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Article 5 - Chairman of Administrative Council

from CHAPTER I - International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 September 2010

Christoph H. Schreuer
With
Loretta Malintoppi ,
August Reinisch  and
Anthony Sinclair
Christoph H. Schreuer
Affiliation:
Universität Wien, Austria
Loretta Malintoppi
Affiliation:
Eversheds LLP
August Reinisch
Affiliation:
Universität Wien, Austria
Anthony Sinclair
Affiliation:
Allen & Overy LLP, London
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Summary

The Working Paper, the earliest draft to the Convention, provided that the World Bank's President would be the President of the Centre. After some debate, this position was changed to Chairman of the Administrative Council (History, Vol. I, pp. 34, 36; Vol. II, pp. 55/6, 118/9, 122/3). There was some opposition to linking the two offices and suggestions were made to provide for the separate election of the Chairman (at pp. 55/6, 315/6, 381, 482, 560, 691). But the majority of delegates supported the solution whereby the World Bank's President would be ex officio Chairman of the Administrative Council (at pp. 101, 127, 382, 560, 691). There was also some concern about the extent of powers that the Chairman would wield (at pp. 111, 119, 122, 123, 248, 294, 316, 382).

A debate on the Chairman's right to vote led to the solution eventually adopted (History, Vol. I, pp. 34, 36; Vol. II, pp. 249, 250, 315, 383, 484, 691/2). Under this solution, the Chairman presides over the Administrative Council's meetings but does not participate in the voting.

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The ICSID Convention
A Commentary
 , pp. 18 - 19
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2009

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