MULTILATERAL-UNESCO-SEPT. 30 , 1946 2499 5. The General Conference shall advise the United Nations Organisa- tion on the educational, scientific and cultural aspects of matters of concern to the latter, in accordance with the terms and proce- dure agreed upon between the appropriate authorities of the two Organisations. 6. The General Conference shall receive and consider the reports submitted periodically by Member States as provided by Article VIII. Pos t' . 2501. 7. The General Conference shall elect the members of the Executive Board and, on the recommendation of the Board, shall appoint the Director-General. C. Voting 8. Each Member State shall have one vote in the General Conference. Decisions shall be made by a simple majority except in cases in which a two-thirds majority is required by the provisions of this Constitution. A majority shall be a majority of the Members present and voting. D. Procedure 9. The General Conference shall meet annually in ordinary session; it may meet in extraordinary session on the call of the Executive Board. At each session the location of its next session shall be desig- nated by the General Conference and shall vary from year to year. 10. The General Conference shall, at each session, elect a President and other officers and adopt rules of procedure. 11. The General Conference shall set up special and technical com- mittees and such other subordinate bodies as may be necessary for its purposes. 12. The General Conference shall cause arrangements to be made for public access to meetings, subject to such regulations as it shall prescribe. E. Observers 13. The General Conference, on the recommendation of the Executive Board and by a two-thirds majority may, subject to its rules of pro- cedure, invite as observers at specified sessions of the Conference or of its commissions representatives of international organisations, such as those referred to in Article XI, paragraph 4. Pot. p.2-53 . ARTICLE V. Executive Board A. Composition 1. The Executive Board shall consist of eighteen members elected by the General Conference from among the delegates appointed by the Member States, together with the President of the Conference who shall sit ex officio in an advisory capacity. 2. In electing the members of the Executive Board the General Con- ference shall endeavour to include persons competent in the arts, the humanities, the sciences, education and the diffusion of ideas, and qualified by their experience and capacity to fulfil the administrative 61 STAT.]
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