Consider Ireland, where for many years Catholics objected that if a vote were held within Northern Ireland, the two thirds Protestant majority would rule. Protestants replied that if a vote were held within the geographical area of the entire island, the two thirds Catholic majority would rule.

The Working Group established under rule 106, paragraph 1, may also declare a complaint admissible by majority vote or inadmissible by unanimity.

Social choice theory has thus become a broad discipline, covering a variety of distinct questions. Under what circumstances would majority rule nbsp yield unambiguous and consistent decisions?

If, in the first ballot in either the General Assembly or the Security Council, no candidate receives an absolute majority, a second ballot will be held and balloting will continue in the same meeting until a candidate has obtained the required majority (rule 151 of the rules of procedure of the Assembly and rule 61 of the provisional rules of procedure of the Council).

That rule lays down a procedure for restricted ballots in the event that, after the first ballot, the requisite number of candidates have not obtained the required majority.

This document provides information on the deliberations of the Conference of the Parties (COP) since its second session on rule 47 of the rules of procedure (majority required).

That rule lays down a procedure for restricted ballots in the event that, after the first ballot, the requisite number of candidates have not obtained the required majority.

If, in the first ballot in either the General Assembly or the Security Council, the number of candidates obtaining an absolute majority is less than five, a second ballot will be held and balloting will continue at the same meeting until five candidates have obtained the required majority (rule 151 of the rules of procedure of the Assembly and rule 61 of the provisional rules of procedure of the Council).

Subject to paragraph 1 of rule 32, decisions of the Conference on all matters of substance shall be taken by a two thirds majority of the representatives present and voting.

He is part of the proud generation that defeated apartheid and then peacefully engineered a transition to durable black majority rule. Their achievement remains one of the greatest in recent history.

If democracy means the rule of law, ensuring that the majority and minorities live together in harmony and respect, it should also be the guarantee of the right to live without fear.

The opposition Maoist Madhesi alliance wants the decision rule to be consensus, whereas the exasperated government proposes requiring a two thirds majority. Constituent Assembly Chairman Subash Chandra Nembang has attempted to resolve the problem his own way, preparing questionnaires on disputed constitutional issues that, if used, would effectively institute a majority process.

The chairman of a committee or working group may exercise the right to vote and Decisions of committees or working groups shall be taken by a majority of the Parties present and voting, except that the reconsideration of a proposal or of an amendment to a proposal shall require the majority established by Rule 38.

(b) A majority of producer members or a majority of consumer members or

(b) A majority of producer members or a majority of consumer members or

The alternative solutions put forward in the document supra are still relevant and applicable to give final shape to this rule on the majority required in order for decisions taken by the COP to be adopted

The next 34 percent are your early majority, your late majority and your laggards.

We are the majority.

We are the majority.

Okay, that's the majority.

The majority of people.

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Although during its century of domination the colonial power had made widespread use of the divide and rule policy, the overwhelming majority of the nationalities of Myanmar had chosen to remain in the Union at the time of independence.

The most noteworthy was the IMF sovereign debt restructuring mechanism,29 which suggested some core features majority rule in restructuring decisions, a legal stay against claims by creditors, protection of creditors' interests, seniority of new money and a dispute resolution forum.

The fact that a majority of United Nations Member States have now become party to the Rome Statute highlights the vital contribution that the Court will make to our common goal of enhanced security, justice and the rule of law.

Europe s Silent Pro Treaty Majority

A great majority of estates were left without a man so that women constitute the majority of the population.

Women, a majority of the workplace.

That's where we find Islamic majority.

Majority required for Security Council decisions

We hereby affirm democracy to be the only form of government that can guarantee the establishment of strong States, who, in the process of nation building, seek to strengthen civil society and its institutions, ensure political accountability, defend social justice and majority rule with minority rights, uphold free press and the media, and thereby secure the rule of law and protection of fundamental human rights.

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The vulnerability that this implies already has resulted in Sudan s recent disintegration into two states. Sudan s authoritarian rule and social division along religious lines, together with economic difficulties and political ineptitude, precipitated the collapse of the central government s authority in the country s Christian majority south.

But in fact, the majority were scared.

Okay, so the great majority of us.

Democracy is the dictatorship of the majority.

Majority of his clientele are poor people.

The majority of medical personal are women.

The majority of alleged abductees are children.