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carrying out the functions and duties hereinafter set forth in 

 Article IV. 



2. The Members of the Council [^] shall be such Member Nations 

 and Associate Members of the Organization and such Non-Member 

 Nations of the Organization which are Members of the United Na- 

 tions, that accept this Agreement in accordance with the provisions 

 of Article IX thereof. As regards Associate Members, this Agree- 

 ment shall, in accordance with the provisions of Article XIV-5 of the 

 Constitution [*] and Eule XXXI-3 of the General Rules of the Orga- 

 nization, be submitted by the Organization to the authority having 

 responsibility for the international relations of such Associate 

 Members. 



Article II 



ORGANIZATION 



1. Each Member shall be represented at sessions of the Council by a 

 single delegate, who may be accompanied by an alternate and by 

 experts and advisers. Participation in sessions of the Council by 

 alternates, experts and advisers shall not entail the right to vote, ex- 

 cept in the case of an alternate who is acting in the place of a delegate 

 during his absence. 



2. Each Member shall have one vote. Decisions of the Council shall 

 be taken by a majority of the votes cast, except when a greater major- 

 ity is required by this Agreement or by the Rules governing the pro- 

 cedure of the Council. A majority of the total membership of the 

 Council shall constitute a quorum. 



3. The Council shall at each regular session elect a Chairman and a 

 Vice-Chairman who shall serve until the end of the next regular 

 session. 



4. The Chairman of the Council in consultation with the Director- 

 General of the Organization shall convene a regular session of the 

 Council at least once in every two years unless otherwise directed by 

 a majority of the Members. The site and date of all sessions shall 

 be determined by the Council in consultation with the Director-Gen- 

 eral of the Organization. 



5. The seat of the Council shall be at the seat of the Regional Office 

 of the Organization most conveniently situated within the area defined 

 in Article V. Pending the establishment of such a Regional Office, the 

 Council shall select a temporary seat within that area. 



6. The Organization shall provide the Secretariat for the Council 

 and the Director-General shall appoint its Secretary, who shall be 

 administratively responsible to him. 



7. The Council may, by a two-thirds majority of its membership, 

 adopt and amend its own Rules of Procedure which shall be consistent 

 with the General Rules of the Organization. The Rules of the Council 



3 At the time of this publication, the Member Nations were as follows : United States 

 of America, Australia, Burma, France, India, Indonesia. Japan, Khmer Rep., Republic of 

 Korea, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, 

 United Kingdom, and Viet-Nam. 



* TIAS 4803 ; 12 UST 995. 



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