Artikel 46

(1). Six months before the entry into force of the present Convention, the Secretary-General of the United Nations shall, subject to the approval of the General Assembly of the United Nations, and taking into account the views expressed by the Contracting Parties, appoint a Registrar, who may be assisted by such additional staff as may be necessary for the performance of the functions listed in Article 46 (2). Administrative services for the Registrar and his assistants shall be provided by the United Nations Office at Geneva.
(2). The Registrar shall perform the following functions in consultation with the Contracting Parties as appropriate:
(a) maintain the list of conciliators of the International Panel of Conciliators and regularly inform the Contracting Parties of the composition of the Panel;
(b) provide the names and addresses of the conciliators to the parties concerned on request;
(c) receive and maintain copies of requests for conciliation, replies, recommendations, acceptances, or rejections, including reasons therefor;
(d) furnish on request, and at their cost, copies of recommendations and reasons for rejection to the shippers' organizations, conferences and governments, subject to the provisions of Article 40;
(e) make available information of a non-confidential nature on completed conciliation cases, and without attribution to the parties concerned, for the purposes of preparation of material for the Review Conference referred to in Article 52; and
(f) the other functions prescribed for the Registrar in Articles 26 (1) (c) and 30 (2) and (3).