When the Assembly has established an Executive
Committee, that Committee shall be subject to the
provisions set forth hereinafter.
(2) (a) The Executive Committee shall,
subject to Article
57(8), consist of States elected by the
Assembly from among States members of the
Assembly.
(b) The Government of each State member
of the Executive Committee shall be represented
by one delegate, who may be assisted by
alternate delegates, advisors, and experts.
(3)
The number of States members of the Executive
Committee shall correspond to one-fourth of the
number of States members of the Assembly. In
establishing the number of seats to be filled,
remainders after division by four shall be
disregarded.
(4)
In electing the members of the Executive
Committee, the Assembly shall have due regard to
an equitable geographical distribution.
(5) (a) Each member of the Executive
Committee shall serve from the close of the
session of the Assembly which elected it to the
close of the next ordinary session of the
Assembly.
(b) Members of the Executive Committee
may be re-elected but only up to a maximum of
two-thirds of such members.
(c) The Assembly shall establish the
details of the rules governing the election and
possible re-election of the members of the
Executive Committee.
(6) (a) The Executive Committee shall:
(i)
prepare the draft agenda of the Assembly;
(ii)
submit proposals to the Assembly in respect of
the draft program and biennial budget of the
Union prepared by the Director General;
(iii)
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(iv)
submit, with appropriate comments, to the
Assembly the periodical reports of the Director
General and the yearly audit reports on the
accounts;
(v)
take all necessary measures to ensure the
execution of the program of the Union by the
Director General, in accordance with the
decisions of the Assembly and having regard to
circumstances arising between two ordinary
sessions of the Assembly;
(vi)
perform such other functions as are allocated to
it under this Treaty.
(b) With respect to matters which are
of interest also to other Unions administered
by the Organization, the Executive Committee
shall make its decisions after having heard the
advice of the Coordination Committee of the
Organization.
(7) (a) The Executive Committee shall meet
once a year in ordinary session upon
convocation by the Director General, preferably
during the same period and at the same place as
the Coordination Committee of the Organization.
(b) The Executive Committee shall meet
in extraordinary session upon convocation by
the Director General, either on his own
initiative or at the request of its Chairman or
one-fourth of its members.
(8) (a) Each State member of the Executive
Committee shall have one vote.
(b) One-half of the members of the
Executive Committee shall constitute a quorum.
(c) Decisions shall be made by a simple
majority of the votes cast.
(d) Abstentions shall not be considered
as votes.
(e) A delegate may represent, and vote
in the name of, one State only.
(9)
Contracting States not members of the Executive
Committee shall be admitted to its meetings as
observers, as well as any intergovernmental
organization appointed as International Searching
or Preliminary Examining Authority.
(10)
The Executive Committee shall adopt its own rules
of procedure.