Section 19. Representation of Members at Meetings of Fund Organs
1. Representation of Members Not Entitled to Appoint an Executive Director
(a) Each member not entitled to appoint an Executive Director in accordance with Article XII, Section 3(b)(i) may, in accordance with the regulations provided in this Section, send a representative to attend any meeting of the Executive Board when a request made by, or a matter particularly affecting, that member is under consideration. A member may waive its rights under this provision. The Executive Board shall determine whether a matter under consideration particularly affects a member not entitled to appoint an Executive Director in accordance with Article XII, Section 3(b)(i), which determination shall be final.
(b) Whenever a member not entitled to appoint an Executive Director in accordance with Article XII, Section 3(b)(i) desires to present its views at the meeting of the Executive Board at which a request the member has made is to be considered, it shall so notify the Fund when it makes the request and shall designate a representative for this purpose who shall be available at the seat of the Fund. Failure to give notice or to designate an available representative shall constitute a waiver of the member's right to present its views at the meeting.
(c) Whenever the Executive Board is to consider a matter which has been determined particularly to affect a member not entitled to appoint an Executive Director in accordance with Article XII, Section 3(b)(i), the member shall be promptly informed by rapid means of communication of the date set for its consideration. No final action shall be taken by the Executive Board with respect to such matter, nor any question particularly affecting such member submitted to the Board of Governors, until the member has either waived its rights under paragraph (a) of this Section or has been given an opportunity to present its views through an appropriately authorized representative at a meeting of the Executive Board, of which the member has had reasonable notice.
2. Representation of Members whose Voting Rights have been Suspended
The provisions of subsection 1 above shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the representation of members whose voting rights have been suspended pursuant to Article XXVI, Section 2(b), at meetings of the Board of Governors and the Executive Board.
Adopted March 16, 1946, amended September 17, 1947, June 13, 1978, and April 12, 1993