The Africa Group decided to request the two candidates for the position of President of the IPU to make a presentation to the Group before a decision in terms of which candidate to support is made.The three vacancies for the vacant positions on the IPU Executive Committee were decided as follows, Eastern Africa - Uganda (Speaker Kadaga), Southern African - Lesotho (Speaker Motsamai), Western Africa to submit a candidate after they have consulted. The meeting was informed that Algeria withdrew the proposed amendments to the Rules of the IPU.