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1-60. 4. The Council is a deliberative body, the executive authority of 



which is vested in the Bureau, consisting of a President, three Vice- 

 Presidents and a General Secretary, appointed by the Council from 

 among its members. 



Ca-19. 5. The Council shall elect its President, Vice-Presidents and 



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St-14! General Secretary, and draw up its own order of proceedings. 



1-61. 6. The Council shall pass its resolutions at meetings called together 



■ by the Bureau. In exceptional cases of special urgency, however, resolu- 

 tions may be adopted by correspondence. A statutory meeting shall as 

 a rule be held once a year at such place as may be selected by the 

 Council or the Bureau. When necessary, extraordinary meetings may 

 be called by the Bureau. 



XI-58. 7. The Agenda for the meetings of the Council, the Accounts 



1.84' for the preceding year, and estimates for the following year shall all be 

 prepared by the Bureau and printed and circulated among the members 

 for the use of their respective Governments one month before the date 

 of the meeting; and no proposal involving changes in the laws or 

 constitution of the Council shall be considered without such previous 

 notice, unless by the unanimous consent of the Members. 



I-00. 8. The Seat of the Council and of the Bureau shall be at 



St-U. Copenhagen, if not otherwise decided by the Governments; and that 

 XI-50. place shall be considered the regular place of meeting for the Council. 

 It shall also be the residence of the General Secretary. 



1-79. 9. The Bureau is the executive authority of the Council. It per- 



ll(jl] forms all the duties arising from resolutions of the Council or incidental 

 to its constitution and regulates its own order of business. 



1-61. 10. The duties of the Bureau shall be defined as follows: — to 



Xl-30 summon the meetings of the Council, to prepare the Agenda for the 

 same, to receive and to expend, subject to annual audit, the contribu- 

 tions of the Governments, to prepare the annual Budget, to conduct the 



