UPIGO Zielpunkt


Statuten
Innere Geschäftsordnung der UPIGO



(Amended by the General Assembly in Berlin on 2 october 2004)


Clause 1 : Definition
a. An association of professional organisations and national associations of specialist doctors qualified in obstetrics and gynaecology (as well as sections specialising in the professional defence of groups or national societies for qualified obstetricians and gynaecologists) has been constituted under the name “Union Professionnelle Internationale des Gynécologues et des Obstétriciens (UPIGO)”. The provisions of these statutes shall govern this union.

b. The Council shall reserve the right to admit other organisations.

c. By definition the UPIGO shall not be limited to European countries.

Clause 2 : Registered Office
The UPIGO shall have its registered office in Paris. This office may be transferred to any other place upon the Administrative Council’s decision, confirmed by a simple majority of the Council.

Clause 3 : Aim
The aim of the UPIGO shall be:
a. to study, represent and defend the ethical and material interests of practitioners of obstetrics and gynaecology before all international authorities.

b. to study and explain ethical, legal, professional and social problems that crop up in these disciplines, characterised by the particular interest they arouse.

c. to establish relations with any competent international organisation.

d. To supply complete documentation on the profession of ObGyn to each delegation in order to help each country to improve the training of practitioners and the wellbeing of women and unborn children.

e. to promote harmonisation of the training in ObGyn and the conditions of practice of the speciality in order to allow migration within the framework of international regulations.

Clause 4 : Composition
Each country shall be represented by one single delegation. The UPIGO shall include full, associate and corresponding members.
a. Full members shall be professional (national or regional) organisations that are fully representative of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in their country.

b. Associate members shall be specialists in obstetrics and gynaecology in countries not possessing national organisations as described under a. or whose national organisations are not members of the UPIGO.

c. Corresponding members shall be represented by organisations, associations or persons, medical or not, which, without fulfilling the conditions required to be either a full or associate member, are interested in the work of the UPIGO and wish to be kept informed of its activities.

Clause 5 : Delegations
a. Delegations representing full members shall be composed of a maximum of 3 delegates (unless the Administrative Council suggests otherwise); one of them shall be of a teaching body.
They shall be appointed by their national organisation for a period of three years (renewable) and must be active full-time in their professional capacity. They alone are entitled to speak, vote and be elected. When voting takes place, each delegation is entitled to only one vote.

b. The Council may confer the title of honorary delegate upon a meritorious former member who wishes to maintain his contact with the association. Honorary delegates shall be invited to UPIGO sessions, shall not have the right to vote nor be elected, but may be entrusted with specific missions by the Administrative Council. As with members of the Honorary Committee and members of the Bureau they are ex-delegation.

c. Associate members shall attend UPIGO sessions in an advisory (but non-voting) capacity. They have the right to table motions. Their mandate shall not exceed three years. After this period, if they do not fulfil the necessary conditions for becoming a full member, they shall lose their position as associate members and become corresponding members, if they wish.

d. Corresponding members shall only attend UPIGO sessions when invited individually, but they shall receive the minutes. They have the right to communicate their proposals to the secretary general for possible study.

Clause 6 : Subscriptions
The UPIGO shall use full, associate and corresponding members’ subscriptions to pay its expenses. The Council, following the treasurer’s proposals shall fix subscription levels. The UPIGO may accept gifts and bequests.

Clause 7 : Administration - Operation
UPIGO shall be administered by a Council composed of:

a. The Honorary Committee made up of former presidents. The Council may also appoint to the Honorary Committee and after confirmation former officers and particularly meritorious delegates.

b. A bureau made up the President in office, the Previous President, the Secretary General and his Deputy, the Treasurer and his Deputy as well as the President Elect.

c. An Administrative Council made up of the members of the Bureau, of the delegations of the full members and of the associate members. Members of the Bureau shall be elected every 2 years and are eligible for re-election.

Clause 8
The UPIGO shall be represented outside the body by its President or President Elect, or failing them by the Secretary General.

Clause 9
The bureau shall meet before the opening and after the closure of each session. It shall meet in between times if the President or the Secretary General deems it useful.

Clause 10
The Council shall meet at least once a year in one of the member countries. It shall fix the time and the date for this at the end of the preceding session.

Clause 11
Upon proposal on the Administrative Council, the Council shall adopt internal Regulations fixing the operation of the union.

Clause 12
Membership may be terminated:
a. By resignation sent to the President or the Secretary General.

b. By failure to pay the subscription during a period of time determined by the Internal Regulations.

Clause 13
These statutes may only be amended upon proposal from the Administrative Council or a third of the full members. These amendments must appear on the agenda of an ordinary or extraordinary session, in order to be confirmed by the Council represented. Postal votes are permitted.

Clause 14 : Dissolution of the Union
The Administrative Council or a third of the full members may only decide dissolution of the Union upon a proposal. The Council, especially convened for this purpose, shall take this decision by a majority of the 2/3 of the full members present.
Postal votes are permitted.
In the case of there not being a 2/3 quorum, the Council shall have to meet again within 6 months. A simple majority of full members present, represented or having sent a postal vote shall then take the decision.