The regional assembly is in charge of electoral procedure and, among other things, vote-counting.

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The procedure dictates that the Security Council must recommend to the General Assembly that a state receive membership.

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The Welsh Assembly Government has defended her appointment, saying that an independent assessor was satisfied that the interview procedure had been correctly followed.

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