text: There are a number of different possibilities for how the decision on the Guinea/Madagascar credentials may gotomorrow. (It is Zambia and Tanzania bringing the challenge on behalf of the AU.) I was under the impression that wewould not have to vote on the potential credentials challenges. We may have to.We may have to vote on a motion to *deny* them credentials and exclude them. For the moment the guidance is tovote to credential all countries — including these two — as is customary while conducting outreach with TanzaniaZambia and the AU to exnlain that WP have our own imnpratives hut ma cunnnrt thp fart that they are taking aprincipled stand.We may have to vote on a motion to *defer* decision which would allow them to be seated and vote but would notformally grant credentials. For the moment the guidance is to potentially support such a motion — this was the practicewith respect to South Africa between 1983 and 1994. Everyone is in the same place on this.Ultimately however the whole thing may die of its own weight. This is probably the most likely outcome.