Re: [soac-mapo] Note of GAC position on paying for objections

[Avri Doria <avri@xxxxxxx>]

Hi,

As long as the provision was the same for ALAC as for GAC, I think this would 
make sense for the AC itself to be able to file an objection on a non-fee basis.

On the other hand, I do not agree that an individual country should be able to 
file on a non-fee basis.  It uses the resources just as much and I can see how 
in some cases the filing of the objection might not be frivolous because it 
could come from a serious national belief, but it still might be persecutional 
of those who believe otherwise.  

Also there is a fee to respond to an objection.  Should the applicant  who must 
respond to the objection also be free of the fee.  Otherwise several nations 
with similar beliefs (about homosexuality for example) file similar but not 
identical objections, and the applicant could forced to pay a separate fee to 
respond to each one.  This would then constitute a denial of service attack by 
the nations.  To allow this on a non-fee basis would be very wrong in my 
opinion.

a.



On 8 Sep 2010, at 17:47, Frank March wrote:

> I undertook during the meeting to circulate some text which recognised the 
> strongly held position of the GAC that no country should be required to pay 
> the objector's fee.  Subsequently the discussion moved on to looking at what 
> constituted a government for this purpose (I suggested using the GAC 
> definition for membership).  Then there was the suggestion from Bertrand that 
> GAC membership could be a requirement for a no-fee objection by a government. 
>  
>  
> The discussion moved to the position of both the GAC and ALAC in the 
> objections process with the suggestion that either of these can lodge an 
> objection on behalf of a member.  Since the GAC requires consensus this would 
> necessarily overcome any concerns about 'frivolous' objections coming from 
> this source.  I suggest including a recommendation along this line in our 
> draft report.
>  
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