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63 STAT.] MULTILATERAL-TELECOMMUNICATIONS-OCT. 2 , 1947 1429 In either case, the Administrative Council, with the concurrence of a majority of the Members of the Union, shall fix the new time or the new place, or both, and shall indicate, if necessary, the agenda. Article 11 Administrative Conferences 1. (1) The Administrative Conferences shall: a) revise the Regulations provided for in Article 13 paragraph iRevo' of Regua' 2 of this Convention with which they are respectively concerned; b) deal with all other matters deemed necessary within the terms of the Convention and the General Regulations, or Po s t,p . 1491. in accordance with any directive given by the Plenipoten- tiary Conference. (2) The radio administrative conference shall: a) elect the members of the International Frequency Regis- tration Board; b) review its activities. 2. The administrative conferences shall meet at the same place and at the same time as the Plenipotentiary Conference, in general, every five years. 3. (1) An extraordinary administrative conference may be con- ministrati nfer vened: ene a) by a decision of the Plenipotentiary Conference which shall determine its agenda and the time and place of its meeting; or b) when at least twenty Members of the Union have made known to the Administrative Council their desire that such a Conference shall be held to consider an agenda proposed by them; or c) on the proposal of the Administrative Council. (2) In the cases specified in b) and c) of subparagraph (1) above, the Administrative Council, with the concurrence of a majority of the Members of the Union, shall determine the time and place of the Conference as well as its agenda. Article 12 Rules of Procedure of Conferences 1. Before entering on its deliberations, each Conference shall adopt Rules of Procedure in accordance with which the discussions and work are organized and conducted. 2. For this purpose each Conference shall take as a basis the pro- visions of the General Regulations annexed to this Convention, with POp. ' i. such modifications as it thinks fit.