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ICA thanks the following members for their support to the ICA General Assembly 2009:

Co-operatives UK

Legacoop, Italy

National Agricultural
Co-operative Federation (NACF), Korea

Central Union of Consumer Societies of the Russian Federation

Indian Farmers Fertiliser
Co-operative (IFFCO)

Japanese Joint Committee

JA-ZENCHU/CUAC
Nihon Nogyo Shimbun
JCCU
IE-NO-HIKARI
JIGYODAN
ZENMORI-REN
ZEN-NOH
ZENGYOREN
NFUCA
ZENROSAI
ZENKYOREN
Norinchukin Bank

National Co-operative
Union of India (NCUI)

Singapore National
Co-operative Federation (SNCF)

Desjardins Group, Canada

Kooperativa Förbundet (KF), Sweden

SOK Association (OSKL), Finland

With the
participation of:

International Conference Volunteers (ICV)

ICA General Assembly

Geneva (Switzerland), 16-20 November 2009

"Global Crisis – Co-operative Opportunity"

Welcome

GA participants

Voting at ICA GA
ICA General Assembly Delegates

Dame Pauline Green, ICA President

The ICA General Assembly 2009 brought together nearly 800 delegates on 19-20 November 2009 at the Geneva International Conference Centre (CICG) in Geneva, Switzerland.

Highlights included:

Election of Dame Pauline Green as ICA President, the first woman president of the ICA (picture right)
Election of a new Board of 18 members -- see Election Results
Keynote address by Jeremy Rifkin -- Audio file of speech is now available.

Three panel sessions addressing the theme "Global Crisis – Co-operative Opportunity" Pesentations now availble

Five resolutions on the economic global crisis, climate change, sustainable energy and peace adopted -- see text of adopted resolutions

ICA Rules and Bye-Laws amended

2011 General Assembly to be held in Mexico

Ivano Barberini, former ICA President posthumously conferred the Rochdale Pioneer Award - see photos of ceremony below

Election Results

President

Dame Pauline Green of the United Kingdom was unanimously elected by the General Assembly. She becomes ICA's first woman president. Upon election, Dame Pauline stepped down as the Co-president of Co-operatives Europe and as ICA's Vice-president for Europe.

Read Dame Pauline Green's Speech following election (pdf)

Vice-Presidents

The three Vice-Presidential candidates were unamiously elected by the General Assembly.

Stanley Muchiri of the Co-operative Bank of Kenya was elected as ICA Vice-president for Africa.
Ramon Imperial Zuniga of the Caja Popular of Mexico was elected as ICA Vice-president for the Americas.
Li Chungsheng of the All China Federation of Supply and Marketing Co-operatives was elected as ICA Vice-president for Asia-Pacific.

Board Members

The General Assembly was requested to vote for 15 members of the board nominated by ICA member organisations, 2 members of the board nominated by the Sectoral Organisations and one member nominated by youth co-operators. Of the 618 votes distributed, 608 votes were cast and 4 considered invalid.

Elected Board members are in BOLD.

Names	Organisation/Country	Votes	Ranking

Nominees from ICA Member Organisations: 15 to be elected
Ms Kathy Bardswick	Canadian Co-operative Association (CCA), Canada	518	1
Mr Deepak Prakash Baskota	National Co-operative Federation (NCF), Nepal	185	20
Mr Won-Byong Choi	National Agricultural Co-operative Federation (NACF), Korea	332	14
Mr Jean-Claude Detilleux	Groupement National de la Coopération (GNC), France	428	8
Mr Steinar Dvergsdal	Federation of Norwegian Agricultural Co-operatives, Norway	255	17
Mr Juan Carlos Fissore	Confederación Cooperativa de la República Argentina (COOPERAR), Argentina	246	18
Ms Hajah Armi Zainudin	National Co-operative Union of Malaysia (ANGKASA), Malaysia	370	13
Mr Paul Hazen	National Co-operative Business Association (NCBA), United States	469	3
Mr Lennart Hjalmarson	Kooperativa Förbundet KF / HSB / Riksbyggen, Sweden	454	4
Mr Surinder Kumar Jakhar	Indian Farmers Fertiliser Co-operative Limited IFFCO / Indian Farm Forestry Development Co-operative IFFDC	505	2
Mr Evgeny Kuznetsov	Central Union of Consumer Societies of the Russian Federation (Centrosoyuz), Russia	434	6
Mr Mamoru Moteki	Central Union of Agricultural Co-operatives (JA-Zenchu) , Japan	444	5
Mr Janusz Paszkowski	Nat’l Assoc. of Co-op Savings & Credit Unions / Nat’l Auditing Union of Workers’ Co-ops / SPOLEM, Poland	277	16
Mr Felice Scalvini	AGCI / Confcooperative / Legacoop, Italy	434	6
Ms Lourdes Ortellado Sienra	Cooperativa Universitaria Ltda., Paraguay	378	12
Mr Seah Kian Peng	Singapore National Co-operative Federation (SNCF), Singapore	402	11
Mr Muhammad Sharif Bhaiji	Karachi Co-operative Housing Societies Union , Pakistan	111	22
Mr Petar Ivanov Stefanov	Central Co - operative Union (CCU), Bugaria	286	15
Mr Thomas Tar	Co-operative Federation of Nigeria (CFN), Nigeria	195	19
Mr Ilhami Teke	Central Union of Turkish Agricultural Credit Co-operatives, Turkey	139	21
Mr Americo Utumi	Organisation of Co-operatives of Brazil (OCB), Brazil	425	9
Mr Len Wardle	Co-operative Group / Co-operatives UK, United Kingdom	416	10

*Nominees of the Sectoral Organisations - 2 to be elected*
Mr Jean-Louis Bancel	France	542	elected
Ms Anne Santamäki	Finland	552	elected

*Nominee of the youth co-operators - 1 to be elected*
Mr José Antonio Chávez Villanueva	Mexico	572	elected

Stanley Muchiri , ICA Vice-President for Africa

Ramon Imperial, ICA VP Americas

Ramon Imperial, ICA Vice-President for the Americas

Li Chunsheng, ICA VP Asia-Pacific

Li Chunsheng, ICA Vice-President for Asia and the Pacific

Voting

Delegates vote for President and Vice-Presidents by voting card

Keynote Speaker - Jeremy Rifkin

Professor Jeremy Rifkin, President of the Foundation on Economic Trends and a noted economist and advisor to key political and economic leaders in Europe and the US, delivered a keynote address.

Audio recording now available.

Jeremy Rifkin addressing the Assembly

Resolutions

Towards a sustainable energy economy
	.See text of resolution as adopted on 20 November 2009 (pdf)
Co-operative Enterprise and Economic Crisis
	See text of resolution as adopted on 20 November 2009 (pdf)
Co-operative Agenda on Climate Change
	See text of resolution as adopted on 20 November 2009 (pdf)
Co-operatives and Peace
	See text of resolution as adopted on 20 November 2009 (pdf)
Co-operatives and Nuclear Disarmament
	See text of resolution as adopted on 20 November 2009 (pdf)

Rochdale Pioneer Award 2009

Juan Somavia, Director-General of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) presented the Rochdale Pioneer Award posthumously to Ivano Baberini, formeer ICA President. Mr. Barberini's wife and daughter attended the ceremony held at the farewell reception in Geneva on 20 November 2009.


Juan Somavia	Nerina and Silivia Baberini	Nerina and Silvia Barberini with Juan Somavia and Dame Pauline Green at the Farewell Dinner

Photos: Michel Locca and Madgalena Kacikowska

Last Updated: 20 January 2010