2.(a)The nominees shall have the nationality of a State Party to the present
Protocol;
(b) At least one of the two candidates shall have the nationality of the
nominating State Party;
(c) No more than two nationals of a State Party shall be nominated;
(d) Before a State Party nominates a national of another State Party, it shall
seek and obtain the consent of that State Party.
3. At least five months before the date of the meeting of the States Parties during which the elections
will be held, the Secretary-General of the United Nations shall address a letter to the States Parties
inviting them to submit their nominations within three months. The Secretary-General shall submit a
list, in alphabetical order, of all persons thus nominated, indicating the States Parties that have
nominated them.
Article 7
1. The members of the Subcommittee on Prevention shall be elected in the following manner:
(a) Primary consideration shall be given to the fulfilment of the requirements
and criteria of article 5 of the present Protocol;
(b) The initial election shall be held no later than six months after the entry
into force of the present Protocol;
(c) The States Parties shall elect the members of the Subcommittee by secret
ballot;
(d) Elections of the members of the Subcommittee shall be held at biennial
meetings of the States Parties convened by the Secretary-General of the
United Nations. At those meetings, for which two thirds of the States Parties
shall constitute a quorum, the persons elected to the Subcommittee shall be
those who obtain the largest number of votes and an absolute majority of the
votes of the representatives of the States Parties present and voting.
2. If during the election process two nationals of a State Party have become eligible to serve as
members of the Subcommittee on Prevention, the candidate receiving the higher number of votes shall
serve as the member of the Subcommittee. Where nationals have received the same number of votes,
the following procedure applies:
(a) Where only one has been nominated by the State Party of which he or she
is a national, that national shall serve as the member of the Subcommittee on
Prevention;
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