UCA Statements

Affirmative Action

01 July 1997

It was resolved that [extracts]:

97.04.11

Gender Balance in Elected Bodies

in relation to elections for membership of Assembly bodies by the Assembly and its Standing Committee, to determine that women shall comprise at least 40% of the membership of each body and men shall comprise at least 40% of the membership of each body, unless:

  • the mandate of a particular body states otherwise;
  • the Assembly specifically makes a different determination in respect of any particular body;

Composition of the Standing Committee

to determine that the elected membership of the Standing Committee shall include:

  • at least two persons 25 years or under;
  • no fewer than eight persons of each gender;
  • at least two persons recognised by the Assembly Committee on Ethnic Diversity as being among the migrant-ethnic members of the Assembly, at least one of whom shall be a layperson.
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