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REPORT ON THE OFFICIAL RESULT OF THE ELECTION OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PUBLIC FOR THE ESCAZÚ AGREEMENT

4 November 2022

The election of representatives of the public for the Escazú Agreement was held electronically through a voting platform provided by the Secretariat of the Agreement on 2 and 3 November 2022.

The Secretariat of the Escazú Agreement would like to thank everyone that participated in the process, both candidates and the public, and invites all to continue supporting the implementation of the Escazú Agreement in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Pursuant to the Rules for the election, the election process was fully coordinated by the Secretariat of the Agreement. It shall be final and not subject to appeal.

Once the election has been closed and the votes counted, the Secretariat is pleased to publish the present report with the results and the votes received by each candidate. The results reflect the order of the election, from the highest to the lowest number of votes obtained by each candidate. All nominations have been ranked by electoral sub-region, noting the country and sex of the candidate.

For this election, the electoral register was composed of all persons registered in the Regional Public Mechanism on 22 August 2022, before 11:59 p.m. Santiago time. Each voter had one vote to elect any candidate.

A total of six representatives of the public shall be elected. The two persons receiving the highest number of votes in each of the sub-regions shall be elected as representatives. In each sub-region, no more than one person elected as representative may be from the same country (national or resident) or of the same sex.

In accordance with article 13 of the rules, the procedure that applies to all sub-regions is the following: 

a)    In the event that the two persons from the same sub-region receiving the highest number of votes are persons from the same country, the list of representatives shall be ordered as follows: the person receiving the highest number of votes shall automatically be elected as the representative, with the second place going to the person from a different country of the sub-region who has obtained the second highest number of votes.

b)    In the event that the two persons from the same sub-region and different country, who have obtained the highest number of votes, are persons of the same sex, the list of representatives shall be ordered as follows: the person receiving the highest number of votes shall automatically be elected as the representative, with second place going to the person of a different sex from that sub-region who has obtained the next highest number of votes and who is not from the same country.

c)    If all nominations are from the same sex in a sub-region, the candidates with the highest number of votes in that sub-region shall be elected.

d)    In the event of a tie, the candidate that is registered with an earlier date in the Regional Public Mechanism shall have priority.

The Secretariat shall notify the elected candidates of their election. They will have five days to expressly accept their position as representative. The absence of an express acceptance by any candidate elected representative shall be deemed as a rejection and the next candidate on the corresponding sub-regional list shall be notified, in accordance with the number of votes received and in accordance with the nomination procedure set out in article 13, until such time as the vacancy can be filled.

Once all the positions of the representatives have been accepted, the Secretariat shall notify the Presiding Officers, States Parties and the MPR the names of the persons who have been elected as representatives. Their contact details will be sent to the Regional Public Mechanism and posted on the website of the Secretariat.

In accordance with the results of the election and the applicable rules, the elected candidates of the public are as follows(*):

·      Total number of voters in the electoral register and signed up in the voting platform: 2624

·      Total number of casted votes: 1176 (44,8%). See Annex 1.

(*)Subject to acceptance by the elected candidates.

Please read the complete report on the election results here