60 STAT.] U. N. FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION-OCT. 16, 1945 ARTICLE VII THE DIECToR-GENERAL 1. There shall be a Director- General of the Organization who shall be appointed by the Confer- ence by such procedure and on such terms as it may determine. 2. Subject to the general super- vision of the Conference and its Executive Committee, the Di- rector-General shall have full power and authority to direct the work of the Organization. 3. The Director-General or a representative designated by him shall participate, without the right to vote, in all meetings of the Conference and of its Execu- tive Committee and shall formu- late for consideration by the Con- ference and the Executive Com- mittee proposals for appropriate action in regard to matters com- ing before them. ARTICLE VIII STAFF 1. The staff of the Organization shall be appointed by the Di- rector-General in accordance with such procedure as may be deter- mined by rules made by the Con- ference. 2. The staff of the Organization shall be responsible to the Di- rector-General. Their responsi- bilities shall be exclusively inter- national in character and they shall not seek or receive instruc- tions in regard to the discharge thereof from any authority ex- ternal to the Organization. The Member nations undertake fully to respect the international char- acter of the responsibilities of the staff and not to seek to influence any of their nationals in the dis- charge of such responsibilities. 3. In appointing the staff the Director-General shall, subject to the paramount importance of securing the highest standards of efficiency and of technical com- petence, pay due regard to the im- portance of selecting personnel recruited on as wide a geographi- cal basis as is possible. 4. Each Member nation under- takes, insofar as it may be possible under its constitutional procedure, to accord to the Director-General and senior staff diplomatic privi- leges and immunities and to accord to other members of the staff all facilities and immunities accorded to non-diplomatic per- sonnel attached to diplomatic missions, or alternatively to ac- cord to such other members of the staff the immunities and facilities which may hereafter be accorded to equivalent members of the staffs of other public international or- ganizations. ARTICLE IX SEAT The seat of the Organization shall be determined by the Con- ference. ARTICLE X REGIONAL AND LIAISON OFFICE8 1. There shall be such regional offices as the Director-General with the approval of the Con- ference may decide. 2. The Director-General may appoint officials for liaison with particular countries or areas sub- ject to the agreement of the gov- ernment concerned. ARTICLE XI REPORTS BY MEMBERS 1. Each Member nation shall 1889
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