<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div>Hi Maye,</div><div><br></div><div>While I asked that question off list to avoid getting into a discussion on RPD about this, since it has been brought to the list I need to respond.</div><div><br></div><div>That document published in 1979 is actually contradicted (and indeed superseded) by an event in March 2013 at a United Nations conference, where Mexico stated that there was no established definition of the word Consensus within the United nations. This position was then backed by Nigeria, Japan, Costa Rica, Chile and Columbia. </div><div><br></div><div>So, either the United Nations actually has no such definition, or there is no consensus on the definition of consensus in the United Nations (This occurred on the 28th of March 2013 at the Final UN Diplomatic Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty, when the United Nations failed to adopt the treaty by consensus)</div><div><br></div><div>Andrew</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> Maye Diop <<a href="mailto:mayediop@gmail.com">mayediop@gmail.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Tuesday 25 June 2013 2:38 PM<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> rpd <<a href="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net">rpd@afrinic.net</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> Re: [AFRINIC-rpd] PDP discussions<br></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; " lang="EN-US"><span style="">To answer Andew's mail about non existence of definition of Consensus at UN.<br><br></span>'As per the UN definition of consensus, the
concept <span style=""> </span>“consensus” is understood to
mean the practice of adopting decisions by general agreement without resort to
voting and in the absence of any formal objection.<span style=""> </span><br>Where consensus is not possible, the Chair
shall convey the full range of views expressed by members.<br><br></span></div><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; " lang="EN-US">See <a href="http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?collection=journals&handle=hein.journals/jrlsl7&div=5&id=&page=">http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?collection=journals&handle=hein.journals/jrlsl7&div=5&id=&page=</a> <br></span></div><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; " lang="EN-US">What is a consensus?<br></span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
2013/6/25 Alan Barrett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:apb@cequrux.com" target="_blank">apb@cequrux.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
On Tue, 25 Jun 2013, Andrew Alston wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
But again I say, we cannot explore third options or anything until process has been followed and this process has gone through last call [...]<br></blockquote><br>
We can explore anything, even during thr last call. The results of the exploration may cause some people to change their mind.<br><br>
--apb (Alan Barrett)<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
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