UCLG-MEWA General Assembly
Provisions regarding the function, composition and other operational matters in relation to the UCLG-MEWA General Assembly are stipulated in the following articles of the UCLG-MEWA Constitution:
UCLG-MEWA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Article 33 Function
UCLG-MEWA General Assembly is the supreme organ of UCLG-MEWA. It has authority and duty for the overall policy, direction and oversight of the organization. In particular, the duties, authorities and responsibilities of the General Assembly are as follows:
- give guidance on the general policy direction of the organization;
- receive the report of activities and financial report submitted by the UCLG-MEWA Council;
- deal with all matters placed on its agenda by the UCLG-MEWA Council;
- adopt any revisions to the UCLG-MEWA Constitution;
- decide on the dissolution and the liquidation of UCLG-MEWA.
Article 34 Composition
The UCLG-MEWA Assembly shall comprise all members of UCLG-MEWA, through their duly appointed representatives.
Article 35 Sessions
The UCLG-MEWA General Assembly shall be convened by rule at the time of the World Congress to which both the members of the World Organization of United Cities and Local Governments and non-members are invited. The announcement of ordinary and extraordinary meetings must be sent to members at least one month in advance, indicating the agenda items.
General Assembly may invite persons and entities which are not members of UCLG-MEWA to attend the World Congress as observers.
The session will be chaired by the President of UCLG-MEWA. The Secretary General will act as the Secretary of the General Assembly, noting the resolutions passed in the meeting minutes.
Article 36 Participation and Voting
Each member shall assign a delegate to represent it at the General Assembly and may also assign a substitute. The latter may only participate in the meeting if the named delegate is absent.
All members are entitled to participate in the sessions and to express their opinions and proposals publicly. If there are numerous requests to participate, the Chairman may moderate their length. The Chairman may also grant participating members the right to respond.
Local Government members who are up to date in payments of their membership fees, up until the year preceding the meeting, shall have voting rights in the General Assembly. Associate members and honorary members shall not have voting rights in the General Assembly.
Article 37
Each voting member of the General Assembly shall have an equal vote.
Article 38
Except in special cases provided for in the Constitution, decisions of the General Assembly shall be taken by a simple majority of the votes cast.
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