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The functions of the Assembly shall be:
(a) To elect at each regular session from among its Members, other than Associate Members, its President and two Vice-Presidents who shall hold office until the next regular session;
(b) To determine its own Rules of Procedure except as otherwise provided in the Convention;
(c) To establish any temporary or, upon recommendation of the Council, permanent subsidiary bodies it may consider to be necessary;
(d) To elect the Members to be represented on the Council as provided in Article 17;
(e) To receive and consider the reports of the Council, and to decide upon any question referred to it by the Council;
(f) To approve the work programme of the Organization;
(g) To vote the budget and determine the financial arrangements of the Organization, in accordance with Part XIII;
(h) To review the expenditures and approve the accounts of the Organization;
(i) The perform the functions of the Organization, provided that in matters relating to Article 2 (a) and (b), the Assembly shall refer such matters to the Council for formulation by it of any recommendations or instruments thereon; provided further that any recommendations or instruments submitted to the Assembly by the Council and not accepted by the Assembly shall be referred back to the Council for further consideration with such observations as the Assembly may make;
(j) To recommend to Members for adoption regulations and guidelines concerning maritime safety, the prevention and control of marine pollution from ships and other matters concerning the effect of shipping on the marine environment assigned to the Organization by or under international instruments, or amendments to such regulations and guidelines which have been referred to it;
(k) To take such action as it may deem appropriate to promote technical co-operation in accordance with Article 2(e), taking into account the special needs of developing countries;
(l) To take decisions in regard to convening any international conference or following any other appropriate procedure for the adoption of international conventions or of amendments to any international conventions which have been developed by the Maritime Safety Committee, the Legal Committee, the Marine Environment Protection Committee, the Technical Co-operation Committee, the Facilitation Committee, or other organs of the Organization.
(m) To refer to the Council for consideration or decision any matters within the scope of the Organization, except that the function of making recommendations under paragraph (j) of this Article shall not be delegated.