Artikel VI

1. a. The Council shall, by a two-thirds majority of all the Member States, appoint for each Laboratory a Director-General for a defined period and may, by the same majority, dismiss him. In respect of the Laboratory under his direction each Director-General shall be the chief executive officer of the Organization and its legal representative. He shall, in regard to financial administration, act in accordance with the provisions of the Financial Protocol annexed to this Convention. The Council may, by a two-thirds majority of all the Member States, delegate to the Directors-General, either separately or jointly, authority to act on behalf of the Organization in other matters. Each Director-General shall also submit an annual report to the Council and shall attend, without the right to vote, all its meetings.
b. The Council may postpone the appointment of a Director-General for such period as it considers necessary, either on the entry into force of this Convention or on the occurrence of a subsequent vacancy. In this event, it shall appoint a person to act in his stead, the person so appointed to have such powers and responsibilities as the Council may direct.
2. Each Director-General shall be assisted by such scientific, technical, administrative and clerical staff as may be considered necessary and authorized by the Council.
3. All staff shall be appointed and may be dismissed by the Council on the recommendation of the Director-General concerned. Appointments and dismissals made by the Council shall require a two-thirds majority of all the Member States. The Council may by the same majority delegate powers of appointment and dismissal to subordinate bodies established under terms of paragraph 12 of Article V and to the Directors-General. Any such appointment and its termination shall be in accordance with the Staff Rules to be adopted by the Council by the same majority. Any persons, not members of the staff, who are invited by or on behalf of the Council to work at any Laboratory shall be subject to the authority of the Director-General concerned, and to such general conditions as may be approved by the Council.
4. The responsibilities of the Directors-General and the staff in regard to the Organization shall be exclusively international in character. In the discharge of their duties they shall not seek or receive instructions from any government or from any authority external to the Organization. Each Member State shall respect the international character of the responsibilities of the Directors-General and the staff, and not seek to influence them in the discharge of their duties.