In
order to make the proceedings of the IPPNW student movement more
transparent and democratic, the need for a set of basic rules has
emerged over the years. After the past two International Reps,
Proochista Ariana and Ahmed Geneid, have drafted a first set of
guidelines, they were
discussed internationally within the student movement and submitted to
the 2004 World Conference in Beijing for further perusal. After a
thorough debate at this conference, everyone was invited to propose
changes
to the existing draft version of the guidelines, adding, for example a
clear cut description of a viable solution for e-mail voting.
Students
from
Nepal, Russia, Sweden, Canada and Germany,
including the two new International Reps, then formed a drafting
committee and took time to revise the current version of the
guidelines. They were able to build on the tremendous work already
accomplished by the former
two International
Reps and included valuable suggestions made during the European
student
conference in April as well as in the internet discussions.
Following the Beijing conference, an online-vote was taken on two
issues, which the drafting committee was unable to decide on in
Beijing.
With a clear majority in both cases, the National Student
Representatives decided to grant ISRs the possibilty to run for a
second two-year term and to limit voting rights within the GB to the
NSRs.
After a unanimous final vote by the NSRs, the guidelines became
the official and legitimate governing documents of the IPPNW student
movement in January of 2005. We would like to thank all of those
involved in the process of drafting and amending this set of guidelines
and hope that the arduous process will help make the student movement
more efficient, its governance more transparent and elections more
democratic.
Khagendra Dahal and Alex Rosen
IPPNW International Student Representatives
January 2005
Click here to view the
guidelines
themselves
Click here to view the discussion on
the Guidelines, which has taken place during the past year and has been
held by students from twelve different countries in four different
regions.
