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of the Organisation, but the Bureau shall not be held responsible for 

 any delay or misinterpretation which may ensue. 



Directing Committee 



ARTICLE 2 3 



(a) The Directing Committee shall administer the Bureau in ac- 

 cordance with the provisions of the Convention and the Eegulations 

 and with directives given by the Conference. 



(b) It shall be responsible for the carrying out by the Bureau of 

 the scientific and technical assignments entrusted to it. 



ARTICLE 24 



In the period between two Conferences, should no appropriate pro- 

 vision be made in the Convention or the Regulations, the Committee 

 shall make any administrative or technical decisions which may be 

 necessary, with the reservation that they be referred to the next Con- 

 ference. 



ARTICLE 2 5 



(a) If the Committee considers that any question should be referred 

 to the Member Governments for solution, it shall send a circular letter 

 to their representatives, in accordance Avith article VI (6) of the Con- 

 vention, requesting them to notify the Bureau of the opinion of their 

 respective Governments. 



(b) When voting for or against is evenly divided, the question shall 

 be deferred to the next Conference. 



ARTICLE 26 



If circumstances preclude observation of the procedure prescribed 

 in the Regulations, the Committee shall make the necessary decisions 

 and give Member Governments an immediate account of the fact. 



ARTICLE 27 



(a) The directors shall be elected for a period of five years, in 

 accordance with articles 36 to 47. 



(b) The directors shall be eligible for re-election for a second five- 

 year period. 



(c) A candidate must be less than sixty-six years old in the year 

 of his election or re-election. 



(d) When a director is elected to fill a vacancy occurring between 

 Conferences, his term of office shall end at the same time as his pre- 

 decessor's would have done had he retained the post. 



ARTICLE 28 



The duties of the Directing Committee shall terminate on the last 

 day of the third month following that in which the new Directing 

 Committee has been elected. 



