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ARTICLE-7     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. The members of the Subcommittee on Prevention shall be elected in the following manner: ...
... (c) The States Parties shall elect the members of the Subcommittee on Prevention by secret ballot; ...
... (d) Elections of the members of the Subcommittee on Prevention 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 on Prevention 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. ...


ARTICLE-9     [go to this ARTICLE]
... The members of the Subcommittee on Prevention shall be elected for a term of four years. They shall be eligible for re-election once if renominated. The term of half the members elected at the first election shall expire at the end of two years; immediately after the first election the names of those members shall be chosen by lot by the Chairman of the meeting referred to in article 7, paragraph 1 ( d). ...
... The members of the Subcommittee on Prevention shall be elected for a term of four years. They shall be eligible for re-election once if renominated. The term of half the members elected at the first election shall expire at the end of two years; immediately after the first election the names of those members shall be chosen by lot by the Chairman of the meeting referred to in article 7, paragraph 1 ( d). ...


ARTICLE-10     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. The Subcommittee on Prevention shall elect its officers for a term of two years. They may be re-elected. ...
... 1. The Subcommittee on Prevention shall elect its officers for a term of two years. They may be re-elected. ...