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1. The Postal Operations Council shall consist of forty-eight members who shall exercise their functions during the period between successive Congresses.
2. The members of the Postal Operations Council shall be elected by Congress on the basis of qualified geographical distribution. At least one third of the members of each geographical group shall be renewed at each Congress. Without prejudice to the foregoing, one seat in the geographical group to which member countries defined as Pacific Island countries and territories (as per the relevant list established by the United Nations) belong shall be reserved for those member countries.
3. Each member of the Postal Operations Council shall appoint its representative(s). The members of the Postal Operations Council shall take an active part in its work.
4. Except as otherwise stipulated in article 116, the office of member of the Postal Operations Council shall be unpaid. The operational expenses of this Council shall be borne by the Union.
5. The Postal Operations Council shall define, formalize and/or set up the standing groups, task forces, user-funded subsidiary bodies or other bodies to be established within its structure, with due regard being paid to the Union’s strategy and business plan adopted by Congress.