INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [62 STAT. the General Council shall be con- vened in regular session not less than twice a year. It may be convened in special session when- ever the Executive Committee shall deem necessary; and it shall be convened in special session by the Director-General within thirty days after a request for such a special session is received by the Director-General from one-third of the members of the Council. 3. At the opening meeting ol each session of the General Coun- cil, the Chairman of the Executive Committee shall preside until the General Council has elected one of its members as Chairman for the session. 4. The General Council shall thereupon proceed to elect from among its members a first Vice- Chairman and a second Vice- Chairman, and such other officers as it may deem necessary. ARTICLE 7 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 1. The Executive Committee shall perform such functions as may be necessary to give effect to the policies of the General Council, and may make, between sessions of the General Council, policy decisions of an emergency nature which it shall pass on to the Director-General, who shall be guided thereby, and shall re- port to the Executive Committee on the action which he has taken thereon. These decisions shall be subject to reconsideration by the General Council. 2. The Executive Committee of the General Council shall con- sist of the representatives of nine members of the Organization. Each member of the Executive Committee shall be elected for a - two-year term by the General s Council at a regular session of the Council. A member may con- - tinue to hold office on the Execu- Btive Committee during any such 1 period as may intervene between
- the conclusion of its term of office
and the first succeeding meeting of the General Council at which 3 an election takes place. A mem- ber shall be at all times eligible for re-election to the Executive Com- mittee. If a vacancy occurs in the - membership of the Executive Committee between two sessions of the General Council, the Execu- tive Committee may fill the va- cancy by itself appointing another member to hold office until the next meeting of the Council. 3. The Executive Committee shall elect a Chairman and a Vice- Chairman from among its mem- bers, the terms of office to be determined by the General Council. 4. Meetings of the Executive Committee shall be convened: (a) at the call of the Chair- man, normally twice a month; (b) whenever any represent- ative of a member of the Execu- tive Committee shall request the convening of a meeting, by a letter addressed to the Director- General, in which case the meeting shall be convened with- in seven days of the date of the receipt of the request; (c) in the case of a vacancy occurring in the Chairmanship, the Director-General shall con- vene a meeting at which the first item on the agenda shall be the election of a Chairman. 5. The Executive Committee may, in order to investigate the situation in the field, either as a body or through a delegation of 3042
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