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63 STAT.] MULTILATERAI-TELECOMMIUNICATIONS-OCT. 2 , 1947 1519 Chapter 11 Languages and Method of Voting in Sessions of the Plenary Assemblies. 1. The languages used in the Plenary Meetings and in the official documents of the Consultative Committees shall be as provided in Article 15 of the Convention. Ate, p. 1433 2. The Members which are authorized to vote at sessions of Plenary Assemblies of the Consultative Committees shall be as provided in Article 1, paragraph 3 (2) of the Convention. However, when a An, p . 1409. country is not represented by an administration, the representatives of the recognized private operating agencies of that member country shall, as a whole, and regardless of their number, be entitled to a single vote. Chapter 12 Composition of Study Groups The Plenary Assembly shall set up the necessary Study Groups to deal with questions to be studied; it shall designate the administra- tions, private operating agencies, international organizations and scientific and manufacturing organizations which shall take part in the work of the Study Groups; it shall name the Group Chairman who shall preside over each of the Study Groups. Chapter 13 Treatment of Business 1. If a Study Group cannot solve a question by correspondence, the Group Chairman may, with the approval of his Administration sug- gest a meeting at a convenient place to discuss the question orally. 2. However, in order to avoid unnecessary journeys and prolonged absences, the Director of a Consultative Committee, in agreement with the Group Chairmen of the various Study Groups concerned, shall draw up the general plan of meetings of groups of Study Groups which are to meet in the same place during the same period. 3. The Director shall send reports made as a result of correspondence or of meetings, to the participating administrations, and to the pri- vate operating agencies which are members of the Consultative Com- mittee. These shall be sent as soon as possible and, in any event, in time for them to be received at least one month before the date of the next meeting of the Plenary Assembly. Questions which have not formed the subject of a report furnished in this way shall not appear in the agenda for the meeting of the Plenary Assembly.