ولا بد استنادا إلى الفقرة (ب) من إجراء انتخابات دورية نزيهة لضمان شعور الممثلين بأنهم محاسبون أمام الناس عما يمارسونه من سلطات تشريعية أو تنفيذية تعهد إليهم.
The Human Rights Committee has consistently taken the view, as evidenced by its long-standing practice, that once the people are accorded the protection of the rights under the Covenant, such protection devolves with territory and continues to belong to them, notwithstanding change in government of the State party, including dismemberment in more than one State or State succession or any subsequent action of the State party designed to divest them of the rights guaranteed by the Covenant.