iMULTILATERAL-UNESCO-SEPT. 30, 1946 under such conditions as the Conference may approve, and shall be eligible for re-appointment. He shall be the chief administrative officer of the Organisation. 3. The Director-General, or a deputy designated by him, shall par- ticipate, without the right to vote, in all meetings of the General Conference, of the Executive Board, and of the committees of the Organisation. He shall formulate proposals for appropriate action by the Conference and the Board. 4. The Director-General shall appoint the staff of the Secretariat in accordance with staff regulations to be approved by the General Con- ference. Subject to the paramount consideration of securing the highest standards of integrity, efficiency and technical competence, appointment to the staff shall be on as wide a geographical basis as possible. 5. The responsibilities of the Director-General and of the staff shall be exclusively international in character. In the discharge of their duties they shall not seek or receive instructions from any government or from any authority external to the Organisation. They shall re- frain from any action which might prejudice their position as inter- national officials. Each State Member of the Organisation undertakes to respect the international character of the responsibilities of the Director-General and the staff, and not to seek to influence them in the discharge of their duties. 6. Nothing in this Article shall preclude the Organisation from enter- ing into special arrangements within the United Nations Organisation for common services and staff and for the interchange of personnel. ARTICLE VII. National Co-operatingBodies 1. Each Member State shall make such arrangements as suit its par- ticular conditions for the purpose of associating its principal bodies interested in educational, scientific and cultural matters with the work of the Organisation, preferably by the formation of a National Com- mission broadly representative of the Government and such bodies. 2. National Commissions or national co-operating bodies, where they exist, shall act in an advisory capacity to their respective delegations to the General Conference and to their Governments in matters re- lating to the Organisation and shall function as agencies of liaison in all matters of interest to it. 3. The Organisation may, on the request of a Member State, delegate, either temporarily or permanently, a member of its Secretariat to serve on the National Commission of that State, in order to assist in the development of its work. ARTICLE VIII. Reports by Member States Each Member State shall report periodically to the Organisation, in a manner to be determined by the General Conference, on its laws, 95347°-T-9-PT. III -15 61 STAT.] 2501
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