2688 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [62 STAT. Article 37 In the performance of their duties the Director-General and the staff shall not seek or receive instructions from any government or from any authority external to the Organization. They shall refrain from any action which might reflect on their position as international officers. Each Member of the Organization on its part undertakes to respect the exclusively international character of the Director- General and the staff and not to seek to influence them. CHAPTER VIII COMMITTEES Article 38 The Board shall establish such committees as the Health Assembly may direct and, on its own initiative or on the proposal of the Director- General, may establish any other committees considered desirable to serve any purpose within the competence of the Organization. Article 39 The Board, from time to time and in any event annually, shall review the necessity for continuing each committee. Article 40 The Board may provide for the creation of or the participation by the Organization in joint or mixed committees with other organiza- tions and for the representation of the Organization in committees established by such other organizations. CHAPTER IX CONFERENCES Article 41 The Health Assembly or the Board may convene local, general, technical or other special conferences to consider any matter within the competence of the Organization and may provide for the represen- tation at such conferences of international organizations and, with the consent of the government concerned, of national organizations, governmental or non-governmental. The manner of such representa- tion shall be determined by the Health Assembly or the Board. Article 42 The Board may provide for representation of the Organization at conferences in which the Board considers that the Organization has an interest.
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