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Statutes of the IGBC
The establishment, working rules and structure of the IGBC are provided for in Article 11 of the Statutes of the IBC, which were adopted by the Executive Board at its 154th session, on 7 May 1998.
Excerpt from the STATUTES OF THE INTERNATIONAL BIOETHICS COMMITTEE (IBC)

Article 11 - Intergovernmental Committee

1. An Intergovernmental Committee, hereafter referred to as ‘the Intergovernmental Committee’, is hereby established within the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

2. The Intergovernmental Committee shall examine the advice and recommendations of the IBC, including those concerned with the follow-up of the Universal Declaration.

The Intergovernmental Committee shall inform the IBC of its opinions. It shall submit its opinions to the Director-General for transmission, together with the advice and recommendations of the IBC, to the Member States, the Executive Board and the General Conference. It may transmit any proposals for the follow-up of the advice and recommendations of the IBC.

3. The Intergovernmental Committee shall be composed of 36 representatives of the Member States elected by the General Conference. Associate Members of UNESCO shall be invited to participate. When electing the members of the Intergovernmental Committee, the General Conference shall take into account cultural diversity, balanced geographical representation and the need to ensure appropriate rotation.

4. The term of office of members of the Intergovernmental Committee shall extend from the end of the ordinary session of the General Conference during which they are elected until the end of its second subsequent ordinary session.

5. Member States of UNESCO, Associate Members and non-Member States which have set up a permanent observer mission to UNESCO may take part in the meetings of the Intergovernmental Committee. The provisions of Article 4 relating to the IBC shall apply mutatis mutandis to the Intergovernmental Committee.

6. The sessions of the Intergovernmental Committee shall be convened by the Director-General at least once every two years.

7. Where the Intergovernmental Committee or the Director-General so decides, a Joint Session of the IBC and the Intergovernmental Committee, hereafter referred to as ‘the Joint Session’, shall be convened. The Joint Session shall foster dialogue between the IBC and the Intergovernmental Committee on matters of mutual concern. Without limiting the generality of such matters, they may include consideration of any proposals to:

(a) amend the Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights; or

(b) adopt any further declaration or any other international instrument within the field of competence of the IBC.

The Joint Session shall:

(a) be chaired by the chairpersons of the IBC and of the Intergovernmental Committee as joint presiding officers;

(b) be open to observers mutatis mutandis in accordance with Article 4; and

(c) present a report on the meeting to the Director-General, who shall provide it to the Member States for such action as they may decide before it is presented to the General Conference.



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