We believe the general assembly changed the rules, and left us with no other choice".
The I.O.C. president, Jacques Rogge, overseeing his first full Olympic committee general assembly, said the rules would be withdrawn for more study and submitted to a special meeting on reforms in Mexico City in November.
This September the United Nations secretary general will convene what is called, in UN parlance, a "high level segment" of the general assembly to discuss "the rule of law at the national and international levels".
Under the rules, the general assembly must vote by two-thirds for the decision to expel a member to be rubber-stamped.
[New York Times, Salon] At Monday's general assembly, protesters in Zuccotti Park agreed on rules banning theft, harassment and other crimes and asked its security group to enforce the code.
Last week, developing countries again tried to create new debt resolution rules at the UN general assembly as part of the SDGs agenda.
World leaders have an opportunity to make progress this September, when they gather at the UN general assembly in New York, with the topic of the rule of law up for discussion at a parallel UN conference.
The London 2012 organising committee chairman, Lord Coe, said the revelations were "deeply depressing", especially after he had warned the Association of National Olympic Committees of the risks of breaking IOC rules on the resale of tickets at their general assembly in Acapulco in 2010.
The UEFA decision on Gibraltar following a ruling by the Lausanne-based Court of Arbitration of Sport (CAS) and the possible Iraqi Kurdish application to the AFC puts pressure on world soccer body FIFA to loosen its rules on membership as the group gears up for its general assembly in Mauritius next week.
Beginning on Friday, Mr. Mubarak's ruling party, the National Democratic Party, will hold a general assembly.
