Welcomes the participation of a member of the Board of Trustees of the Fund at the thirtieth session of the Working Group and encourages the members of the Board to attend the next session of the Working Group

The Sub Commission also encouraged members of the Board to attend the next session of the Working Group.

An important aspect of performance is the attendance of directors at board and committee meetings.

Article 35 During the reporting period, the Company shall make disclosure of for how many times the meeting of the board of directors has been held during the reporting period, give brief description of the presence of directors at the meeting, and summarize the major proposals and resolutions in the meeting of board of directors.

At least 76 per cent of the respondents were chairmen, CEOs, managing directors, presidents and senior vice presidents, executive directors and general managers.

Ms. Nina Pacari Vega did not attend the Board s session.

If the roles of chairman and CEO are combined, the proportion of independent directors within the board structure assumes greater importance.

Governing Board A new Governing Board (GB) was elected following GCR's General Assembly of April 2005.

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The Board members met with interested donors during the Board s session on 19 March 1997 and established contacts with other donors attending the session of the Commission on Human Rights on 17 and 18 March.

The Board of Trustees then makes recommendations to the Secretary General in accordance with the guidelines of the Fund and Board.

If the Board of Trustees felt that that decision was unacceptable, it could reconsider the matter, since the final decision lay with the Executive Director or the Chairman of the Board.

On that occasion, the Chairman indicated that in order for the Board to be able to meet in 1998 and to respond to the requirements of a minimum number of NGO applicants, he would need the very basic amount of US 100,000.

Mr. Ole Ntimama and Ms. Nina Pacari Vega were not able to attend the Board s session.

3. Thanks the Chairman and the members of the Board of Trustees of the Fund who attended the session of the Working Group for their constructive participation in its work

They'd boot you out of the next meeting if you did.

The Board members are appointed by the Secretary General for a three year renewable term, in consultation with the Chairperson of the Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities.

Ketty Lazaris is the elected President of the Board.

A member of the Board of Trustees, David Weissbrodt, attended the session and introduced the documentation available and the beneficiaries of travel grants attending the session, and described the financial situation of the Fund.

(a) A travel grant approved by the secretariat is given on an individual basis.

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1 The decision of the board of directors and the opinions of the independent directors

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The Board recommended that the Bureau of the Forum at its thfourth session in 2005 invite the Chairperson, or any other member of the Board who could be in New York during the session or the secretariat of the Fund, to deliver a statement on the implementation of the mandate given to the Fund by General Assembly resolution 56 140 of 19 December 2001.

C. Board of Trustees

The Fund is administered by IDB through its Donors' Council and Board of Executive Directors and the President of that Board.

The assembly adopted the statute and programme goals and tasks, elected the board of directors and president of the association.

The Board recommended that the Bureau of the Commission on Human Rights, at its next session in the year 2006, should continue to invite the Chairperson, or any other member of the Board who could be in Geneva during the session of the Commission, to deliver a statement introducing the report of the Secretary General on the 19thnineteenth session of the Board on the activities and the needs of the Fund and to appeal for new contributions.

(d) Reference organizations and specialized networks may be invited to the session of the Board of Trustees at which their applications are examined in order, inter alia, to provide additional information on specific organizations or projects, answer questions and explain their activities to the Board

The support of the representative of Pakistan, who was the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, for the initiative was important.

Linus Larrabee, wizard of finance, chairman of the board, getting mixed up with his chauffeur's daughter.

(e) Concerning travel grants, the Chairman, or another Board member if possible, attends the Working Group session in order to meet with all beneficiaries present and assess the impact of their participation on the deliberations of the Working Group.

Boards on Their Backs

A unitary board is comprised of executive and non executive directors.

The Bureau of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations at theirits annual session in 2005 should continue to invite the Chairperson or any other member of the Board who could be in Geneva during the session or the secretariat of the Fund, to deliver a statement introducing the report of the Secretary General on the Fund.

The Board recommended that the Bureau of the Forum at its fourth session in 2005 invite the Chairperson, or any other member of the Board, to deliver a statement on the implementation of the mandate given to the Fund by the General Assembly in its resolution 56 140 of 19 December 2001.

(3) possessing smooth reporting channels and reporting the related information to the general manager, the board of directors or the auditing committee thereof through the reporting channels as determined by the board of directors and

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The ad hoc group agreed that the board should disclose whether it has a performance evaluation process in place, either for the board as a whole or for individual members.

It has become common practice for boards to establish board committees to facilitate fulfillment of certain of the board's functions and address some potential conflicts of interest.

A large number of executive and alternate directors of the Boards of the World Bank and of IMF and the Deputy Director General of the World Trade Organization participated in the meeting.

27. Requests the President of the General Assembly to present this resolution to the Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank and the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund, before their joint annual spring meeting, in order to bring it to their attention as an input to their discussions on the matters addressed herein.

Travel grants for attendance at the thirtieth session of the Working Group on Contemporary Forms of Slavery and project grants approved by the Board of Trustees at its tenth session