Artikel IV

1. The Conference shall meet once a year in ordinary session. It may also meet in extraordinary session at the request of two-thirds of all the Members.
2. Each Member shall be represented by not more than two delegates, who may be accompanied by advisers. The Conference shall elect a President and two Vice-Presidents for a term extending until the next ordinary session.
3. The Conference shall:
(a) take the decisions necessary to achieve the objective provided for in Article II;
(b) decide upon its place of meeting;
(c) be empowered to hold funds and to conclude contracts;
(d) adopt its Rules of Procedure;
(e) establish by a two-thirds majority of the Members present and voting such subordinate bodies as may prove necessary;
(f) approve an indicative scheme for the realisation of the General Programme mentioned in Article II, paragraph 2 and specify its duration. In approving this scheme, the Conference shall determine, by unanimous vote of the Members present and voting, the maximum credits that may be committed during that period. This amount may not be varied thereafter, unless the Conference by unanimous vote of the Members present and voting so decides;
(g) adopt the ordinary annual budget by a two-thirds majority of the Members present and voting and make the necessary financial arrangements;
(h) approve the provisional estimate of expenditures for the two following years;
(i) take note of the particular financial provisions relating to any Special Project previously adopted by those Members participating in that Project;
(j) adopt Financial Regulations by a two-thirds majority of Members present and voting;
(k) approve and publish its audited annual accounts;
(l) approve the annual report presented by the Secretary-General.
4. (a) (i) Each Member shall have one vote in the Conference.
(ii) A Member shall nevertheless not be entitled to vote with regard to the execution of a Special Project unless it has agreed to participate in that Project.
(iii) States which have signed but not yet ratified, accepted or approved this Agreement may be represented at the Conference and take part in its work, without the right to vote, for a period of two years after the coming into force of the Agreement.
(iv) A Member shall have no vote in the Conference if it has not paid its contributions for two consecutive financial years.
(i) Each Member shall have one vote in the Conference.
(ii) A Member shall nevertheless not be entitled to vote with regard to the execution of a Special Project unless it has agreed to participate in that Project.
(iii) States which have signed but not yet ratified, accepted or approved this Agreement may be represented at the Conference and take part in its work, without the right to vote, for a period of two years after the coming into force of the Agreement.
(iv) A Member shall have no vote in the Conference if it has not paid its contributions for two consecutive financial years.
(b) Except where otherwise stipulated in this Agreement, decisions of the Conference shall be taken by a majority of the Members present and voting.
(c) The presence of delegates of a majority of all Members shall be necessary to constitute a quorum at any meeting of the Conference.