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(Amended by the General Assembly in Berlin on 2 october 2004)
b. The Council shall reserve the right to admit other organisations. c. By definition the UPIGO shall not be limited to European countries.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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. |