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Article 11 



(1) The President and Vice-Presidents shall together constitute 

 the Bureau of the Council. 



(2) The Bureau shall be the Executive Committee of the Council 

 and shall carry out the decisions of the Council, draw up its agenda and 

 convene its meetings. It shall also prepare the budget. It shall invest 

 the reserve funds and carry out the tasks entrusted to it by the Council. 

 It shall account to the Council for its activities. 



Article 12 



There shall be a Consultative Committee, a Finance Committee and 

 such other committees as the Council may deem necessary for the dis- 

 charge of its functions with the duties respectively assigned to them 

 in the Eules of Procedure. 



Article 13 



(1) The Council shall appoint a General Secretary on such terms 

 and to perform such duties as it may determine. 



(2) Subject to any general directions of the Council the Bureau 

 shall appoint such other staff as may be required for the purposes 

 of the Council on such terms and to perform such duties as it may 

 determine. 



Article 14 



(1) Each Contracting Party shall pay the expenses of the delegates, 

 experts and advisers appointed by it, except in so far as the Council 

 may otherwise determine. 



(2) The Council shall approve an annual budget of the proposed 

 expenditure of the Council. 



(3) In the first and second financial years after this Convention 

 enters into force in accordance with Article 16 of this Convention 

 the Contracting Parties shall contribute to the expenses of the Council 

 such sums as they respectively contributed, or undertook to contribute, 

 in respect of the year preceding the entry into force of this Conven- 

 tion. 



(4) In respect of the third and subsequent financial years the Con- 

 tracting Parties shall contribute sums calculated in accordance with 

 a scheme to be prepared by the Council and accepted by all the Con- 

 tracting Parties. This scheme may be modified by the Council with 

 the agreement of all Contracting Parties. 



(5) A Government acceding to this Convention shall contribute 

 to the expenses of the Council such sum as may be agreed between 

 that Government and the Council in respect of each financial year 

 until the scheme under paragraph 4 provides for contributions from 

 that Government. 



(6) A Contracting Party which has not paid its contribution for 

 two consecutive years shall not enjoy any rights under this Conven- 

 tion until it has fulfilled its financial obligations. 



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