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On 24 July 2021, the 45th General Assembly of ICTM Members unanimously approved a number of changes to the Statutes of ICTM. This decision, however, had to be ratified by a simple majority of votes, as per the existing Statute 12e.
A ballot was conducted via the third-party platform Election Runner during the whole month of November 2021. All ICTM members in good standing received an email with a direct link to vote on 1 November at 00:00, Coordinated Standard Time (UTC).
The results of the vote were: 98% (307 votes) in favour of the changes, and 2% (6 votes) against. The results can also be consulted on Election Runner's website.
Therefore, on 1 December 2021 the new Statutes were ratified and adopted. The updated Statutes can be found on the page Statutes of the International Council for Traditional Music.