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(b) the review of reports submitted by the Contracting Governments of progress

in the implementation of this Agreement;

(c)

the consideration of problems requiring cooperation on a regional basis and of measures for mutual assistance;

(d) the adoption of the programme of activities and the budget for the ensuing

financial period and their transmission to the Director-General for submission to the Council of the Organization prior to implementation.

Each Contracting Government shall be represented on the Commission and shall have one vote. However, a Contracting Government which is in arrears in the payment of its financial contributions to the Commission, shall have no vote if the amount of its arrears equals or exceeds the amount of the contributions due from it for the two preceding financial years. A majority of the Contracting Governments shall constitute a quorum. Decisions of the Commission shall be taken by a majority of the votes cast except as otherwise provided in this Agreement.

3. The Commission shall meet whenever convened by the Director-General of the Organization after consultation with the Chairman of the Commission. The Director-General of the Organization shall convene the Commission at least once every two years or when so requested by a least one third of the Contracting Governments.

4. The Commission shall elect from amongst the delegates a Chairman who shall serve for

a period of two years or until the first session of the Commission held after the expiration of the period of two years. The Chairman shall be eligible for re-election.

15.

Expenses incurred by delegates of Contracting Governments in attending sessions of the Commission shall be determined and paid by their respective Governments. The Director- General of the Organization shall appoint and provide the secretariat of the Commission from the staff of the Organization who shall serve only during the sessions of the Commission. The expenses of the secretariat of the Commission shall be determined and paid by the Organization./

16.7 5. The Commission shall establish its own rules of procedure.

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ARTICLE III

Finance

Each Member of the Commission undertakes to contribute its share of the biennial budget, as approved by the Commission by a two-thirds majority of its Members at the session to be convened by the Director-General of the Organization at least once every two years in accordance with paragraph 3 of Article II. The contribution of each Member shall be divided into two equal instalments, one of which shall be payable at the beginning of the first year of the biennium, and the other at the beginning of the second year.

2.

Where a Contracting Government becomes a Member of the Commission in the course of a biennium, its contribution for that biennium shall be determined in accordance with principles established by the Commission.

3. Contributions shall be made in cash and shall be payable in currencies to be determined by the Commission after consultation with each Member and with the concurrence of the Director-General of the Organization.

4.

Contributions from Members, as well as any supplementary contributions from Members or donations from other sources made to the Commission in order to support specific activities, shall be placed in one or more trust funds administered by the Director- General in conformity with the Financial Regulations of the Organization.