The IUCN World Conservation Congress, at its session in Marseille, France:

Adopts the following amendments to the IUCN Statutes and Rules of Procedure to put a cap on the number of abstentions in order for a motion to be adopted:

(i) Amend Article 32 of the IUCN Statutes as follows: (existing text, if any, to be removed in strike through; proposed new text in bold)

Abstentions shall not be counted as votes cast. However, if the number of abstentions is one-third or more of all votes in either Category A or Categories B and C combined, the motion is not adopted. In this case, a second vote shall be held on the same conditions and on the same text that was submitted to the first vote.

(ii) Amend Rule 62quinto of the Rules of Procedure as follows: (existing text, if any, to be removed in strike through; proposed new text in bold)

62quinto. Following the close of the online discussion the Motions Working Group will

(a) submit each motion, as amended during the online discussion or together with proposed amendments, as appropriate, to an electronic vote of the IUCN Members eligible to vote with the exception of the motions that warrant debate at the global level during the Congress which will continue to be discussed and voted upon during the Members’ Assembly. The electronic vote shall be opened and closed on dates prior to the opening of Congress to be determined by Council. Paragraphs c. to g. of Regulation 94 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the electronic vote on motions; or

(b) refer to the Members’ Assembly for continued debate and vote on the floor, motions which have been the subject of such discussion and divergent proposed amendments or that are so controversial that it is, in the opinion of the Motions Working Group, not possible to produce a consensus text for submission to a decision by electronic vote prior to Congress.; or

(c) refer to the Members’ Assembly for a second vote the motions referred to in Article 32 of the Statutes which have not been adopted due to the high number of abstentions.