to have its communications relating to the sessions and work of the
General Assembly issued and circulated directly, and without intermediary, as
official documents of the Assembly.”
The Holy See will have the right to request the circulation of its communications relating to any agenda item in the sessions and work of the General Assembly directly,
and without a request by a Member State, and the Secretariat shall issue such communications as official documents of the Assembly.
6. The right to have its communications relating to the sessions and work of all
international conferences convened under the auspices of the General Assembly
issued and circulated directly, and without intermediary, as official documents
of those conferences.”
As most international conferences convened under the auspices of the General Assembly are open to the participation of “all States”, the Holy See already enjoys the
right to circulate its communications as official documents of those conferences. In
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