of voting on whether or not to have a secret ballot. 24. In her view the proposals contained in draft resolution E/CN.4/Sub.2/1990/L.7 were also important; the two draft resolutions were not incompatible and in fact supplemented one another. 25. Mr. JOINET said that he would be prepared to accept the draft resolution if it included the phrase "if at least one member so requests" at the end of the proposed footnote. 26. Mr. SUESCUN MONROY agreed that the issue must be submitted to the Economic and Social Council. He did not however agree with the proposal that a secret ballot should be conditional on the request of one member. 27. Mr. CHERNICHENKO said that he was not sure whether the proposal to have a secret ballot at the request of one member would be acceptable to the Economic and Social Council. If he were himself a member of the Council he would prefer the wording as it stood in draft resolution E/CN.4/Sub.2/1990/L.4. If the Sub-Commission was empowered to use the secret ballot in some instances and not in others, that would mean that it would be adopting a selective approach which could lead to discrimination in the treatment of different States. 28. If there was a consensus there would be no need for a secret ballot. If, however, there was no consensus there should then be a secret ballot. 29. Mr. ALFONSO MARTINEZ said that he opposed the proposed text as an attempt to amend the rules of procedure of the Economic and Social Council by adding a footnote to an existing rule. That was a totally negative procedure. He had ascertained that there were eight definitional footnotes in all in the rules of procedure; in no case did a footnote amend a rule. The proposal before the 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a discussion about the rules of procedure for a UN Sub-Commission, specifically regarding the use of a secret ballot. The language used is formal and technical, suggesting that the topic is related to governance or administrative procedures rather than a specific sector or industry. The discussion also touches on the role of the Economic and Social Council, which is a UN body that deals with a wide range of issues.

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Humanitarian aid and relief, International trade